Enjoy the following poems and begin your quest. Read it to yourself, and once or twice with a friend. The stories are great and help you get to the end of the quest!

THE CROCODILE'S TOOTHACHE
by Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends, p. 66


The Crocodile
Went to the dentist
And sat in the chair,
And the dentist said, "Now tell me, sir,
Why does it hurt and where?"
And the Crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth,
I have a terrible ache in my tooth."
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
That the dentist, he climbed right inside,
And the dentist laughed, "Oh isn't this fun?"
As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.
And the Crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so!"
Please put down your pliers and let me go."
But the dentist just laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,
And he said, "I still have twelve to go -
Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess,
But what's one crocodile's tooth, more or less?"
Then suddenly the jaws went SNAP,
And the dentist was gone, right off the map,
And where he went one could only guess...
To North or South or East or West...
He left no forwarding address.
But what's one dentist, more or less?

ENTER THIS DESERTED HOUSE
by Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends, p. 56


ENTER THIS DESERTED HOUSE

But please walk softly as you do.
Frogs dwell here and crickets too.

Ain't no ceiling, only blue
Jays dwell here and sunbeams too.

Floors are flowers - take a few.
Ferns grow here and daisies too.

Whoosh, swoosh - too-whit, too-woo.
Bats dwell here and hoot owls too.

Ha-ha-ha, hee-hee, hoo-hoooo,
Gnomes dwell here and goblins too.

And my child, I thought you knew
I dwell here...and so do you.

GOOLOO
by Shel Silverstein
A Light in the Attic, p. 114

The Gooloo bird
She has no feet,
She cannot walk
Upon the Street.
She cannot build
Herself a nest,
She cannot land
And take a rest.
Through rain and snow
And thunderous skies,
She weeps forever
As she flies,
And lays her eggs
High over town,
And prays that they
Fall safely down.