Do You Want to Fly
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Do You Want to Fly
By Flocabulary
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- Do you know about Tameka Potts?
- She lived way up on a mountain top,
- Her body was weak, it was FRAIL,
- I mean she moved kind of slow like a snail,
- Her legs were too weak, she couldn’t PRANCE,
- She couldn’t jump around, she couldn’t dance,
- But her life wasn’t all GLOOMY,
- It wasn’t dark and sad like a scary movie,
- Because at night when she’d fall asleep,
- She’d SLUMBER, and begin to dream,
- She dreamt of flying on golden wings,
- On SPLENDID, beautiful golden wings,
- But for now she stayed TUCKED away,
- Hidden in her house so far away,
- The whole world below was UNAWARE,
- They didn’t know what she did up there,
- Do you want to fly?
- Now, Tameka WANDERED around,
- She walked here and there, and she found
- Sticks from trees that had TOPPLED down,
- Fallen down to the ground,
- At her home, she glued the sticks to the stones,
- Sang a song, and made it STURDY and strong,
- After a week, she had a COLOSSAL glider,
- A huge pair of wings to ride on,
- She STRODE to top of the mountain,
- Walked right up with her glider beside her,
- She PEERED out at the world below,
- Looked down, counted “one, two, three, let’s go!”
- She FLUNG herself in air, threw herself up there,
- The wind pushed her glider and she was flying,
- She flew high like a bird, she was SOARING,
- Do you still think Tameka’s life is boring?
- Do you want to fly?
Words Used
Ms. Spider's Tea Party (David Kirk)
- peered
- gloomy
- strode
- frail
Cows Can't Fly (David Milgram)
- unaware
- soar
Into the A, B, Sea (Deborah Lee Rose)
- soar
- slumber
I Love You the Purplest (Barbara M. Joosse)
- sturdy
- flung
The Three Little Pigs (James Marshall)
- sturdy
- splendid
- colossal
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