Watch out!
Crazy animals at large!

Get ready to meet a tortoise on a trampoline, a cat who bites back and a poor little rich dog. Find out what all the fashionable ferrets are wearing at the moment - and why it's not a good idea to serve a cat the wrong kind of cat food!!! All this and more in...

There's a Hamster in the Fast Lane
A fantastic collection of poems chosen by Brian Moses
and published by Macmillan Children's Books.

We have TEN copies for the winners of this competition. Simply write and send us an animal poem. Tell us about a crazy animal you've met or a weird animal you've heard about. Or make something up. Poems can be in any style, funny, silly or even serious! (But NO pink, cuddly, fluffy kittens!!!)
Send your poems to hamster@pzone.freeserve.co.uk

Closing date is May 1st 2008

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Rules Rules Rules Rules Rules Rules Rules
1 Send your animal poem to hamster@pzone.freeserve.co.uk 2 Send poem in body of the e-mail not as a file or attachment 3 Remember to give your name, age and a contact address (No addresses will be published in The Poetry Zone.) 4 The Competition will be judged by Macmillan Children's Books and The Poetry Zone. 5 The competition is open worldwide (written in English) for children or teenagers between the ages of 4 and 18. 6 Closing date for the competition is May 1st 2008 7 The winning entries, and runners up, will be published in The Poetry Zone in July 2008 8 Poems MUST be your own, original work.

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