Five little owls

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Five little owls

Five little owls

learning to say, "who."

They flapped their wings

and then said, "shoe!"

Mother owl cried,

"no, no, not shoe!“

Please oh please say,

"who, who, who-who!"

 

Questions:

Q: How many little owls are learning to speak?
Ans: Five little owls.

Q: What sound are the little owls supposed to learn to say?
Ans: "Who."

Q: What sound did the little owls mistakenly say?
Ans: "Shoe."

Q: How did the mother owl react when the little owls said "shoe"?
Ans: She cried, "No, no, not shoe!"

Q: What does the mother owl ask the baby owls to say?
Ans: "Who, who, who-who!"

Rhyming Words:

Q: What word rhymes with "who" in the rhyme?
Ans: Shoe.

Q: What word rhymes with "cry" (from "Mother owl cried")?
Ans: Fly.

Q: What word rhymes with "say"?
Ans: Play.

Q: What word rhymes with "please"?
Ans: Breeze.

Opposite Words:

Q: What is the opposite of "no"?
Ans: Yes.

Q: What is the opposite of "please"?
Ans: Refuse.

Q: What is the opposite of "cry" (as in "Mother owl cried")?
Ans: Laugh.

Q: What is the opposite of "flap" (when the wings flap)?
Ans: Still (or stay still).

Questions:

Q: Who is teaching the little owls how to speak?
Ans: Mother owl.

Q: What mistake do the baby owls make while learning?
Ans: Instead of saying "who," they say "shoe."

Q: What action do the little owls do besides speaking?
Ans: They flap their wings.

Questions:

Q: If you were a baby owl, what other funny sound might you accidentally say?
Ans: I might say "moo" instead of "who"!

Q: Why do you think the mother owl was worried about the owls saying "shoe" instead of "who"?
Ans: Because "who" is the sound owls are supposed to make!

Q: What would happen if all the owls in the forest started saying "shoe"?
Ans: It would be a very funny and confusing forest!

Q: How would you help the baby owls learn the correct word?
Ans: I would sing "who, who, who" with them until they got it right!