The students were introduced to Edward Lear’s “The Pobble Who Has No Toes” limerick and were asked to write an eight-line limerick of their own about a fictitious “pobble” of their creation.  Here are Lear’s limerick and some student samples.

The Pobble Who Has No Clothes
The Pobble who has no clothes
He used to have nine dresses
They were the color of a rose
He used to have eight shirts.
So he took a piece of pie,
And he grew an extra size,
So he got a new dress,
And said, “God Bless!”
 -written by Kolby

The Pobble Who Had No Teeth
The Pobble who had no teeth,
Was hungry and blue all day.
He only ate baby food
And mushy and squashed puree.
While eating pumpkinseed crumbs,
They planted themselves in his gums.
The Pobble must now trim and file
His orange toothy Halloween smile.
 -written by Kristina

The Pobble Who Has No Face
The Pobble who has no face
Had once a resemblance of me
When one day they said it would fall off
He said, “Fish-diddle-dee-dee”.
And his Aunt Jobiska made him drink
Purple water tinged with stink,
For she said, “The world in general knows
A face like this is best when glows”.
 -written by Ty

The Pobble Who Has No Hair
The Pobble who has no hair
Is a sad creature, you see
Because he must go quite bare
Hiding behind a tree.
He looks for a mixture,
A hair-growing elixir,
So he won’t have to stay in his lair.
With hair he would look very fair.
 -written by Amanda

The Pobble Who Has No Nose
The Pobble who has no nose
Had one as once as we
Could not smell at all.
He lived in a junkyard, happy and carefree.
He lived all alone, you see,
Without his family
Because he never felt the need
To bathe frequently.
 -written by Chris

The Pobble Who Had No Head
The Pobble who had no head
Could rarely do any cooking
For when e’er he tried to make bread
He never would be looking.
For combs he never had care
Because of his lack of hair.
And what would he do with earmuffs
Without ears to hear stuff?
 -written by Mark
 

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