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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
Alternate: Splat! Use that word in a story or a poem.

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If i were a

Submitted by tootsipop on November 20, 2008 - 10:19.

If i were a fish i would swim in the water
If i were a fish i would swim like an otter

If i were a horse i'd have to eat hay
If i were a horse i'd have to say nay

If i were a chicken i'd have to lay eggs
If i were a chicken i'd have tiny legs

If i were an animal it would be so cool
If i were an animal i wouldn't have school

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if i were a?

Submitted by tamara33 on November 20, 2008 - 10:25.

wow very funny jess! so how did you come up with this. i found it to be very short but also very funny. keep up the great wrighting!

This poem has good humor. I

Submitted by KMonger on November 21, 2008 - 18:13.

This poem has good humor. I like the use of the rhyming at the ends of the lines.

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