Complete the Rhyme

Our read-aloud at bedtime here is Alice in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll. One of the passages I read last night reminded me of our Poetry unit, where we focused on ending rhyme.

Can your child complete the missing rhyme? For help, have them count the syllables and figure out the rhyme scheme (you need four beats, rhyming with growl). My personal guess is "eating the owl."


"I passed by his garden, and marked, with one eye,
How the Owl and the Panther were sharing a pie:
The Panther took pie-crust, and gravy, and meat,
While the Owl had the dish as its share of the treat.
When the pie was all finished, the Owl, as a boon,
Was kindly permitted to pocket the spoon:
While the Panther received knife and fork with a growl,
And concluded the banquet by ---"

- by Lewis Carroll