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Teacher said, 

Leave out the the, 

two too’s one too too many 

and and after the comma 

should go after the any. 

 

The the, the too – 

and move the and 

and that should make it flow. 

Not that that, that that’s fine – 

but this that, that could go. 

 

I said, 

The the, the too, the and – 

I would agree with you. 

But I’m very fond of that – 

this that and that that too. 

 

Which that is that? 

Is that this that? 

Asked teacher with a grin. 

Okay – but take that last in out 

And leave that last out in. 

Copyright: from I DID NOT EAT THE GOLDFISH (Macmillan, 2002). Used by permission of the author.

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