By Clarisse Bartonelli
While I am working hard at school,
To master math and this and that,
At home Big Willie sleeps a lot
And dreams of chasing neighbors cats.
Big Willie shakes himself awake
When through the door I come at three.
A furry bullet knocks me down.
A leash is dropped upon my knee.
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We're on the street. No time to waste.
A million squirrels must be treed.
Some cats must be tormented next.
Will does this all at double speed.
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Around the block and up the street,
He travels at the speed of sound,
And I, attached to him by leash,
Am led around and round and round.
I must confess I like the speed.
It's fun to travel zip-zam-zoom.
But sometimes when I'm out with Will,
I wonder, who is walking whom?
As you read, listen for a
pattern of rhyming
words. Then circle any
word at the end of a ve
that rhymes with a wo
at the end of a differe
verse. Next, draw lin
to connect the pairs
rhyming words
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