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The Nursery Rhyme Challenge

Can you write you own version of a nursery rhyme? The best will be published here PLUS if we like your nursery rhyme... I mean REALLY REALLY like it - we have FIVE copies of Why Otters Don't Wear Socks to give away.
And not only that... these five books have been signed by the author Roger Stevens AND the illustrator Sarah Nayler. If you want to win a book - remember to include your
age and a contact address!!! (Your home or school.)

This is from Why Otters Don't Wear Socks...

Hey diddle diddle
The cat and the fiddle
The cow jumped over the bed
The little dog laughed
But not for long
'Cos the cow landed right on his head.

Send your poem to
challenge@pzone.freeserve.co.uk

Fairy Fairy Quite Contrary by Paige Taylor (aged 12)

Fairy, fairy quite contrary!
How does your garden grow?
With moss and fairy dust
And pretty little pixies all in a row!

Humpty Dumpty by Lisa Cousins (aged 12)

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty played with a ball
The ball ran away
He had nothing to play
So then he fell off the wall!!!

Hickory Dickory Dock by Orit Addous (aged 13)

Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up her frock
The little girl yelled
'Cos her mouse rebelled
Hickory dickory dock.

Moo Moo Brown Cow
by Abigail Chinery-Leonard & Tara Loosmore (aged 8)

Moo moo brown cow
Have you any milk?
No mam, no mam
But I've got some silk

A pack for your brother,
A pack for your sis,
A pack for your father,
So give me a kiss!

Teeny Weeny Spider by Keara Summerfield (aged 10)

Teeny Weeny Spider climbed up the wall
Teeny Weeny Spider found a big ball
Out came the wind
And blew the ball away
So Teeny Weeny Spider
Had a great day.

Mary Had a Little Bear by Keara Summerfield (aged 10)

Mary had a little bear
Its fur was black as coal
It followed her to town one day
And there in town it had to stay.