TU r TLE AND T h E T ig E r

by Abigail Bost

there Was a seven-year-old tiger who liked popsicles and lived in the forest. He did not know his ABCs. And he didn’t know how to swim in the pond. His brother, the turtle, asked, “How do you spell ‘book’?”

And Justin the tiger said, “B-T-O. No, I know how to spell it, but I was just kidding.”

“What, you were kidding?” said the turtle.

“Yeah, I was kidding,” said the tiger.

“Why?”

“Because,” Justin replied. “But did I spell it right?”

“No!” said his brother, the turtle. “Do you know your ABCs?”

“No,” Justin admitted.

Moral: You need to know your ABCs.