Gooney Bird Is So Absurd by Lois Lowry

Author:Lois Lowry [Lowry, Lois]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The class applauded. "You may borrow my hat, Mrs. Pidgeon," Gooney Bird said, "anytime you want. Or you can make your own, of course."

"Of course," Mrs. Pidgeon said. "Next? How about each of you try using your own name in a first line? No need to write an entire limerick. Let's start with first lines. I'll walk around the class in case anyone needs help." She looked at the principal. Usually his visits to classrooms lasted only a few minutes. But Mr. Leroy had picked up a paper and pencil and it did not look as if he were planning to leave.

For a few moments the classroom was quiet, with heads bent over, pencils moving on papers. Then, here and there, groaning started.

"Nothing rhymes with my name!" Malcolm groaned. "Nothing!"

Gooney Bird leaned over from her desk and whispered a suggestion. "'A boy who had triplets at home,'" she suggested. "That's a good first line, and it tells about you. It doesn't have to use your name," she said.

"How about me?" Keiko wailed.

Mrs. Pidgeon was headed to Keiko's desk when Gooney Bird spoke again. "I have an idea for Keiko, Mrs. Pidgeon! How about A young girl of Asian descent'? Lots of things rhyme with descent!"

One by one, the children created their first lines. Mrs. Pidgeon wrote every one neatly on the board. Then the class added second, rhyming lines. Some were quite easy; others were very, very hard.

A boy who had triplets at home

Sometimes needed a brush and a comb

A young girl of Asian descent

Decided to live in a tent

A redhead named Gooney Bird Greene

Wore a hat that was hardly routine

There once was a dude named Tyrone

Who frequently talked on the phone

A young girl named Chelsea explained

That she liked to be out when it rained

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