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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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| dash | bash | splash | cash | trash |
| steer | tear | clear | deer | dear |
| shower | power | tower | flower | mower |
| poked | croaked | soaked | stroked | joked |
| wept | kept | crept | leapt | slept |
