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Reading Comprehension
Volume 4, Number 9, November 2, 1998
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Use the context and the rhyming pattern to help you supply the missing words.
Old Man John
Old Man
John is a crazy old guy.
He might play golf
when the moon is high.
He might play golf
when the moon is low.
He will play golf
in a foot of _______.
Old Man
John keeps money in a box,
but he mostly buys
a bunch of stocks.
He drives a car
that is not quite new,
It’s held together
with Crazy _______.
Old Man
John doesn’t want a wife.
He says, “No woman
will rule my life!”
Old Man John
doesn’t have a cat,
but he says,
“I might just go for
_______!”
Old Man
John doesn’t have much hair.
He cuts it short
and he doesn’t care.
His top’s not plain
for the fur it lacks;
He makes it shine
with candle _______.
Old man
John, he is strange but true.
He’s always there
with a hand for you.
He’s always there
with an ear to lend.
Yes, Old Man John
is a real good _______!
Copyright 1998 RHL