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Question
First, read the following sets of limericks with missing words. Now, listen to them being read out aloud by your teacher or played on the recorder. As you enjoy the absurd fun, complete the verse with what you hear. You may listen to them again, if required.
I
A wonderful bird is the (i) ______His beak can hold more than his (ii) ______can. He can hold in his beak Enough food for a (iii) ______! But I’ll be darned if I know how the Peli-can?
II
There once was a (iv) ______ at the zoo Who always had something to do When it (v) ______ him, you know, To go to and fro, He (vi) ______ it and went fro and to.
III
There once was a (vii) _______ little bunny Who I thought was sweet and (viii) ______ He ate all the carrots, And looked at the (ix) ______ And that was my cute little (x) ______.
Solution
I
A wonderful bird is the (i) pelican His beak can hold more than his (ii) belly can. He can hold in his beak Enough food for a (iii) week! But I’ll be darned if I know how the Peli-can?
II
There once was a (iv) bear at the zoo Who always had something to do When it (v) bored him, you know, To go to and fro, He (vi) reversed it and went fro and to.
III
There once was a (vii) cute little bunny Who I thought was sweet and (viii) funny He ate all the carrots, And looked at the (ix) Parrots And that was my cute little (x) bunny.
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Wander-thirst
BEYOND the East the sunrise, beyond the West the sea, And East and West the wander-thirst that will not let me be; It works in me like madness, dear, to bid me say good-bye; For the seas call, and the stars call, and oh! the call of the sky!
I know not where the white road runs, nor what the blue hills are; But a man can have the sun for a friend, and for his guide a star; And there’s no end of voyaging when once the voice is heard, For the rivers call, and the roads call, and oh! the call of the bird!
Yonder the long horizon lies, and there by night and day The old ships draw to home again, the young ships sail away; And come I may, but go I must, and, if men ask you why, You may put the blame on the stars and the sun and the white road and the sky.
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- plan well
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- track
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- obey our elders
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- plan well
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- self-discipline
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- the art of flying kites
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