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Published by Wishing Well Books,

an imprint of Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc.,
355 Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT 06880.
Copyright © 1991 Joshua Morris Publishing, Inc.
All rights reserved. Printed in Singapore.
ISBN: 0-88705-915-5
2468109753
WISHING WELL BOOKS & DESIGN is a registered trademark
of The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.

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ANIMALS
By Burton Marks
Illustrated by Paul Harvey

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I'm having a party
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this afternoon
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But what will we wear?" said Benny the

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I'll wear my striped ," said Gary the fif

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I'll wear my straw said Cora the

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I'll wear my blue " said Felix the
"We'll wear our wool ," said 3 smiling

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I'll wear my silk ," said Millie the

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I'll wear a , of course," said Harold the

"We'll wear our red ," said 2 little

We'll wear our new ," said the twin

And that is just what they did.

 LOOK AT ME
Look at me! Look at me!
See all the things that I can be

I can be an

I can be a

or I can be a j^j*+^w^z

and prowl about the

I can be a

I can be a

or I can be a

and fly high in the air.

I can be a

and swing among the

When I play make-believe

I can be anything I please
 PICTURE A RIDDLE
•What is the safest kind What kind of dog
of lion to have do you see at
around the house? baseball games?

What kind of
key opens
bananas?
What would you
get you cross
if

a pig with a
pine tree?

•What animal
complains
the most?

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Did you ever hear a W meow 1

or see a polka- dotted

Strange things like that are all around

in crazy Topsy-Turvy Town.

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^r3K«r are smooth as silk

and billy give chocolate milk.

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laugh, hyenas frown

in silly Topsy-Turvy Town

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and j are twice the size of >

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don't sting and (^ don't moo

and cock-a-doodle-doo
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and
J live underground,

are green and are brown

in mixed-up Topsy-Turvy Town

can swim and can fly,

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but please don't ever ask me why.
Because everything is upside down
in crazy Topsy-Turvy Town.
 WHAT A SHOW!
When the animals put on a show

I hop on my and off I go.

I laugh when I see the dance,

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and clap my prance

The and

fly through the air;

and a drives a v/ _ ^\y

with a grizzly

In all the

there are few things I know

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as an animal show!
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PICTURE •What does Lassie

you when you

A plant in her

take a bath?
RIDDLE garden?

II • What
animal are you
when you're just too
tired to move?
What kind of
•What kind
crow keeps
of pet dances
birds away?
and sings?
MY GARDEN GUEST
Pretty little

flying through the pale blue sky,

I can't believe that once you were

a fuzzy wuzzy

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"What will I do?" said X|j

"I cannot find my other

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and j2 ^L are missing, too

Where can they be? I wish I knew.

There's something funny going on

my baseball is also gone;

my purple , my teddy

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I cannot find them anywhere.
Where can they be? I've not a clue
have you?"
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Can you help Kangaroo

find his socks and missing shoe?
Can you also help him find his hat,
his bear, his scarf, and his baseball bat?

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 ANIMAL TALK
"Good morning," I said to the
animals. "I hope you have a nice day."

The said, "Gobble, gobble."

replied, "Neigh, neigh."

The said, "Bow-wow. 99

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Moo, moo," said the

The said, "Cluck, cluck.'

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"Quack, quack," said the

The said, "Cheep, cheep."

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The said, "Cock-a-doodle-doo.

"Baa, baa," said the

And the wise old said, "Whoooo?"

And I said, "It's been very nice

talking with you."
• What animal
PICTURE What's the best

are you when

A thing to do

you're not telling RIDDLE ifyou see a

snowball coming
the truth?
towards you?

What animal
are you when
you have a frog
in your throat?

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This series of fun, lively rebus books is a
perfect introduction to reading for a young
child. Pages of stories and verse are
combined with pictures of animals and
objects. By "reading" the pictures, a child
will delight in being able to help tell the
story. The colorful art and entertaining text
make READ-A-PICTURE books an
exciting reading experience.

Titles in this series:

ANIMALS LET'S GO
COLORS & NUMBERS RHYMES & STORIES

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Printed in Singapore