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MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB
and also . . .

By Josie Whitehead

Mary had a little lamb

And she also had a dog.

She had a cat, a budgerigar

A mouse and then a frog.

Mary had a milking cow

And she also had a pig –

But did she have an elephant?

No, no – this was too big.

Mary had a kangaroo

And a lion and tiger too,

But Daddy said: ‘Enough’s enough!

Our home is like a zoo.’

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I had lots of pets too, but certainly not a lion, tiger or a kangaroo. What pets do you have? Josie