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The Red Well-Read Reader

Story 209
Father Bach

While the cock crows, Fr. Bach dresses into his frock and puts on his holey socks.

Then he eats breakfast of either bagels ‘n’ lox or eggs ‘n’ hocks.

Afterward he’ll walk a block to the dock of the loch to fish the waters so chock

full of rock.

Come afternoon he dresses into a smock to butcher one of the abbey’s beef stock

or a few of their feathery flock.

Then around six o’clock, he cooks supper in a crock as he drinks his beer called

Ba•va•ri•an bock.

Story 210
On Cape Cod

Ms.Todd, who lives on Cape Cod, fishes daily for scrod. On her

sod she grows green peas and sells them in the pod.

Being ever so grate•ful for little things, every Sunday she’ll

trod to church, bow her head, and thank her God.

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