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Easy Tongue Twisters

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1. Big black bear : A big black bug bit the big black bear, but the big black bear bit the big black bug

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2. clam cream can: How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?Download this mp3

3. Four furious friends: Four furious friends fought for the phone.Download this mp3

4. Green glass globes: Green glass globes glow greenly.Download this mp3

5. Ice cream : I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!.Download this mp3

6. Sandwich sane witch: There's a sandwich on the sand which was sent by a sane witch.Download this mp3

7. Spell New York: Knife and a fork, bottle and a cork, that is the way you spell New York.Download this mp3

8. I saw Susie: I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.Download this mp3

Medium Tongue Twisters- Try these slightly more difficult tongue twisters

1. Can you can a can: Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?Download this mp3

2. Copyright: When you write copy you have the right to copyright the copy you write.Download this mp3

3. Fuzzy wuzzy: Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair, Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy, was

he?Download this mp3

4. Good cook : How many cookies could a good cook cook If a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook

could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.Download this mp3

5. How many cans ?: How many cans can a cannibal nibble, if a cannibal can nibble cans? As many cans as

a cannibal can nibble if a cannibal can nibble cans.Download this mp3

6. I have got a date: I have got a date at a quarter to eight; I’ll see you at the gate,so don’t be late.Download

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7. I thought of thinking: I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you.Download this mp3

8. one one : One-one was a race horse. Two-two was one too. One-one won one race.

Two-two won one too.Download this mp3

9. Peter piper: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked. If

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper

picked?Download this mp3

10. Seven slick snails: Seven slick slimy snails, slowly sliding southward.Download this mp3

11. Spell chicago: Chicken in the car and the car can go, that is the way you spell Chicago.Download this mp3

12. Thirty three thieves: The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout

Thursday.Download this mp3

13. Two witches, two watches: If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which

watch?Download this mp3

14. Understand: If you understand, say ""understand"". If you don't understand, say ""don't understand"". But if

you understand and say ""don't understand"". how do I understand that you understand?Download this

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15. Whether the weather: Whether the weather be fine, or whether the weather be not.

Whether the weather be cold, or whether the weather be hot. We'll weather the weather whether we like it

or not.Download this mp3

Difficult English Tongue Twisters

1. Betty butter: Betty bought some butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter,

so Betty bought some better butter, and the better butter Betty bought was better than the bitter butter Betty

bought before!Download this mp3

2. Biscuit mixer: I bought a bit of baking powder and baked a batch of biscuits. I brought a big basket of

biscuits back to the bakery and baked a basket of big biscuits. Then I took the big basket of biscuits and

the basket of big biscuits and mixed the big biscuits with the basket of biscuits that was next to the big

basket and put a bunch of biscuits from the basket into a biscuit mixer and brought the basket of biscuits

and the box of mixed biscuits and the biscuit mixer to the bakery and opened a tin of sardines. Download

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3. Doctor doctoring: When a doctor doctors a doctor, does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as the doctor

being doctored wants to be doctored or does the doctor doing the doctoring doctor as he wants to

doctor?Download this mp3

4. Mary Mac: Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me. My mother's making me marry Mary Mac.

Will I always be so Merry when Mary's taking care of me? Will I always be so merry when I marry Mary

Mac? Download this mp3

5. Nature watcher: Out in the pasture the nature watcher watches the catcher. While the catcher watches the

pitcher who pitches the balls. Whether the temperature's up or whether the temperature's down, the nature

watcher, the catcher and the pitcher are always around. The pitcher pitches, the catcher catches and the

watcher watches. So whether the temperature's rises or whether the temperature falls the nature watcher

just watches the catcher who's watching the pitcher who's watching the balls. Download this mp3

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6. Wish to wish: I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't

wish the wish you wish to wish.Download this mp3

STORY

A tongue twister is defined as a phrase or sentence that is hard to speak

fast, usually because of alliteration or a sequence of nearly similar

sounds. To play a game of tongue twisters, you must repeat the shorter

tongue twisters three or four times rapidly from memory without

stumbling.

Tall Ted's Turtles

A Tongue Twister Tale

by S.E. Schlosser

Tall Ted Thompson parked his traveling turtle tank on Tenth Street in front of Tonawanda Town

Hall. Tall Ted's traveling Turtle Aquarium was a big attraction in Tonawanda. Timmie Torlish

and his twin sister Trish ran to push their noses against the tanks windows to take a look at the

turtles as Tall Ted walked up Tenth Street to talk to the mayor.

It was Timmie who noticed Travis Taylor staring intently at the turtles swimming and sunning

themselves in Tall Ted's turtle tank.

"Look at Terrible Travis!" Timmie whispered to Trish.

"I bet he wants to steal Tall Ted's turtles and make them into turtle soup," said Trish. "Last

month, he stole Farmer Tom's turtles right out of the pond!"

"Well, he can't steal these turtles. They are safely locked away in Tall Ted's tank," said

Timmie to his twin.

When the twins were done watching turtles, they headed up the street toward Town Hall,

which had a huge tulip tree out front that was easy to climb. Suddenly, Timmie heard a thud from

somewhere behind them. Timmie and Trish turned around and saw that Terrible Travis had

unhooked the door to Tall Ted's turtle tank. Water leaked out of the turtle tank. Then, the door to

the tank trembled and burst open. Out tumbled a ton of water and all of Tall Ted's turtles. Turtles

of all sizes toppled over and over as the torrent tore down Tenth Street, scrambling desperately

toward the sidewalk in their effort to get out of the raging torrent.

"Ted's turtles are loose," yelled Trish. "Quick, Timmie, go get Tall Ted."

Timmie toppled out of the tulip tree and ran to get Ted. Trish jumped down behind him and

hurried onto Tenth Street to try to capture Tall Ted's turtles.

