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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Directions: Find and correct the homonyms on each line of the poem.

1. ‘Twas the knight before Christmas, win awl threw the house

2. Knot a creature was stirring, knot even a mouse;

3. The stockings whir hung buy the chimney with care,

4. Inn hopes that St. Nicholas soon wood bee their;

5. The children whir nestled awl snug inn there beds,

6. While visions of sugar plums danced inn there heads;

7. And Mamma inn her kerchief and eye inn my cap,

8. Had just settled hour brains four a long winter’s nap,

9. Win out own the lawn they’re arose such a clatter,

10. I sprang from my bed two sea what was the matter.

11. Away too the window I flue like a flash,

12. Tore open the shutters and through up the sash.

13. The moon, own the breast of the knew-fallen snow,

14. Gave a luster of mid-day two objects below;

15. Win, what two my wandering I’s should appear,

16. But a miniature slay, and ate tiny reindeer,

17. With a little old driver, sew lively and quick,

18. I new inn a moment it must bee St. Knick.

19. Moor rapid then eagles his coursers they came,

20. And he whistled, and shouted, and called them buy name:

21. “Now, Dasher! Now, Dancer! Now, Prancer and Vixen!

22. Own, Comet! Own, Cupid! Own, Donder and Blitzen!

23. Too the top of the porch, two the top of the wall!

24. Now, dash away, dash away, dash away, awl!”

25. As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,

26. Win they meat with an obstacle, mount two the sky,

27. Sew, up too the house-top the coursers they flue,

28. With the slay full of toys – and St. Nicholas, to.

29. And then inn a twinkling eye herd own the roof

30. The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.

31. As eye drew inn my head, and was turning around,

32. Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.

33. He was dressed awl inn fur from his head to his foot,

34. And his close whir awl tarnished with ashes and soot;

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35. A bundle of toys he had flung own his back,

36. And he looked like a peddler jest opening his pack.

37. His I’s how they twinkled! His dimples how marry!

38. His cheeks whir like roses, his knows like a cherry;

39. His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bough,

40. And the beard own his chin was as white as the snow.

41. The stump of a pipe he held tight inn his teeth,

42. An the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;

43. He had a broad phase and a little round belly

44. That shook, win he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.

45. He was chubby and plump – a write jolly old elf;

46. And eye laughed win eye saw him, inn spite of myself.

47. A wink of his I, and a twist of his head,

48. Soon gave me two no eye had nothing two dread.

49. He spoke knot a word, but went straight too his work,

50. An filled awl the stockings; then turned with a jerk,

51. An laying his finger aside of his knows,

52. An giving a nod, up the chimney he rows.

53. He sprang too his slay, tow his teem gave a whistle,

54. An away they awl flue like the down of a thistle;

55. But eye herd him exclaim, ere he drove out of site,

56. “Happy Christmas two awl, and too awl a good night!”