4. The Grey Horse
James Reeves
A dappled horse stood at the edge
of the meadow,
He was peaceful and quiet and
grey as a shadow.
Something he seemed to be saying
to me,
As he stood in the shade of the
chestnut tree.
“It’s a wonderful morning,” he
seemed to say,
“So jump on my back, and let’s
be away!
It’s over the hedge we’ll leap and
fly,
And up the hill to the edge of the
sky.”
“For over the hill there are fields
without end;
On the galloping downs we can
run like the wind.
Down pathways we’ll canter, by
7. Suzanna Socked Me Sunday
Jack Prelutsky
Suzanna socked me Sunday,
She socked me Monday too,
She also socked me Tuesday,
I was turning black and blue.
She socked me double Wednesday,
And Thursday even more,
But when she socked me Friday,
She began to get me sore.
“Enough’s enough,” I yelled at her,
“I hate it when you hit me!”
“Well, then I won’t!” Suzanna saidThat Saturday, she bit me.
9. Anteater by Shel Silverstein
"A genuine anteater,"
The pet man told my dad.
Turned out, it was an aunt eater,
And now my uncle's mad!
Shel Silverstein
10. Shaking
Geraline now,
Stop shaking that cow
For heaven's sake,
For your sake and the cow's sake.
That's the dumbest way I've seen
To make a milk shake.
Shel Silverstein
11. Today Is Not a Good Day
by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Today is not a good day.
I woke up sick in bed.
My stomach has a stabbing pain
that’s spreading to my head.
My knees are weak and achy.
My eyes are full of flu.
I fear I may contaminate;
I have a fever too.
I cannot see.
I cannot breathe.
I cannot read or write.
My eyes are shut.
My nose is blocked.
I’m not a pretty sight.
I cannot lift a finger
or move a tired toe.
My throat is hot and scratchy.
The answer’s simply NO….
I cannot go to school today;
I’m awfully sorry too,
this had to happen on the day