Tenth Street was a mess! Turtles were traipsing everywhere, and the gutters were overflowing

with water. Tracey Timmons the local school teacher tripped over two of Tall Ted's Turtles and

dropped her grocery bag full of tomatoes. Twenty turtles meandered into Toy Town and ten

turtles got caught in the revolving door of the Tenth Street Savings and Loan and were tossed into

the lap of a surprised teller who was taking a lunch break.

Officer Todd Tabbot, Tonawanda's town policeman, stopped traffic so Tall Ted could collect

his turtles. Timmie, Trish and the shopkeepers all helped Tall Ted.

"How did my tank break?" asked Tall Ted, scratching his head in puzzlement.

"Terrible Travis unhooked the door to the tank," the twins told Tall Ted. "We think he wants

to make Turtle Soup for his truck stop."

Tall Ted's eyes widened when he heard this report. "That could explain why twenty of my turtles

are missing," Tall Ted exclaimed.

Tall Ted, the twins and Officer Talbot took Tall Ted's traveling turtle tank over to Taylor's

Truck Stop to talk to Terrible Travis. They found Travis heating up a huge pot of water. In a tank

behind him swam twenty turtles. All the turtles had the special tag that Tall Ted hooked onto

their shells to help people identify his pets.

Terrible Travis turned pale when he saw Tall Ted and Officer Talbot.

"I give up," Travis cried when Tall Ted showed Todd Talbot the tags his turtles wore. Todd

Talbot arrested Travis for stealing Tall Ted's turtles and for tampering with Tall Ted's traveling

turtle tank.

Tall Ted shook hands with Timmie and Trish Torlish and gave them a turtle to take care of as a

reward for turning in Travis Taylor. Then Tall Ted got into his traveling turtle tank and drove

down Tenth Street to Tonawanda Town Hall to finish his talk with the mayor.

Allison's Alligator

A Tongue Twister Tale

by

S. E. Schlosser

Alex alligator arrived at Allison Arthur's apple farm in April, when the apple trees were

covered with blossoms.

"Whatever am I to do with an alligator?" Allison asked.

Inside the box, Alex yawned. Alex stuck his legs through the holes at the bottom of the

box and ambled into the house in search of dinner.

"Oh no you don't!" cried Allison. "You cannot live in the house. You are to stay in the

stream behind the apple orchard."

Allison put Alex in the small stream. Then Allison put a strong fence around the stream

so Alex did not try to eat Mrs. Chory's chickens.

Alex liked the stream and his pen. He especially liked the steaks Allison gave him every

morning and evening.

One day in August a red apple fell off a tree and rolled under the fence and into Alex's

pen. Alex sniffed it a bit and then took a bite.

It was the most delicious thing Alex had ever eaten. Alex slipped under the fence and

ambled into the apple orchard. Alex found a line of baskets sitting under a tree. Alex ate

all the apples in the baskets. Then he wandered under another tree and ate all the apples

in the baskets he found there. He was very happy. And very full. He went back into his

cage.

Allison came by later with his steak. Alex sniffed at it, but he was not very hungry.

"Do you know what someone did Alex?" asked Allison. Alex yawned. "Someone stole all

my apples. They knocked over the baskets and stole the apples. If it happens again, I'm

calling the police."

That night, Alex had a very pleasant dream about apples. After his steak the next

morning, Alex slipped under the fence and out into the orchard. There were a bunch of

people climbing up and down ladders with baskets. Alex watched for a few moments.

Then he realized that when the people came down the ladders, their baskets were full of

apples.

Alex wandered over to the closest ladder. A small girl descended with a basket full of

apples. Alex grinned at her. The little girl screamed and dropped the basket. She ran

away, yelling for her mother. Alex stuck his head in the basket and began eating apples.

He heard voices coming towards him.

"Now April, you know what I've said about fibbing. There are no alligators in this orchard."

said April's mother. Alex pulled his head out of the basket and grinned at April's mother.

"Ahhhh!" she screamed. April and her mother ran away as fast as they could.

Alex walked over to another tree. A man was climbing down the ladder. He stepped on

Alex's back. Alex grunted and tried to walk away. The man looked down at Alex and

yelped. The man dropped his basket and ran toward the house. Alex ate all the apples in

his basket.

Just then, Allison came running into the orchard.

"Alex!" she yelled. Alex took one look at Allison and bolted back into his pen. Allison

followed him.

"So you're the one who ate all my apples." she said. "I'd better fix your cage."

Once Alex's cage was fixed, he could no longer go into the apple orchard. Alex stared

longingly at the trees full of apples.

At dinner time, Allison brought Alex a steak as usual.

"You are a bad boy, Ales," she said. "But I can't blame you for liking apples. I brought you

a surprise."

Allison went outside the cage, and picked up a basket. It was full of apples! Alex ate all

the apples before he ate his steak.

Allison laughed. "I'll bring you apples every night Alex," she said. That is exactly what

Allison did.

Bakery Bear

A Tongue Twister Tale

by

S. E. Schlosser

Brenda was busy baking a batch of blueberry muffins in the kitchen of Butler's Bakery

when the bell rang.

"Be with you in a bit," Brenda called, brushing her blond braid over her shoulder.

Brenda put the blueberry muffins into the oven and bustled into the store. A big brown

bear stood with his paws on the counter.

"Grumph," said the big brown bear.

"Aaaaa!" said Brenda Butler.

Brenda ran out through the back door to get Bill Boyle, the policeman.

"Bill, there is a big brown bear in the bakery!" Brenda cried.

"A bear?" Bill asked.

Bill followed Brenda into the bakery. The bear was busy eating blintz's and a bunch of

bagels. It looked at Bill Boyle and grunted bad-temperedly.

"Here bear. Nice bear," Bill said nervously.

The bear gave Bill a baleful grin. Bill backed away. The bear ambled toward Bill. Bill ran.

