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The Red Well-Read Reader

Story 336
At the Zoo

"How do you do?" said the cock•a•too.

"Coo•ku," said the feathery kuku.

"A•dieu," said the kan•ga•roo

"Moo," said the cow--and the bull, too.

"Coo," said the pi•geons – both the two.

And "Cockadoodledoo," said you know who!

Story 337

A True Boob

Only a boob doesn't know that it takes water to make an ice

cube, air to fill an inner-tube, and grease for a car a lube.

And only a boob doesn't know that the six-sided boob tube

is shaped like an ice cube.

Story 338

The Little Pooch

The stray was an awfully big mooch

But the boy so loved his little pooch

That he built her a little hooch

For which she gave him a great big smooch

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