- Page 2 and 3: Born in Liverpool, Roger McGough ha
- Page 4 and 5: CHILDREN'S VERSE (Ed.) THE PUFFIN B
- Page 6 and 7: PUFFIN BOOKS Published by the Pengu
- Page 8 and 9: CONTENTS The Pecking Order Why Do S
- Page 10 and 11: The Lion and the Echo The Ass in a
- Page 12 and 13: THE ANIMALS ON MERCURY ARE SCARY Th
- Page 15 and 16: THE PECKING ORDER Charlie Chicken k
- Page 17: THE MOUSE'S INVITATION CARDS ‘Com
- Page 21 and 22: CROCODILE FARM Come with me Down to
- Page 23: THERE WAS ONCE A WHOLE WORLD IN THE
- Page 28: LOVE A DUCK I love a duck called Ja
- Page 32: BAD MANNERS It's extraordinary bad
- Page 35: She heard the noise of human feet.
- Page 39: WE'RE AFTER A PET BUT WE DON'T KNOW
- Page 42: I suppose that at a push My favouri
- Page 46: THE OWL'S TRICK From its hollow and
- Page 50: BLUE MACAW I used to keep a blue ma
- Page 53: We drift and drift and drift Up and
- Page 56 and 57: THE MUSCOVY DUCK Early spring, and
- Page 58: CAGES ARE CRUEL AND BIRDS NEED TO F
- Page 63 and 64: THE FRIENDLESS MOTH A moth with a l
- Page 66 and 67: EARWIGS Earwigs wear earrings When
- Page 68 and 69: THE DELIGHTED FLY A fly landing on
- Page 70: Baltimore bedbugs (and even horride
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He howled and made a din. His famil
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SNAIL'S PACE a snail's face is not
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THE SPIDER AND THE LAW ‘Spider, s
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CROSS PORPOISES The porpoises were
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CONGER EEL Is there a longer meal t
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PULL THE OTHER ONE A crab, I'm told
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SHARK IN THE PARK Ever see a shark
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THE WET GOLDFISH ‘I'm wet,’ sai
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CLANK Yesterday at dinner hour whil
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THE WHALE'S HYMN In an ocean before
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THE LION AND THE ECHO The King of t
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THE ASS IN A LION'S SKIN Dressed up
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And casseroled a chimp, Sitting dow
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THREE WAYS TO STOP ALLIGATORS FROM
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WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE ZOO We're al
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HIPPO-RHYME-OPOTOMUS ‘I'm sick to
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THE COMPLACENT TORTOISE Languid, le
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THE GLOOMY TORTOISE A tortoise call
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THE PANTHER'S HEART Although he sti
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PHEW! OUR JOURNEY SO FAR HAS BEEN E
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ITCHY CAT Itchy cat, itchy cat wher
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CHUTNEY A gastronomical cat from Pu
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DOG TALK Cow says ‘Moo’ Duck sa
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Clare. And we thought what a strang
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MARMALADE A ginger tom name of Marm
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SOMEONE STOLE THE While I was takin
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INDEX OF FIRST LINES A crab, I'm to
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Languid, lethargic, listless and sl
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Poems by Roger McGough Bee's Knees;