A Pet Reader

Chapter 4: Our Pets

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

Our Pets

Boys and girls, do you like pets?

Have you any pets?

Thirteen children in our room have pets.

Marion has a little kitten.

Fred has a cat, a little dog, and eight puppies.

A little puppy is Helen’s pet.

Edwin has a mother cat and a baby kitten.

Leslie’s father has a fox and a little rabbit.

Frances has a pet chicken.

Edna has a little billy goat.

Norman has a pet cat.

Eight little chickens are Lucile’s pets.

The children love their pets.

They try to take good care of their pets.

We are going to tell you about our pets.

We shall tell you about other pets, too.

We hope that you will enjoy reading about them.