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MANATEES
By Nile Stanley and Third Grade Class

Sea cows –
Gentle giants –
Surface often,
Breathe air,
Boaters beware:
GO SLOW!
ENDANGERED mammal
Swimming below!

From N. Stanley (2004) Creating readers with poetry. Gainesville, FL: Maupin House
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