A Pug is a Dog
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A pug is a dog
with a curlicue tail.
He eats like a hog
and he snores like a whale.
He’s flat in the snout
and his belly is big.
The pug came about
just by misspelling pig.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 3
Topics: Animal Poems
Poetic Techniques: Descriptive Poems, Metaphor and Simile
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
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