Missing Word: Shel Silverstein Poetry

Can you fill in the missing rhyming word in these short Shel Silverstein poems?

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Early Bird
Oh, if you’re a bird, be an early bird,
And catch the worm for your breakfast plate.
If you’re a bird, be an early early bird—
But if you’re a worm, sleep ____.		 
Fish?
The little fish eats the tiny fish,
The big fish eats the little fish—
So only the biggest fish gets ___.
Do you know any folks like that?		 
Housebroken
The puppy’s housebroken at last?
Lord only knows he was needin’ it.
You’ve trained him to go
On the newspaper? Fine.
But please—not while I’m _______ it.		 
Hat
Teddy said it was a hat,
So I put it on.
Now Dad is saying,
'Where the heck's
the toilet plunger ____?'		 
Prayer of the Selfish Child
Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep,
And if I die before I wake,
I pray the Lord my toys to _____.
So none of the other kids can use 'em....
Amen. 		 
Alice
She drank from a bottle called DRINK ME
And up she grew so ____,
She ate from a plate called TASTE ME
And down she shrank so small.
And so she changed, while other folks
Never tried nothin’ at all.		 
Stupid Pencil Maker
Some dummy built this pencil _____—
The eraser's down here where the point belongs.
And the point's at the top—so it's no good to me.
It's amazing how stupid some people can be.		 
Gardener
We gave you a chance
To water the plants.
We didn’t mean that way—
Now zip up your _____.		 
Naked ____________
Let us make a pair of pants
For the poor old ____________
To cover his hide—once we decide
Exactly how big his bottomus.		 
Batty
The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
'Turn on the dark,
I'm afraid of the _____.'		 
Signals
When the light is green you go.
When the light is red you stop.
But what do you do
When the light turns ____
With orange and lavender spots?		 
Underface
Underneath my outside face
There's a face that none can see.
A little less smiley,
A little less sure,
But a whole lot more like __.		 
Crowded ___
There are too many kids in this ___
There are too many elbows to scrub
I just washed a behind that I'm sure wasn't mine
There are too many kids in this ___.		 
Sharing
I'll share your toys, I'll share your _____,
I'll share your toast, I'll share your honey
I'll share your milk and your cookies too—
The hard part's sharing mine with you.		 
Years From Now
Although I cannot see your face
As you flip these poems awhile,
Somewhere from some far-off _____
I hear you laughing—and I smile.		 
Happy Ending?
There are no happy endings.
Endings are the saddest part,
So just give me a happy middle
And a very happy _____.		 
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