French Fries
By Jenny Loehr
Mixed /r/ words
Freddie fairy french fries
friends heart fried eggs
bread fruit oranges
franks grapes
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friends
French fries
Freddie
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bread
Freddie's
franks
fried eggs
loved . In fact, it was all he ever ate. His mother
stopped trying to get him to eat other things, like , , or
. would tell his mother “No way!” whenever she
served him anything other than .
stopped coming by his house because they
couldn’t stand the smell of grease from the . His
at school called him “fry-guy” and teased him when he brought his for
lunch. really didn’t care, he just liked to eat his and
be left alone.
fairy
heart
One night as lay in bed ready to go to sleep, a
came to visit. “I am the of the future,” she told .
He asked her, “why are you here?” The replied, “To warn you about
what your future holds if you continue to eat nothing but .”
was a little scared of the , but decided to listen to
what she had to say. “If you continue to eat as you do, you will become
very fat. You will also become sick because you do not exercise and take care of yourself
What is most tragic, , is that your will become sick.”
clutched his chest and felt his beating rapidly. He
was scared for his . He did not want to become sick. “What can I do?”
he asked the . “You must eat and vegetables, and you
must exercise!” she replied. Then she disappeared in a cloud of dust.
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fruit
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oranges
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In the morning woke up with a start and clutched his chest to see
if his was still beating. Relieved, he ran downstairs and asked his mom
to serve up a big bowl of and . His mom was
pleased to see ask for something other than .
From that day forward, exercised and ate good foods. Occasionally,
he would treat himself to some just for fun. Thanks to the
, lived until he was 104.
grapes