"Oh boy," Brenda babbled and fled from the store.

"I'd better call Barney," Bill told Brenda.

Barney Blake was the local dogcatcher for the town of Bradley. Barney drove up in his

big blue van and hopped out.

"Where's the bear?" Barney asked Brenda.

"It's in the bakery," Brenda said.

Barney took a big net and went into the bakery. Brenda heard a bang. Grabbing a broom

from the closet, Brenda rushed into the store. Barney was standing on a bench, waving

his arms and yelling "Shoo!" at the bear. The bear was biting Barney's black boots

hungrily.

Brenda beat the bear with the broom. "Back off, you big bully," Brenda shouted.

When the bear bit the broom, Barney jumped off the bench and ran out of the bakery.

Brenda followed.

"What happened to your net?" asked Brenda breathlessly.

"The bear broke it," said Barney.

A wave off smoke came billowing out the back door of the bakery.

"My blueberry muffins are burning!" cried Brenda. She raced into the kitchen.

As Brenda removed the burnt blueberry muffins from the oven, the bear came into the

kitchen.

"Shoo you bumbling brute," Brenda said to it. "You are bad for business. You made me

burn my muffins."

Brenda threw a blueberry muffin at the bear. The bear ate the muffin and went back into

the store.

"Is it gone?" asked Bill, as he and Barney came cautiously into the kitchen.

"The bear is in the store," said Brenda. "I have a plan."

Brenda sent Bill to get some honeycomb and had Barney back his van behind the

bakery. Meanwhile, Brenda beat up a batch of buttermilk biscuits. Then she mixed the

honey from the honeycomb into the batter. Soon, the kitchen was bursting with the smell

of honey buttermilk biscuits.

The loud banging noises the bear was making in the bakery store ceased abruptly as the

bear smelled the honey. Brenda carried the big batch of biscuits out to the van. Bill

opened the back door. The breeze blew the smell of the honey-buttermilk biscuits into the

bakery. The bear nudged open the swinging door of the bakery and ambled into the

kitchen. He knocked over the big brown bowl and grumbled when he found no honey.

Then the bear sniffed his way out the back door. Brenda had placed the basket of

biscuits at the back of Barney's van. The bear bounded up the ramp and Barney banged

the door shut. Brenda and Bill cheered.

"I will take the bear back to the forest and let him out," said Barney.

While Barney and the bear drove away in the blue van, Brenda and Bill bustled back into

the bakery to clean up.

Freddy's Fabulous Frogs

A Tongue Twister Tale

by

S.E. Schlosser

Fabian Frogmorton stole Freddy's frog Fats on the Friday of the town of Flowerpot's Fabulous

Frogs Contest. Freddy was furious. Fabian Frogmorton had cheated Freddy out of the Fabulous

Frog Award last year. Fabian had fed Freddy's frog flies just before the Fast Frog Frolic, the final

race in Flowerpot's Fabulous Frogs Contest. Freddy's frog had been too full to frolic, so Fabian's

frog had finished first.

Freddy reported the theft to Flossie French, the teacher in charge of Flowerpot's Fabulous Frogs

Contest.

"Fabian Frogmorton registered Fats as his frog." Flossie French fussed. "Can you prove Fats

is your frog

Since Freddy couldn't prove he had found Fats in the pond last Friday, Flossie French could

not get Fats back for Freddy. Freddy was frantic. He did not want Fabian to win Flowerpot's

Fabulous Frogs Contest for the fourth Fall in a row.

Freddy decided to find another frog. During lunch, Freddy followed the schoolyard fence to

Felix Frasier's creek. Freddy was fuming to himself about Fabian, and did not see the frog until

his foot came down on a flower and the frog jumped away from him. It was the highest hop, made

by the tiniest frog that Freddy Friedman had ever seen!

Freddy chased the frog to the foot of Felix Frazier's stream before he caught it. The frog

opened its tiny mouth and croaked furiously in protest. It was the most fabulous sound Freddy

had ever heard.

"You are the littlest flibbertigibbet I have ever seen!" exclaimed Freddy. "I am going to name

you Flib."

Freddy hugged Flib and ran back to school to show Flib to his friends. Freddy's friends

laughed furiously when they saw Flib. They said that Freddy would never win Flowerpot's

Fabulous Frogs Contest with such a tiny frog.

"Don't fret Flib," Freddy said. "You are far faster than my old frog Fats. Fabian Frogmorton

will not win Flowerpot's Fabulous Frogs Contest."

Flossie French chuckled when she registered Flib the frog, but she also patted Freddy's hand

sympathetically and said: "Flib is a fine frog, Freddy. Good luck."

There were three trials in Flowerpot's Fabulous Frogs Contest. The frog which won the most

trials was declared the most Fabulous Frog in Flowerpot. The first contest was Foghorn Frog, the

loudest croaker. Freddy knew that Fats was a famous croaker. Fabian was sure to win. The

contestants fought their way up front with their frogs. Along the fringes, Freddy's friends cheered

for Flib. Fabian Frogmorton laughed scornfully when he saw Freddy's frog Flib. Fabian

pinched Fats hard. Fats croaked loudly in pain. Before Fats had finished croaking, Flib opened

his little mouth and croaked so loud Freddy clapped his hands to his ears.

"Flib wins the Foghorn Frog Contest." Flossie Ffrench said.

Fabian frowned. "It's not fair!" Fabian whined.

The second contest was the Frog Jump Far trial. Freddy had seen how far Flib could

jump. Freddy was sure Flib would win. Freddy and Flib lined up with the other contestants. Each

contestant urged his frog to leap as far as it could. Flossie French measured the frog's first

jump. Freddy and Flib came just before Fabian and Fats. Freddy's friends cheered and chanted as

Flib jumped farther than the other frogs. When Flossie French had her back turned, Fabian

Frogmorton stepped on Fats. Fats croaked in pain and leapt away from Fabian. Fats jumped

even farther than Flib.

