Duck: Dear Kangaroo! Why don't you give me a ride on your back?
Kangaroo: With pleasure, my dear Duck, though your feet are unpleasantly wet and cold and I might catch rheumatism.
Duck: That won't be a problem. I will wear worsted socks and cloak and smoke a cigar every day to keep out the cold.
The Kangaroo does not want to catch 'rheumatism'. Spot this word in stanza 3 and say why it is spelt differently. Why is it
in two parts? Why does the second part begin with a capital letter?
Taking words that come at the end of lines, write five pairs of rhyming words. Read each pair aloud. For
example, pond - beyond