Sunday, 7 July 2013

18. / Iǝ /



Letter clusters            Phoneme                   Helping Words           106
  [ear, eer, ere, ]          / Iǝ /                      ear, deer, here
  [ier, eir, ia, ion]                                        fierce, weird, aria, onion

Pound, the hound is fully geared for hunting.                                       
He has two sharp ears (/Iǝz/) to hear (/hIǝ/) so well.
He has two bright big eyes to see
animals or insects as well.
He has a very sensitive big nose to smell
or discern anything not so near (/nIǝ(r)/).
He has the teeth as sharp as the spear.
He has the claws to tear (/teə(r)/) and pierce (/pIǝs/).
How-our always shivers in fear
when he hears Pound, the hound
pow-bow and howl so loud.


[ ear, eer, ere, eir ]             /Iǝ/                  ear            107

Loho’s pet deer, Sphere (/sfIǝ/) never likes Pound, the hound.                      
Sphere, the deer, always thinks Pound, the hound
looks really fierce and weird (/wIǝd/).
His two ears always look so pricked up and stiff.
His nose seems to flick so much to scent.
He even bares his teeth without a cause.
He spreads out his claws every now and then.
He is just queer (/kwIǝ(r)/).
He likes to walk here and there.
He even sneers at a mere (/mIǝ (r)/) housefly.


[ ear, eer, eir, ere ]             /Iǝ/          ear    108

Sphere, the deer, does not like                                                   
Pound, the hound to get near him.
He thinks Pound, the hound
has a really strong smell of onion (/ˈʌnIǝn/).


It looks like he is infested
by bacteria (/bækˈtIǝrIǝ/) in millions or billions.
When Loho rides his motorbike, Pound, the hound
likes to take a pillion (/ˈpIlIǝn/) seat for a ride.
At times, he likes to rear up
on his hind legs to please Loho, his master.




[ear, eer, eir, ere ]              /Iǝ/                  ear      109

How-our, the mouse is always so timid.                                        
He is scared of Pound, the hound.
He is scared of the shears (/Iǝz/)
that Loho, the farmer carries here and there.
He gets easily in tears
whenever he sees the shears.
He knows he has to be careful
when he scampers past the fireplace.
He is scared of getting seared. (sIǝd)
Of course, he has to be cautious
not to smear the place.
He may cheer and steer (/stIǝ/) Oho’s toy car about
when nobody is around.

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