"Fats is the winner!" said Flossie French.

Freddy's friends booed.

The final trial was the Fast Frog Frolic. The contestants and their frogs lined up. Flossie

French fired the gun and all the frogs jumped in surprise and began hopping in all

directions. "Go Flib, go Flib!" chanted Freddy's friends. While Flib hopped fast and

furiously, Fats sat at the starting line. Fabian fussed and fumed. Finally, he kicked Fats. This

time, Flossie French, saw him and Fabian was disqualified.

To Freddy's delight, Flib crossed the finish line first.

"Flib is the winner!" cried Flossie French.

Every member of Flowerpot's Fabulous Frogs Contest, with the exception of Fabian, cheered

wildly. Fabian howled in fury at being foiled in his fraud and threw Fats on the ground in disgust.

Flossie French presented Freddy with "Flowerpot's Fabulous Frog" award. Then Flossie

Ffrench picked up Fats and handed him to Freddy.

"Freddy, here is Fats." said Flossie French. "You have two fabulous frogs. Take good care of

them."

"I will," Freddy promised.

Freddy took Flib and Fats over to Felix Frasier's Stream and set them free. Flib and Fats

floated near the lily pads and peered out at Freddy.

"See you next Fall," Freddy said.

And Freddy Friedman went home to tell his family about winning how his frog Flib won the

town of Flowerpot's Fabulous Frog Award.

Funny Tongue Twisters

Funny Tongue Twister Phrases

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

Rubber baby buggy bumpers

Frivolous fat Fannie fried fresh fish furiously

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.

I slit a sheet, a sheet I slit, upon a slitted sheet I sit.

A big black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big

black bug bit?

Round and round the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran.

The winkle ship sank and the shrimp ship swam.

Excited executioner exercising his excising powers excessively.

Hi-Tech Traveling Tractor Trailor Truck Tracker

How many yaks could a yak pack pack if a yak pack could pack yaks?

Nick knits Nixon's knickers.

Funny Tongue Twister Poems

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate,

And I'm only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late.

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son,

And I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come.

A tutor who tooted the flute

Tried to tutor two tooters to toot

Said the two to the tutor

"Is it tougher to toot

Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

A certain young fellow named Beebee

Wished to marry a lady named Phoebe

"But," he said. "I must see

What the minister's fee be

Before Phoebe be Phoebe Beebee"

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck

If a woodchuck would chuck wood?

A woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck

If a woodchuck would chuck wood.

I thought a thought.

But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought.

If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have

thought so much.

A skunk sat on a stump.

The stump thought the skunk stunk.

The skunk thought the stump stunk .

What stunk the skunk or the stump?

If one doctor doctors another doctor

Does the doctor who doctors the doctor

Doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors?

Or does the doctor doctor the way

The doctor who doctors doctors?

The doctoring doctor doctors the doctor the way

The doctoring doctor wants to doctor the doctor.

Not the way the doctored doctor wants to be doctored.

Mr. See owned a saw.

And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw.

Now See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw

Before Soar saw See,

Which made Soar sore.

Had Soar seen See's saw

Before See sawed Soar's seesaw,

See's saw would not have sawed

Soar's seesaw.

So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.

But it was sad to see Soar so sore

Just because See's saw sawed

Soar's seesaw!

I cannot bear to see a bear

Bear down upon a hare.

When bare of hair he strips the hare,

Right there I cry, "Forbear!"

If Freaky Fred Found Fifty Feet of Fruit

And Fed Forty Feet to his Friend Frank

How many Feet of Fruit did Freaky Fred Find?

Did Dick Pickens prick his pinkie

Pickling cheap cling peaches in an inch of Pinch

Or framing his famed French finch photos?

Dr. Johnson and Mr. Johnson,

After great consideration,

Came to the conclusion

That the Indian nation

Beyond the Indian Ocean

Is back in education

Because the chief occupation is cultivation.

A tree toad loved a she-toad

Who lived up in a tree.

He was a two-toed tree toad

But a three-toed toad was she.

The two-toed tree toad tried to win

The three-toed she-toad's heart,

For the two-toed tree toad loved the ground

That the three-toed tree toad trod.

But the two-toed tree toad tried in vain.

He couldn't please her whim.

From her tree toad bower

With her three-toed power

The she-toad vetoed him.

Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.

The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed

shilly-shallied south.

These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;

Sheep should sleep in a shed.

You've no need to light a night-light

On a light night like tonight,

For a night-light's light's a slight light,

And tonight's a night that's light.

When a night's light, like tonight's light,

It is really not quite right

To light night-lights with their slight lights

On a light night like tonight.

Of all the felt I ever felt,

I never felt a piece of felt

Which felt as fine as that felt felt,

When first I felt that felt hat's felt.

A flea and a fly in a flue

Said the fly "Oh what should we do"

Said the flea" Let us fly

Said the fly"Let us flee"

So they flew through a flaw in the flue

If a Hottentot taught

A Hottentot tot to talk

Ere the tot could totter,

Ought the Hottentot tot

Be taught to say ought or naught

Or what ought to be taught 'er?

Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not.

So it is better to be Shott than Nott.

Some say Nott was not shot.

But Shott says he shot Nott.

Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot.

If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot.

But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott.

However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott.

So, Ed Nott was shot and that's hot! Is it not?

Bitty Batter bought some butter

“But,” said she, “this butter’s bitter.

If I put it in my batter,

It will make my batter bitter.”

So she bought some better butter,

And she put the better butter in the bitter batter,

And made the bitter batter better.

Hard Tongue Twisters

Hard Tongue Twister Phrases

A big bug bit a bold bald bear and the bold bald bear bled blood badly.

Brisk brave brigadiers brandished broad bright blades, blunderbusses, and

bludgeons -- Balancing them badly.

