by Michaela Pittman

Dr. Seuss is an iconic poet who wrote fun poems for all ages, often including lessons or messages. His poems are classics and recognizable from even just a few lines because of his affinity for short and sweet rhymes. Below is an excerpt from one of his most famous poems, One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish. Test your Dr. Seuss knowledge and try to fill in the missing words!

One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Blue fish.
Black fish
____ fish
Old fish
____ fish.
This one has a little star.
This one has a little car.
Say! What a lot
Of fish there ____.
Yes. Some are red. And some are ____.
Some are old. And some are _____.
Some are sad.
And some are glad.
And some are very, very ___.
Why are they
Sad and glad and ___?
I do not know.
Go ask your ___.
Some are thin.
And some are ___.
The fat one has
A yellow ___.
From there to here, from here to there,
Funny things
Are __________.

The answers in order of appearance:

Blue, new, are, blue, new, bad, bad, dad, fat, hat, everywhere