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�Only Naughty Children See Spooks on Halloween�

By Winifred Sackville Stoner, Jr.

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Witches and goblins, spooks and elves,
With sprites and gnomes from elf-land delves,
Tonight are flying here and there,
Yes, up and down and everywhere.
For this one night in all the year
They rule the earth and bring great fear
To all the naughty little boys
Who tease good girls and break their toys.

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Goblins:��Spooks: �� elves:

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Sprites: �Gnomes:

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These spooks they also make girls sad
When they are selfish, cross and bad;
So when it's dark, bad boys and maids,
They see these awful fearsome shades,
And that is why with covered heads,
They trembling lie in their warm beds.

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Maid:��Shades:

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But even there they goblins see,
Spooks and gnomes, and all that be
Abroad upon weird Halloween
When all the wizards may be seen
By naughty kids and grown-up folks
Who like to play most wicked jokes.

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Wizards:

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But good young girls and gentle boys,
The kids who are their mothers' joys
They like the dark just as the light,
For spooks never come within their sight,
And in their dreams the lovely elves
Show them bright scenes from fairy delves.

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Lovely elves:��

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Good young girls and boys:

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So, if tonight you are afraid
Of any spook or any shade
We'll know you are a naughty child,
So cross and willful, rude and wild.

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Naughty child:

Courtesy of http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/halloween/poems-rhymes/spooks-on-halloween.html

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Exercise:

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1. This poem is written in couplets. Poets write couplets when the last two words of consecutive lines rhyme. Look at the first two lines. Do you see that elves and delves rhyme? Now find rhymes for these other words that are in the poem:

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�� boys and _____________

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�� Halloween and _______________

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�� afraid and ___________________

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�� child and ___________________

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2. Synonyms are words that have similar meanings.

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�� Ghost is a synonym for which two words?

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�� Bad is a synonym for�

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�� Maid is a synonym for

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3. Like is an antonym for �because they are OPPOSITE in meaning.

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�HAPPY

HALLOWEEN

GHOST

GOBLIN

SPOOK

SHADE

GOOD

BAD

SPRITE

ELF

SYNONYMS

ANTONYMS

COUPLETS

Halloween poem

�Only Naughty Children See Spooks on Halloween