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Question
Write any five illnesses of the animals in the poem that you find most amusing / laughable.
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Solution
- Lion centipede catches a cold.
- Centipede catches a has trouble with his feet.
- Arctic fox Suffering from heat.
- The bear's too full of buns.
- Panther's wife chews his ears.
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