Mother doesn’t want a dogBy Judith Viorst

Mother doesn’t want a dog mother says they smell

And never sit when you say sitOr never when you yell

And when you come home late at night

And there is ice and snow You have to go back out

becauseThe dumb dog has to go

Mother doesn’t want a dog mother says they shed

and always let the strangers in and bark at friends instead

and do disgraceful things on rugsand track mud on the floor

and flop upon your bed at nightand snore their doggy snore

Mother doesn’t want a dog.She’s making a mistake.

Because, more than a dog, I think

She will not want this snake.

MidnightBy Emily Colson

Midnight in the field eating grass,

Crunching and waiting for time to pass.

He’s a big draft horse who likes to snack,

And trot with people on his back.

He likes it when you scratch his nose,

He slurps and snorts wherever he goes.Through corn fields

he likes to run,He thinks it is very

fun.

His long mane blowing in the breeze,

Flying past the cedar trees.

Across the trail to Shadow Rose Farm,

There Midnight is safe from any harm .

The End