What Is Very Long？

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Book 53
Level C

What Is
Very Long?

by Maryann Dobeck

What Is Very Long?
Author: Maryann Dobeck

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What Is
Very Long?

by Maryann Dobeck

This is a giraffe.
The giraffe has
a very long neck.



Here is a frog.
The frog has
very long legs.



This is a bird.
The bird has
a very long beak.



Here is an elephant.
The elephant has
a very long trunk.



This is a monkey.
The monkey has
a very long tail.

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Here is a rabbit.
The rabbit has
very long ears.

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This is a walrus.
The walrus has
very long teeth.

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Here is a
hippopotamus.
The hippopotamus has
a very long name!

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