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WHAT JOHNNY TOLD ME by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: I WENT TO PLAY WITH BILLY. HE
Last Line: A TRUE GOOD FRIEND IS A LOT OF FUN!
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP;
I went to play with Billy.
He Threw my cap into a tree.
I threw his glasses in the ditch.
He dipped my shirt in a bucket of pitch.
I hid his shoes in the garbage can.
And then we heard the ice cream man
So I bought him a cone.
A true good friend is a lot of fun!



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