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Now That I Can Read
I used to need somebody
To sit and read to me.
I'd look at every page they read
And listen carefully
But now that I am in first grade.
I'm filling up a shelf
With stories, poems, and other books
That I can read by myself
Books
I like books
I really do...
Books with stories
And pictures, too.
Books of birds
And things that grow
Books of people
We should know.
Books of animals
And places, too,
I like books
Learning to Read
I'm trying hard to learn to read
But what's a kid to do
When there's a NO and a GO and a
SO and a HO
And then there's a word like TO!
Reading BONE and CONE and LONE
and TONE
Can almost be kind of fun,
But I get upset when I have to believe
That D-O-N-E spells DONE!
It's plain to see a kid like me
Sure needs a helping hand.
No matter how much I really try
I Just don't understand.
I'm trying hard to learn to read.
Somehow that's what I'll do.
But for now if you'll just read to me
Someday I'll read to you.
DONE
Last updated 2001.2.11