Can you can a canned can into an uncanned can like a canner can can a canned

can into an uncanned can?

If you must cross a course cross cow across a crowded cow crossing, cross the

cross coarse cow across the crowded cow crossing carefully.

Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager managing an imaginary menagerie.

The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick.

(This is the World's Hardest Tongue Twister, according the Guiness Book of World

Records.)

Hard Tongue Twister Poems

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's mate,

And I'm only plucking pheasants 'cause the pheasant plucker's late.

I'm not the pheasant plucker, I'm the pheasant plucker's son,

And I'm only plucking pheasants till the pheasant pluckers come.

A tutor who tooted the flute

Tried to tutor two tooters to toot

Said the two to the tutor

"Is it tougher to toot

Or to tutor two tooters to toot?"

Silly Sally swiftly shooed seven silly sheep.

The seven silly sheep Silly Sally shooed

Shilly-shallied south.

These sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack;

Sheep should sleep in a shed.

Three sweet switched Swiss witches

Watch three washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switches.

Which sweet switched Swiss witch watches

Which washed Swiss witch Swatch watch switch?

Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown,

The succesful thistle-sifter,

While sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles,

Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb.

Now, if Theophilus Thadeus Thistledown,

The succesful thistle-sifter,

Thrust three thousand thistles through the thick of his thumb,

See that thou, while sifting a sieve-full of unsifted thistles,

Thrust not three thousand thistles through the thick of thy thumb.

Harry's Hair

A Tongue Twister Tale

by

S. E. Schlosser

Harry Horse loved to watch television. He loved the cartoons and the sitcoms. He

watched the movies and listened intently to the talk shows as the sounds drifted through

the open window in the kitchen.

Every day, Mrs. Harvey would watch her favorite show on the small white television set

on the kitchen table. Many an afternoon, Harry would stick his head through the paddock

fence and follow The Trials and Tribulations of Raymond and Julia Tanner. Harry would

lean as close to the open window as he could to catch every word.

"Come roll in the grass Harry," the other horses would say. "Race with us across the

wide, green meadow."

But instead, Harry would watch television.

One afternoon, a brand new commmercial came on.

"Worried about hair loss?" said the television. "Is baldness creeping up on you? Get

Miracle Hair Tonic and fight back!"

"I should get some of that for Sam," Mrs. Harvey said, jotting down the toll free number.

Mr. Harvey had a bald spot at the top of his head. Harry liked to blow on it when Sam

gave him his grain.

"Harry, what are you doing?" Harriet Harvey asked.

Harry pulled his head through the fence.

"Come on. I'm going to clean you up for a ride."

Harry loved having Harriet curry comb him. She scratched all the itchy places.

"You're going bald, Harry," said Harriet.

Harry looked around. The curry comb was full of hair. More hair was drifting down from

his side. Harry could not believe it. Bald! Just like Sam.

As he jogged around the ring, Harry pictured himself losing all his hair. How the other

horses would laugh!

When they got back to the barn, Harry watched Harriet curry his itchy spots. Maybe she

had been joking. But again, the curry comb was full of hair.

Harry was so embarrassed that he stayed in his stall for the rest of the day.

"What's wrong, Harry?" asked Sam when he brought Harry his grain. Harry shook his

head. Several hairs floated off his neck.

"Soon you'll be as bald as me!" Sam said. "Amelia should get some hair tonic for you."

Harry perked his ears. Mrs. Harvey had ordered hair tonic. Maybe, if he could get some

of it, he would not go bald.

Harry waited all week for the hair tonic to arrive. The only time he went out of his stall

was when Mrs. Harvey turned on her show. While he was watching The Trials and

Tribulations of Raymond and Julia Tanner, Harry could forget his creeping baldness.

On Friday, Mrs. Harvey came into the kitchen with a box. Harry hurried over to the fence

to watch her open it. It was the hair tonic!

"Dilute in water and spread over balding area," Mrs. Harvey read.

She put the bottle down by the sink.

Harry stared at the bottle. If he could get his nose in the window, he might be able to

reach it. Harry squeezed his neck as far as it would go through the fence. He got a mouth

full of curtain, but no bottle. Then Harry shoved his shoulders through the fence. This

time, the tip of his teeth touched the bottle. It rocked a few times and then landed gently

in his mouth.

Harry trotted to the barn. He broke the bottle gently into the water trough. The water

turned green. Harry ducked his nose into the water. He rubbed it over as much of his

body as he could reach. He planted his feet on each side of the trough and lowered his

belly into the water. Then Harry sloshed some water on the grass and rolled in it.

"What are you doing Harry?" asked Harriet. She was sitting on top of the fence. Harry

stood up quickly. Harriet's mouth fell open.

"Ma, Dad, come quick!" yelled Harriet. "Harry's turned green!"

Harry looked down at himself. He was green all over. Harry bolted into his stall, followed

shortly by the Harveys. Sam Harvey took one look at Harry and started laughing. Harry

tried to duck behind his manger.

"How do you suppose he turned green?" asked Mrs. Harvey.

"It looks like he's been dyed," said Sam.

"Daddy, the troughs filled with green water," shouted Harriet, running into the barn. "I

found this beside it."

In her hand was the broken bottle of hair tonic.

"Miracle Hair Tonic?" asked Sam.

"I got it for your bald spot," said Mrs. Harvey.

"Oh Harry," said Harriet, "I was just teasing you. You're not going bald. You're just losing

your winter coat."

Harry hung his head.

"Just think, Dad, if you had used the hair tonic, your hair would be green instead of

Harry's," Harriet said.

"We'd better wash him off," said Mrs. Harvey.

