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By Edward Lear • Illustrated by Kathleen McCord
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The Owl and the Pussycat
A Reading A–Z Level H Leveled Reader • Word Count: 231
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The Owl and the Pussycat Level H Leveled Reader
© 2002 Learning Page, Inc. An original Edward Lear nonsense song
adapted for ReadingA–Z Illustrated by Kathleen McCord
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Correlation LEVELH
Fountas &P innell H
Reading Recovery 13 –14
DRA 14
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat.
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They took some honey and plenty of money,
wrapped in a five-dollar note.
4
The Owl looked up at the stars above.
He sang with a small guitar.
5
“Oh, lovely Kitty, oh Kitty, my love. What a beautiful Kitty you are.
You are. You are. What a beautiful Kitty you are.”
6
Kitty said to the Owl, “You’re such a nice fowl.
And how wonderfully sweet you sing.”
7
Then the lovely Kitty said, “I think we should wed.
But what shall we do for a ring?”
8
They then sailed away for a year and a day to the land where the Pong-tree grows.
9
And there in the wood a piggy-wig stood. She had a ring at the end of her nose,
her nose, her nose. She had a ring at the end of her nose.
10
Then they asked the fat pig,
“Will you trade the ring for a wig?”
Said the fat piggy, “I will.”
11
So they took it away. They got married the next day
by the turkey who lived on the hill.
12
They dined on sweet peas and sharp, smelly cheese.
And they ate with a funny-shaped spoon.
13
Then hand in hand they danced in the sand.
They danced by the light of the moon,
the moon, the moon. They danced by the light of the moon.
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