Tongue Twisters
Published Jan 01, 1900
(Try them out loud if you dare) Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick. Is this your sister's sixth zither, sir? A big black bug bit a big black bear, The sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick. Toy boat. Toy boat. Toy boat. One smart fellow, he felt smart. Pope Sixtus VI's six texts. I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit,and on the slitted sheet I sit. She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
made the big black bear bleed blood.
Two smart fellows, they felt smart.
Three smart fellows, they all felt smart.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
Originally published November 14, 2002.