So Harry had a bath. In fact, he had several baths. He ended up a light green color with

patches of brown here and there. His nose remained dark green because he had dipped

it so many times into the tonic. And Harry stayed green until he lost the rest of his winter

coat. The other horses were very understanding about the whole thing, but Sam Harvey

laughed each time he fed Harry.

Harry never watched television again. Instead, he rolled in the grass and went running

across the wide, green meadow with his friends.

Mrs. Chory's Chickens

A Tongue Twister Tale

by

S. E. Schlosser

"Chick, chick, chick," called Carol Chory as she chucked corn onto the ground. Chickens

popped out of the hen house and scurried into the yard. Charlie Chicken strutted to Carol

Chory's side.

"Something new, Charlie," cried Carol, "Here is some caramel corn." She gave Charlie a

handful. Charlie Chicken scratched at the caramel corn, then took a chunk and

swallowed quickly. Carol Chory chuckled and went inside.

Beside Charlie, a hen began to choke on the caramel corn. She flapped about the coop

in a frenzy. Soon chickens were choking and flapping all over the chicken coop. Charlie

swallowed another chunk of caramel corn. The corn got caught in his throat. Charlie

Chicken choked and flapped out of the coop and into Cobb street.

Charlie Chicken bumped blindly into Karl Kramer's cart full of chocolate-covered cherries

and flopped inside. To Karl's consternation, the cart began to tilt. Suddenly the cart full of

chocolate-covered cherries began rolling down Cobb Hill. Karl gave a shout and chased

the cart. Charlie Chicken choked and flapped among the chocolate-covered cherries.

Kristel Cramdon screamed when she saw Karl's cart full of chocolate-covered cherries

careening down Cobb Hill with Charlie Chicken's white wings flapping frantically at the

front.

"Look out!" called Karl.

As the cart rolled past Kristel, a loose piece of board hooked into her cream-colored

coulats and ripped them right off. Kristel gasped and tried to cover her polka-dotted

bloomers, just as Karl Kramer crashed into her.

The cart continued its calamitous path down the hill, cream-colored coulats flapping at

the rear and Charlie Chicken choking and flapping at the front. It cruised under the ladder

on which Ken stood cleaning his chimney. The ladder collapsed and Ken landed face-first

among the cartons of chocolate-covered cherries.

Charlie Chicken flapped frantically in fright as Ken gave muffled cries from underneath

the cherries. Kristel Cramdon's cream-colored coulats fluttered in the wind and the cart

full of chocolate-covered cherries continued to roll down Cobb Hill toward the center of

Coon Falls.

Policeman Chad Charles leapt into Chin's China Shoppe to avoid the cart. He crashed

into Chin and they fell to the floor, crushing most of Chin's china.

The cart took a short cut through Carla Cutler's courtyard and caught her laundry line, full

of frilly pink underwear, on one of its upward planks. Kris Kringle, Carla Cutler's charcoal-

colored miniature collie jumped aboard the cart when he smelled the chocolate-covered

cherries.

Kris Kringle took a bite out of Ken's nose before discovering it wasn't a chocolate-covered

cherry. Ken clouted Kris Kringle and blotted his nose with Carla Cutler's pink underwear.

In the front of the cart, Charlie Chicken continued choking and flapping as the cart

cruised into Cobb Court at the center of Coon Falls and crashed into Cami's Custard

Stand.

Kris Kringle landed in a vat of chocolate custard. Ken splashed into the Coon Court

fountain, as the chocolate-covered cherries cascaded all over the square. Carla Cutler's

frilly pink underwear showered upon Cami's customers and Charlie Chicken crashed onto

the ground. The caramel corn came flying out of Charlie's throat and rolled into a storm

grate.

Charlie Chicken was annoyed by the rucus. He ruffled his feathers and went home.

Charlie strutted past Cami's Custard Stand, where Cami was shouting at Ken about her

underwear-strewn customers. He strolled passed the chocolate-covered Kris Kringle,

who was licking custard off of his charcoal-colored fur. He went by a red-faced Carla

Cutler, on her way to collect her collie and her frilly pink underwear. He flapped around

Chin's China Shoppe where Chin was chucking china at Policeman Charles. Finally, he

edged around the polka-dotted-bloomer clad Kristel Cramdon, who was clobbering Karl

Kramer with her handbag and strutted into his yard.

Mrs. Chory's chickens had flopped in feathered heaps all over the yard, gasping heavily.

The caramel corn lay uneaten on the ground. Carol Chory came out of the house. "How

did you like the caramel corn, Charlie?" she asked. Charlie Chicken gave an indignant

sqwauk and marched back into the chicken coop.

Sally Slither's Snakes

A Tongue Twister Tale

by S.E. Schlosser

Sally Slithers moved to South Hall in September.

"Oh dear, there are too many mice here," she said. So Sally went to the pet store and bought a

great big boa constrictor. She named her snake Sammy. Sammy's favorite place to sleep was in

the bathroom, where he spent many hours munching on mice. Shortly after Sammy Slithers moved

in to South Hall, all the mice moved out.

"I like snakes," said Sally Slithers. She went out and bought more boa constrictors.

One afternoon, several children who lived on Straight Street came to Sally Slither's house to

see the snakes. "My mom hates snakes," said Saul Schultz Jr., "but she also hates mice. All the

houses on Straight Street have mice. It's a real problem. Maybe we should adopt a snake

too."

"That would be splendid," said Sally Slithers. She went out and bought some more snakes. Then Sally Slithers put up a sign saying: "Adopt-a-Snake! Perfect for catching

mice."

"Merciful Heavens!" exclaimed Suzy Schultz when she read the sign. "Adopt-a-Snake! I

would rather have the mice!"

Suzy Schultz called the police and complained about Sally Slither's snakes. A police officer

stopped by South Hall and told Sally Slithers that an animal warden was coming to take her

snakes away the next day.

"You have too many snakes," said the sergeant. "That is not safe."

