What Is
Very Long?
by Maryann Dobeck
Nonfiction
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ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01455-5
ISBN-10: 0-325-01455-8
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What Is Very Long?
Author: Maryann Dobeck
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What Is
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by Maryann Dobeck
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This is a giraffe.
The giraffe has
a very long neck.
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Here is a frog.
The frog has
very long legs.
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This is a bird.
The bird has
a very long beak.
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Here is an elephant.
The elephant has
a very long trunk.
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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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