Pet Shopping
A Funny Pet Poem for Kids
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
While shopping at the pet store
I got my fondest wish.
I bought myself a fish bowl
and then a pair of fish.
And since I was already
out shopping at the store
I thought I ought to purchase
another smidgen more.
And so I got a rabbit,
a hamster and a frog,
a gerbil and a turtle,
a parrot and a dog.
I purchased an iguana,
a tortoise and a rat,
an eight-foot anaconda,
a monkey and a cat.
A guinea pig, a gecko,
a ferret and a mouse,
and had them all delivered,
directly to my house.
My sister went berzerko!
She’s now installing locks,
because I said her bedroom
would be their litter box!
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Animal Poems, Poems about Friends and Family, Shopping
Poetic Techniques: List Poems, Narrative Poems
Word Count: 119
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From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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