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The Moon Wrote a Song

Natalie, 826CHI
Presented by: Cartoon Network
A poem about a moon, a flute, and a song.

A bee

has a string on his back.

The string

is on the moon.

There is a flute.

The moon is trying

to catch the bee.

The moon wants to

play the flute to the bee.

The moon wrote a song.

The song

was great.

The song is called moonlight.

The moon sings:

Moonlight

Moonlight is beautiful

because God made the moonlight

Beautiful moonlight

shines in the dark

because God made the moonlight.

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