Sally Slithers exclaimed: "I love my snakes. I don't want them taken away. I want them

adopted."

When they heard that the animal warden was going to take away Sally's snakes, Saul Schultz

Jr. and several school friends came to South Hall to offer their help.

"We will hide your snakes from the animal warden," they said. Each child on Straight Street

took a snake home in their lunch box. Sally gave Sammy Slithers to Saul Schultz Jr to hide his

house.

Early the next morning, screams could be heard up and down Straight Street as mothers found

Sally Slither's snakes. Smith Struthers the animal warden, who had just inspected Sally's house

and found it empty of snakes, ran out into Straight Street to see what was wrong.

Suzy Schultz came stumbling into Straight Street sobbing about a big boa constrictor she'd

found in the bathtub.

"Sammy!" shouted Sally Slithers. She raced into the Schultz's house and found Sammy lying in

the bathtub, swallowing a large mouse.

Up and down Straight Street, mothers screamed and begged Smith Struthers the snake warden

to save them from the snakes. Just then Sally Slithers stepped outside with Sammy in her arms.

"I'm going to have to take that snake away from you ma'am," said the animal warden, but he

was interrupted by a shout from the Schultz's house.

"Sally Slithers!" cried Saul Schultz Senior, who was Suzy's husband and Saul's father. He

raced out the front door and hurried over to Sally. "That snake is wonderful!" Saul Senior

exclaimed enthusiastically, "He has swallowed all the mice in our house! We've finally found a

solution to our mice problem! Is that snake for sale?"

"Sammy Slithers is not for sale," said Sally Slithers firmly, "but I have other snakes you may

adopt from my Adopt-a-Snake program."

Up and down Straight Street, the fathers in each family were making the same discovery. Sally

Slithers' snakes had swallowed all the mice on Straight Street.

Soon, all of Sally Slithers' snakes had been adopted by the grateful dads. Even the Schultz

family adopted a pet snake. Suzy Schultz was so happy with her new pet that she dropped the

charges and Sally Slithers was allowed to keep Sammy Slithers her pet boa constrictor.

"But only one snake," said Smith Struthers the animal warden. Sally agreed.

The people of Straight Street all elected to change the name of their road to Slither Street in

honor of Sally Slithers and her pet boa constrictor Sammy. The people of Slither Street have never

had a mouse problem again

Spooky Tongue Twisters

Spooky Tongue Twister Phrases

He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.

Creepy crawler critters crawl through creepy crawly craters.

Dracula digs dreary, dark dungeons.

Ghostly ghouls gather gleefully to golf on ghostly golf courses.

Gobbling gorgoyles gobbled gobbling goblins.

Horribly hoarse hoot owls hoot howls of horror in halloween haunted houses.

If big black bats could blow bubbles, how big of bubbles would big black bats

blow?

If two witches would watch two watches, which witch would watch which watch?

Professional Pumpkin Pickers are prone to pick the plumpest pumpkins.

Transylvanian Tree Trimmers are trained to trim the tallest Transylvanian trees.

Several spooky slimy spiders spun sulking by the sea

The ochre ogre ogled the poker.

Six slippery snails, slid slowly seaward.

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

Spooky Tongue Twister Poems

Ed Nott was shot and Sam Shott was not.

So it is better to be Shott than Nott.

Some say Nott was not shot.

But Shott says he shot Nott.

Either the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or Nott was shot.

If the shot Shott shot shot Nott, Nott was shot.

But if the shot Shott shot shot Shott, the shot was Shott, not Nott.

However, the shot Shott shot shot not Shott - but Nott.

So, Ed Nott was shot and that's hot! Is it not?

I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish,

But if you wish the wish the witch wishes,

I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.

Tall Ted's Turtles

A Tongue Twister Tale

by S.E. Schlosser

Tall Ted Thompson parked his traveling turtle tank on

Tenth Street in front of Tonawanda Town Hall. Tall Ted's

traveling Turtle Aquarium was a big attraction in

Tonawanda. Timmie Torlish and his twin sister Trish ran to

push their noses against the tanks windows to take a look at

the turtles as Tall Ted walked up Tenth Street to talk to the

mayor.

It was Timmie who noticed Travis Taylor staring

intently at the turtles swimming and sunning themselves in

Tall Ted's turtle tank.

"Look at Terrible Travis!" Timmie whispered to Trish.

"I bet he wants to steal Tall Ted's turtles and make them into turtle soup," said Trish. "Last

month, he stole Farmer Tom's turtles right out of the pond!"

"Well, he can't steal these turtles. They are safely locked away in Tall Ted's tank," said

Timmie to his twin.

When the twins were done watching turtles, they headed up the street toward Town Hall,

which had a huge tulip tree out front that was easy to climb. Suddenly, Timmie heard a thud from

somewhere behind them. Timmie and Trish turned around and saw that Terrible Travis had

unhooked the door to Tall Ted's turtle tank. Water leaked out of the turtle tank. Then, the door to

the tank trembled and burst open. Out tumbled a ton of water and all of Tall Ted's turtles. Turtles

of all sizes toppled over and over as the torrent tore down Tenth Street, scrambling desperately

toward the sidewalk in their effort to get out of the raging torrent.

"Ted's turtles are loose," yelled Trish. "Quick, Timmie, go get Tall Ted."

Timmie toppled out of the tulip tree and ran to get Ted. Trish jumped down behind him and

hurried onto Tenth Street to try to capture Tall Ted's turtles.

Tenth Street was a mess! Turtles were traipsing everywhere, and the gutters were overflowing

with water. Tracey Timmons the local school teacher tripped over two of Tall Ted's Turtles and

dropped her grocery bag full of tomatoes. Twenty turtles meandered into Toy Town and ten

turtles got caught in the revolving door of the Tenth Street Savings and Loan and were tossed into

the lap of a surprised teller who was taking a lunch break.

