(94) Tangram Touchstone 9

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Read Whatif as you listen to the recroding.

Whatif

Last night, while I lay thinking here,
some Whatifs crawled inside my ear
and pranced and partied all night long
and sang their same old Whatif song:
       Whatif I'm dumb in school?
       Whatif they've closed the swimming pool?
       Whatif I get beat up?
       Whatif there's poison in my cup?
       Whatif I start to cry?
       Whatif I get sick and die?
       Whatif I flunk that test?
       Whatif green hair grows on my chest?
       Whatif nobody likes me?
       Whatif a bolt of lightning strikes me?
       Whatif I don't grow taller?
       Whatif my head starts getting smaller?
       Whatif the fish won't bite?
       Whatif the wind tears up my kite?
       Whatif they start a war?
       Whatif my parents get divorced?
       Whatif the bus is late?
       Whatif my teeth don't grow in straight?
       Whatif I tear my pants?
       Whatif I never learn to dance?
Everything seems well, and then
the nighttime Whatifs strike again!

                             Shel Sliverstein (1932-1999)

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Fill in the chart with Whatif-fears under differens headings.

(D1)(D2)(D3)(D4)(D5)(D6)(D7)(D8)(D9)(D10) (D11)(D12)(D13)(D14)(D15)(D16)(D17)(D18)(D19)(D20)

Family	School	Health
(T1) (T2)	(T3) (T4)	(T5) (T6)
Looks	Social life	Other
(T7) (T8) (T9) (T10)	(T11) (T12) (T13) (T14)	(T15) (T16) (T17) (T18) (T19) (T20)

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Reading alone. Here is a poem for you to read on your own.

Boatman

"Ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."
"If you've a penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."

"I have a penny in my purse
And my eyes are blue;
So ferry me across the water,
Do, boatman, do."

"Step into my ferry-boat,
Be they black or blue,
And for the penny in your purse
I'll ferry you."

Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)

E-Touchstone 9 – (1.0)