Spell Check

The only word a cow can spell is G-R-A-S-S.
The only word a squirrel can spell is N-U-T at best.
The word a cat correctly spells is M-O-U-S-E.
A pig can spell S-L-O-P and especially M-U-D.
A bird can spell S-E-E-D and W-O-R-M.
A duck can spell B-U-G-S and S-W-I-M.
I've heard tell a goat can spell T-I-N  C-A N,
But I'd have to see it to believe it, then see it again.
My favorite food's S-T-A-K-E and B-R-E-D.
The reason that I spell so good I'm so well R-E-D.
To be entirely truthful, well, then I would have to say,
Spelling every word correctly's never once been my forte.
But I can spell good as the next when I put my mind right to it.
Don't believe me?  Ask my teacher.
She's the one who taught me to it!
                                                        
                                                    by Yvonne Golden