Officer Todd Tabbot, Tonawanda's town policeman, stopped traffic so Tall Ted could collect

his turtles. Timmie, Trish and the shopkeepers all helped Tall Ted.

"How did my tank break?" asked Tall Ted, scratching his head in puzzlement.

"Terrible Travis unhooked the door to the tank," the twins told Tall Ted. "We think he wants

to make Turtle Soup for his truck stop."

Tall Ted's eyes widened when he heard this report. "That could explain why twenty of my turtles

are missing," Tall Ted exclaimed.

Tall Ted, the twins and Officer Talbot took Tall Ted's traveling turtle tank over to Taylor's

Truck Stop to talk to Terrible Travis. They found Travis heating up a huge pot of water. In a tank

behind him swam twenty turtles. All the turtles had the special tag that Tall Ted hooked onto

their shells to help people identify his pets.

Terrible Travis turned pale when he saw Tall Ted and Officer Talbot.

"I give up," Travis cried when Tall Ted showed Todd Talbot the tags his turtles wore. Todd

Talbot arrested Travis for stealing Tall Ted's turtles and for tampering with Tall Ted's traveling

turtle tank.

Tall Ted shook hands with Timmie and Trish Torlish and gave them a turtle to take care of as a

reward for turning in Travis Taylor. Then Tall Ted got into his traveling turtle tank and drove

down Tenth Street to Tonawanda Town Hall to finish his talk with the mayor.

Yankee Doodle Donkey

A Tongue Twister Tale

by S. E. Schlosser

Dolly Dittlemore put her harmonica into her pocket and said: "I am going to march in the

Fourth of July parade. Don't get into any trouble, Yankee Doodle."

Yankee Doodle, her pet donkey, nodded his shaggy brown head up and down and continued to munch on the piece of drape he had bitten from the window. Dolly and her father left the bright sunny garden and walked down Drake Drive together.

Suddenly Yankee Doodle realized Dolly had gone downtown without him. Yankee Doodle brayed in distress. He dropped the drape and trotted to the gate. Yankee Doodle nudged

the door open. Then Yankee Doodle went to town.

By the time Yankee Doodle reached the end of Drake Drive there was no sign of Dolly. Yankee Doodle drifted past Anna's Fresh Fruit Stand. Yankee Doodle liked the look of

Anna's apples. He took a mouthful.

"There's a donkey eating the apples!" shouted a little boy.

Anna came running out of the store.

"Shoo Yankee Doodle!" she shouted. "Go home."

Yankee Doodle did not want to go home. Instead, he trotted down the street, toward the crowd at the far end. Yankee Doodle paused to eat Baby Bobby's bibs off the clothesline.

Bobby's mother chased him away with a broom.

Then Yankee Doodle spotted the supermarket. With a happy bray, he jogged through the cheering crowd, past the shopping carts, through the automatic doors and into the

vegetable aisle. He had eaten all the corn and had started on the lettuce when the manager came running up.

"Get out of here!" he yelled. "Help, police!"

Yankee Doodle did not want to leave the supermarket. There was so much to munch on,

all in one place. But he did not like the noise the manager was making, so he left the lettuce and went into aisle eight. It was full of paper products. Yankee Doodle liked paper.

The manager came into the paper aisle with Sergeant Peters the policeman.

"See here, you can't eat that!" said Sergeant Peters as Yankee Doodle munched on

some paper plates.

Sergeant Peters tried to pull Yankee Doodle out of the aisle. Yankee Doodle didn't like

that. He brayed loudly and threw up his head.

The manager tried to push Yankee Doodle out of the aisle. Yankee Doodle refused to

budge. Several shoppers tried to help, but no one could make Yankee Doodle move.

Outside the supermarket, Justin's Jug Band struck up the song Yankee Doodle Dandy as

they marched by in the parade. Yankee Doodle stopped chewing the package of cups. He liked the sound of that song. Dolly sang it to him every night when she fed him.

Behind him, Sergeant Peters and the manager were pushing on his back end. Yankee

Doodle did not like that. He decided to look for Dolly. Yankee Doodle trotted out the door. Sergeant Peters and the manager fell in a heap behind him.

Yankee Doodle followed the Jug Band up the hill. Dolly was playing harmonica with the band when she spotted him.

"Yankee Doodle!" shouted Dolly.

Yankee Doodle brayed happily. He had found Dolly.

"Yankee Doodle, you go home right now!" said Dolly.

Yankee Doodle did not want to go home. He wanted to march in the parade with Dolly.

She handed her harmonica to her father and ran after him. Yankee Doodle thought it was a game and danced in and out of the crowd, knocking over some clowns and sending their balloons heavenward.

"Oh, dear!" Dolly cried. "Yankee Doodle, you are ruining the parade."

Yankee Doodle began to eat a clown's hat. He stayed just out of reach when Dolly's

father tried to grab him. Several strangers in the crowd tried to catch him, but Yankee Doodle just ran back into the center of the parade and trotted behind a big float of the American flag.

"Quick, everyone," called Dolly. "Play Yankee Doodle Dandy again."

The members of the Jug Band reassembled and began to play. Yankee Doodle brayed happily. They were playing his favorite song. "Yankee Doodle keep it up/Yankee Doodle dandy," Dolly sang.

She led the Jug Band away from the parade and up Drake Drive toward her house. A large number of people followed them. Yankee Doodle was hee-hawing happily along

with the band. They finished the song in front of Dolly's yard. Yankee Doodle trotted through the open gate. Dolly closed it with a flourish. The members of the Jug Band cheered.

"Put Yankee Doodle away," Dolly's father called, before he left with the band to rejoin the parade. Dolly Dittlemore glared at Yankee Doodle.

Yankee Doodle backed into the corner of the garden.

"No carrots for a week!" said Dolly and put him into his stall.

Yankee Doodle never went to town again.