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Sonny the Silly SealBy Jenny Loehr
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seal sun sailboat
six sand stool
seven starfish sticks
sea circus
starfish
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Sonny was a who loved to sit on the in the
all day long near his sisters and his best friend Sam the .
Sonny and his sisters would take turns sliding into the when
the would get too hot. Sonny was the silliest out of all
. He would do silly tricks for his sisters on the and in the
. Sam the loved when Sonny would do somersaults
while singing silly songs.
One day, Sonny’s friend Sam the told him that the
was going to be on the big island across the , and the owner of the
was searching for a silly to join them. Sonny sat on the
in the thinking about the .
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At sunset he made the decision to tell his sisters and Sam the
that he would be leaving for the when the came up in
the morning. They were sad that Sonny was going but happy that Sonny was going to get
to be silly in the . The next day, Sonny followed a yellow
to the big island and swam up to the tent that stood on the .
The ringmaster and owner were surprised to see Sonny and watched him perform his silly
tricks. They especially liked it when he stood on top of a and juggled
small on the end of his slippery nose.
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Sonny now travels with the . Whenever the stops
in a city that is by the , his sisters and Sam the
follow the to the tent on the
to watch him perform. They believe that Sonny is the silliest
in the world.