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CHRISTOPHER CRUMP

Christopher Crump,

All in a lump,

Sits like a toad on the top of a stump.

He stretches and sighs,

And blinks with his eyes,

Bats at the beetles and fights off the flies.

[NOTES] This rhyme is about a boy called Christopher Crump. He is fat and lazy. He does nothing, but sit all day. When he sits, he tries to keep the insects off his body.

lump—big, fat pile

toad—large frog

stump—the wood that is there after a tree is cut down

to stretch—to make the body long

to sigh—to let out air from the body with a sound

to blink—close and open both eyes very fast

to bat—to hit

beetles and flies—insects