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DISTRICTMINOOKA BRANCHMINOOKA,IL 60447815-467-1600  \n,  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2022 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nA Marc Brown ARTHUR Chapter Book  \nArthur and thePoetry Contest  \nText by Stephen KrenskyBased on a teleplay by Joe Fallon  \nTHREE RIVERS PUBLIC LIBRARYMINO0KA 8RANCH109.WACR.0.BOX 370LDdOKA,IL 60447  \nLittle,Brown and CompanyBoston New York London  \nFor the Richard O'Connor family  \nCopyright ◎1999 by Marc Brown  \nll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by anyelectronic or mechanical means,including information storage and retrievalsystems,without permission in writing from the publisher,except by a reviewer,who may quote brief passages in a review.  \nFirst Edition  \nThe characters and events portrayed in this book are fictitious,  \nwith the exception of the character of Jack Prelutsky,who is based on a real person.Any other similarity to real persons,living or dead,is coincidentaland not intended by the author.  \nArthur⑧is a registered trademark of Marc Brown.  \nText has been reviewed and assigned a reading level by Laurel S.Ernst,M.A.,Teachers College,Columbia University,New York,New York;reading specialist,Chappaqua,New York  \nThe following poems appear in this book:  \n\"The Walrus and the Carpenter\"(page 15)by Lewis Carroll,from Through theLooking-Glass(1872);\"Locksley Hall\"(page 15)by Alfred,Lord Tennyson(1842);\"The Sleeper\"(page 17)by Edgar Allan Poe(1831);\"Paul Revere's Ride\"(page 18)by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,from Tales of a Wayside Inn(1863);“My Sister Is aSissy,\"(pages 2-3)and \"Today Is Very Boring\"(pages 38-40)from The New Kid onthe Block by Jack Prelutsky,text copyright ◎1984 by Jack Prelutsky,reprinted bypermission of Greenwillow Books,a division of William Morrow &Company Inc.  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nKrensky,Stephen.  \nArthur and the poetry contest /text by Stephen Krensky.—1st ed.  \nP.  cm.—(A Marc Brown Arthur chapter book;18)  \n\"Based on a teleplay by Joe Fallon.\"  \nSummary:Fern dares Arthur and his friends to enter the poetry writingcontest at the local library,but writing poems turns out to be harder than theythought  \nISBN 0-316-12062-6(hc)—ISBN 0-316-12295-5(pb)[1.Poetry Fiction.2.Contests Fiction.3.Aardvark Fiction.  \n4.Animals Fiction.]I.Title.Ⅱ.Series:Brown,Marc Tolon.MarcBrown Arthur chapter book;18.PZ7.K883 Ap 1999[Fic]—dc2199-35270  \n10987654321  \nWOR(hc)COM-MO(pb)  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nMr.Ratburn stood at the front of the class.He was holding a list of names.At least,itwas supposed to be a list.However,therewas only one name on it,which made itbarely a list at all.  \n“There are only two days left until the li-brary poetry contest,\"he told the class.“This is supposed to be the list of partici-pants.But so far,only one student—Fern—has signed up.\"  \nEveryone turned to look at Fern.Shestared at the floor.  \n\"Fern never said she wrote poetry,\"Francine whispered.  \n工  \n\"Fern never says anything,\"Muffy re-minded her.  \n“Writing poetry is worse than eatingsnails,\"said Binky.\"If I wrote it,Iwouldn't admit it,either.\"  \nMr.Ratburn cleared his throat.\"Thejudge for this contest is the famous poetJack Prelutsky.And it's still not too late toenter.\"  \n\"I′m a poet and I don't even know it,\"said Buster.  \n\"You've got arhyme every time,\"Muffyadded.  \nArthur raised his hand.\"I know a poemhe wrote.It's called 'My Sister Is a Sissy.'\"  \n\"Can you recite it for us?\"asked Mr.Ratburn.  \nArthur wasn't sure.\"T'll try,\"he said.  \n“My sister is a sissy,  \nshe’s afraid of dogs and cats,a toad can give her tantrums,  \nand she's terrified of rats,  \nshe screams at things with stingers,things that buzz,and things that crawl,just the shadow of a spidersends my sister up the wall.  \n“A lizard makes her shiver,and a turtle makes her 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