A Twister of Twists, A Tangler of Tongues: Tongue Twisters PDF
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A TWISTER OFTo^ISTS, ATANGLER OF TONGUES ii' 'h • TONGUE COLLECTED T>X^ISTERS BYALVIN SCH\^ARTZ ILLUSTRATED BY GLEN ROUNDS aTv^ister ofT\^ists, atangler of tongues TONGUE TWISTERS COLLECTED BY ALVIN SCHWARTZ ILLUSTRATED BY GLEN ROUNDS Try saying "Peggy Babcock'"' five times, as fast as you can. Chances are you can't, because your tongue won't cooperate. Tongue twisters are designed to tangle tongues, tickle funnybones, and lead to gaggles ofgiggles. Every tongue twister is a teaser, but some of the longer ones are also good sto- ries. One ofthe funniest in this collection concerns a seller of saddles named Sam Short who's smitten with Sophia Sophro- nia Spriggs. This loony love story was written in the 1890's by Kate Wheeler and is one of the few twisters with a known author. Most were originated by people long forgotten and were passed by word of mouth from one generation to another. In the process of being passed along, twisters change. Some of them become re- (CONTINUED ON BACK FLAP) Book Club Edition Digitized by the Internet Arciiive 2010 in http://www.archive.org/details/twisteroftwiststOOscliw A Twister of Twists, ATANGLER OF TONGUES aTwister of Twists, atangler of tongues TONGUE TWISTERS COLLECTED BYALVIN SCHWARTZ ILLUSTRATED BY GLEN ROUNDS J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY PHILADELPHIA AND NEW YORK © Text Copyright 1972 by Alvin Schwartz © Illustrations Copyright 1972 by Glen Rounds All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America FOR BETSY
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