The Terrible Ten

by James Carter

1 do a stroll like a tiger
2 do a grr like a bear
3 do a scuttle like a spider
4 do a leap like a hare
5 do a stretch like a lion
6 do a flap like a bat
7 do a swoop like a barn owl
8 do a nibble like a rat
9 do a sway like an eagle
10 do a cluck like a hen

Then it might be nice
Just once or twice
To do the ten
AGAIN!

 

© James Carter
from A Ticket to Kalamazoo, illustrated by Neal Layton, Otter-Barry Books

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James Carter is a prize-winning children’s poet, musician and non-fiction writer – as well as ambassador for National Poetry Day. He travels all over the UK to give lively poetry and music performances and workshops, and is the author of many best-selling poetry books including Zim Zam Zoom! and Weird Wild & Wonderful (Otter-Barry Books) James lives in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

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