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The Pigeon Party

Chitra Padmanabhan Ages 9-10 101 words

Twenty noisy
pigeons
Had a party
last night

Noisy Pigeon Party [Illustration by Shinod AP]
Noisy Pigeon Party [Illustration by Shinod AP]

The last egg
Had hatched
The youngest one
Was OUT!

The last egg had hatched [Illustration by Shinod AP]
The last egg had hatched [Illustration by Shinod AP]

They rocked on
the TV wires
looked the kitten
In the eye

They splashed
In the pool –
the kitten’s
water bowl

They splashed in the pool [Illustration by Shinod AP]
They splashed in the pool [Illustration by Shinod AP]

And then they
had a contest –
Who showers
more droppings
On the clothesline

It must have been
a good party
Many must
have won

For the clothes
were splattered
With the proof
of the fun!

Word treasure

hatched
— The egg cracked open and a bird came out.
proof
— Something that shows something else is true or happened.
splattered
— Things were covered in drops of something, like mud or water.
the end

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