Gabby’s Baby Beagle
A Funny Tongue-Twister for Kids
From the book The Tighty-Whitey Spider
Gabby bought a baby beagle
at the beagle baby store.
Gabby gave her beagle kibble,
but he begged for bagels more.
Gabby loved her baby beagle;
gladly Gabby gave him one,
but her beagle grabbed the bag and
gulped them down till there were none.
So she took her baby beagle
to the bagel baker’s store,
where the beagle gobbled bagels,
bags of bagels by the score.
Gabby’s beagle gorged on bagels,
bigger bagels than before,
till he’d gobbled every bagel
in the baker’s bagel store.
Gulping bagels bulges baby
beagles’ bellies really big.
Say goodbye to baby beagle;
Gabby’s beagle’s now a pig.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2010. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 6
Topics: Animal Poems, Food Poems, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Narrative Poems, Tongue Twister, Wordplay
Word Count: 108
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From the book The Tighty-Whitey Spider
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