E-Mail From Maddie

Dear Mr.Munsch,

I sent you a letter already in class yesterday.

Can you write a poem about monkeys for me pleeeeeeeease!!!!!!!! Okay, I think you know now that I'm weird. We are studying you in school.

THAT WAS THE GOOD PART! THIS IS THE BAD PART.

I am sick with STREP THROAT! THAT IS THE HORRIBLE PART.

I've also had pnumonia 3 times. STREP THROAT at least 13 times. And chicken pox 1.

It's bad stuff to deal with.
I need a monkey
That costs a lot of money,
And one that is not junkey,
One that's a honey!
CAUSE
This, you see, is not for fun.
I really have to get me one;
Cause Monkeys are a lot like me,
As much as animals can be.
AND
Since I do get sick a lot
This is what I went and thought:
I鈥檒l take monkey germs for me,
And give my germs
To the monkey!
So this, I think, will be quite swell
Cause then I think we鈥檒l both be well.
BUT
Of course, I might be wrong;
But I鈥檝e wanted a monkey all along!
So let鈥檚 just give it a try,
AND
I鈥檒l even be happy if I die.

• horrible [´hɔrəbəl] a.可怕的；恐怖的 (初中英语单词)
• throat [θrəut] n.咽喉；嗓子；出入口 (初中英语单词)
• monkey [´mʌŋki] n.猴子 v.乱弄；胡闹 (初中英语单词)