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THE CUB
Saidthecubtohis mother,
“ A m I a Polar Bear?”
“ Of course you are,” she ans wered.
“There’s yourfatherstandingthere,
Weallliveinthe Arctic,
A midsttheiceandsnow,
And,if you were not a Polar Bear,
I’d bethefirstto know.”
Hesaid,“CouldIbean Aadvark,
Afox or kangaroo?
Or perhaps I’ m a gorilla,
A d o g o r s h a g g y g n u. ”
“Stop asking silly questions, son,
You’re a bear as you’ve beentold.”
“ Well,if I’ m a Polar Bear,” he said,
“ WhydoIfeelsocold?”
Russell Hannah
3
rd
THEPOLARBEAR
The polar bear’s
f ur is
like sugar.
His nose
islike a
black plu m.
Jason Fields
JANUARY
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