1. By: Jack Prelutsky Mrs. Ellis Wilder Waite Elementary
My Dog, He Is an Ugly Dog
By: Jack Prelutsky
Mrs. Ellis
Wilder Waite Elementary

2. My dog, he is an ugly dog

3. He’s put together wrong

4. His legs are much too short for him

5. His ears are much too long.

6. My dog, he is a scruffy
dog

7. He’s missing clumps
of hair

8. His face is quite ridiculous

9. His tail is scarcely
there

10. My dog, he is a dingy
dog

11. His fur is full of fleas

12. He sometimes smells like dirty socks

13. he sometimes smells like cheese

14. My dog, he is a noisy
dog,

15. He’s hardly ever still

16. He barks at almost anything

17. His voice is loud and
shrill

18. My dog, he is a stupid
dog

19. His mind is slow and
thick

20. He’s never learned to catch a ball

21. He cannot fetch a
stick

22. My dog, he is a greedy
dog

23. He eats enough for three

24. His belly bulges to
the ground

25. He is the dog for me