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What makes you laugh? Is it telling your friend a silly joke? Try this. See how fast you can say: A tutor who tooted the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot. Said the two to the tooter, “Is it harder to toot or to tooter two tooters to toot?” Now challenge your friends. Everyone will be laughing! Do you know how a house stays warm in the winter? By its many coats of paint! How do you make a skeleton laugh? You tickle its funny bone! Try these riddles on your friends and family. What we have been doing is having fun with words. How about a limerick? It is a funny poem. Here is one sent in from a subscriber in Ecuador: There were two kids from Ecuador Who thought their lives were quite a bore. Then Fun For Kidz came in, And each said with a grin, “My life’s not a bore anymore!” If you like to laugh and have fun, you are guaranteed to love this issue of Fun For Kidz. It is all about having fun with words. Don’t take my word for it. Dive right in, right now! Tell us what you liked best, or better yet, send us your jokes or riddles. We’ll publish them in a future issue.
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Pity The Penguins by Harvey Hirsch
Pity the poor penguins, Who live where there is ice. Just to know one another, They have to look twice. The problem, you see, (Though there’s no one to blame) Is that penguins all dress Exactly the same!
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Hooray for Hippos! We’re a herd of hefty hippos, And we don’t like sunburned skin. So all day we stay in water Or in mud up to our chins.
We hippos have forty teeth Inside our massive jaws. And when we yawn or bellow, Every egret is in awe!
We’re equipped to be aquatic, And submerged we’re right at home. We have underwater trails Which contentedly we roam.
At dusk, it’s time for dinner, So we hippos swim for shore. All night we graze on maize and grass. We eat – and eat some more.
We snooze in ooze as egrets Hitch a ride upon our backs. The birds peck pesky insects, And for this they have a knack.
We’re a herd of hefty hippos. When the hot sun pricks our skin, We’ll waddle to the water hole And plunk ourselves back in.
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by Heidi Roemer
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by Leah Pileggi illustrated by Neal Levin
Ann Anna Annie is an awesome friend of mine. Bill Billy William’s wearing braces that look fine. Chuck Charlie Charles has a cat that chases twine. Doug Dougie Douglas likes to dance a conga line. El Elli Eleanor wears every shade of lime. Fran Frannie Frances has a fancy way with rhyme! Gert Gertie Gertrude sometimes plays in dirt and grime. Han Hannah Hannabell has hiccups all the time. Im Ima Imogene screamed, “Yuck, an icky bug!” John Johnny Jonathan drinks root beer from a jug. Kat Kathy Katherine has a kitty and a pug. Len Lenny Leonard likes his root beer in a mug. Meg Maggie Margaret makes a peach and mango tart. Nat Nate Nathan has loved nature from the start. O Owie Owen thinks it’s obvious he’s smart. Pete Petey Peter puts himself into his art. Q Quin Quincy has a quick and brilliant smile. Ro Rob Roberto set a record for the mile. Stew Stewy Stewart stacks his homework in a pile. T Ty Tyrone types his homework in a file. U Ule Ulysses has a name that’s quite unique. Val Valey Valentina wears a vest that’s really sleek. Will Willow Willomena dances every week. X Xadi Xadia explored and took a peek. Y Yas Yasmine yaks with birdies in the tree. Z Zoe Zoey zips around on skates with glee.
All these kids are in my class, a splendid place to be. Based on all this stuff you’ve read, guess which one is me! Answer on page 30
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by Joan Holub illustrations by Donna Catanese What if instead of through your nose, You breathed from in-between your toes? If you ate from your knuckles and Talked through your knees, What would you say when you Wanted to sneeze?
Do you think your head might get in the way If you walked on your elbows day after day? And wouldn’t your brain be in for a shock If you decided to keep it inside of your sock? I wonder if anyone at all would care If you sat on your head to sit in a chair. Wouldn’t your friends be surprised if they found That you’d turned topsy-turvy and changed all around?
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by Guy Belleranti • illustrations by Rebecca Spohn Some letters of the alphabet have the same sound as an entire word. Other letters have no matching words. Read the sounds in this codebook out loud. Look and listen closely. Each letter is represented by a different word or sound. Use the codebook to decode the secret message.
CODEBOOK A = A B = Bee C = Sea D = Dee E = Eee F = Ef G = Gee
H = Aich I = Eye J = Jay K = Kay L = El M = Em N = En
O = Oh P = Pea Q = Cue R = Are S = Es T = Tea U = You
V = Vee W = Double U X = Ex Y = Why Z = Zee
SECRET MESSAGE Why Oh You\ A Are Eee \ Dee Oh Eye En Gee\ A \ Gee Oh Oh Dee \ Jay Oh Bee.\ En Oh Double U, \ Cue You Eye Eee Tea El Why, \ Pea El Eee A Es Eee \ Tea Are Why \ Tea Oh \ Double U Are Eye Tea Eee \ Why Oh You Are \ Oh Double U En \ Sea Oh Dee Eee Dee\ En Oh Tea Eee. \ Gee Oh Oh Dee \ El You Sea Kay! Answer on page 30
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The sounds in tongue twisters are similar. That is what makes saying them challenging and fun!
Try saying each of these twisters fast three times.
She sells seashells by the seashore. If a dog chews shoes, whose shoes does she choose? Willie’s really weary. A big black bear sat on a big black rug. Four fine fresh fish for you Rolling red wagons How fast can you read these favorites? Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? I thought a thought. But the thought I thought Wasn’t the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been The thought I thought, I wouldn’t have thought so much. Betty Botter bought some butter, But she said, “This butter’s bitter. If I put it in the batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better.”
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by Diane Winebar
This tale’s title uses wacky, wonderful alliteration. Awesome! Alliteration happens when words close to each other have the same beginning sound. Here are some fun facts about some simply splendid snakes. Write down the alliterations you see or photocopy this page and circle them. Send what you find to Fun For Kidz. We’ll print your name in a future issue!
Rainbow Snakes Have Crazy Colors Rare rainbow snakes are a sensational sight. They are super swimmers and like living near water. These remarkable reptiles are seldom seen because they hurry to hide. Sometimes they rest under rotting logs. Building burrows in soft, sandy soil or mucky mud, they take delight in their dark dens. No need to worry about painful punctures from these snakes.
Rattling Rattlesnakes The talented tail of a rattlesnake really rattles! Each time the snake slips out of its skin (as surely it should), some skin is caught by rough ridges. A cool, crusty rattle is revealed. Soon the snake has a super strand of rattles! Quick quivers and shakes shoo away predators and warn wanderers to walk away. If you see this startling snake, please peek from a distance. A bite would be bad.
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Awesome Array of Colorful Creatures Common garter snakes are colorful creatures. Some have sassy stripes of bright blue, grass green, racy red-orange, or pretty pink and purple. Cheery checkboard patterns are sometimes seen. These mild-mannered snakes want wet, watery places. Their home habitat is mostly moist meadows and marshes. Garters hide and hibernate during winter’s cold climate, but sometimes slip out to see the sun.
The Bold Black Racer This is a slender specimen, sometimes six feet long. It shows off shiny, smooth scales of beautiful black. Racers reside in habitats with hiding hangouts. Fields are favorites, and they are wild for woods. Rambling racers are quick creatures, speedy and swift. When picked on by pesky predators, they trek up trees. Tremendous!
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