Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WHAT JOHNNY TOLD ME, by JOHN CIARDI


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First Line: I went to play with billy. He
Last Line: A true good friend is a lot of fun!
Subject(s): Friendship


I went to play with Billy.
He Threw my cap into a tree.
I threw his glasses in the ditch.
He dipped my shirt in a bucket of pitch.
I hid his shoes in the garbage can.
And then we heard the ice cream man
So I bought him a cone.
A true good friend is a lot of fun!





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