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Five fat friendly frogs following four flamingoes to the factory.

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F is for Food

Food is anything you can eat that gives you energy and nutrients and helps you grow. There are many things you can eat that are not food.
People will go to a lot of effort to make food look and taste good.

F is for Foot

Your foot is on the end of your leg. You use your feet to stand on. You have five toes on each foot. You wear shoes and socks on your feet.

F is for Footstool

A footstool or footrest is a small piece of furniture designed for you to rest your feet on, usually while you are relaxing on a sofa.

F is for For

For means with a purpose of, or intended to belong to. Some examples are:
"I am collecting shells for my sandcastle"
"That cupboard is for the towels"
"Is that for me?"
Not to be confused with four.

F is for Forbid

Forbid means to command or insist that someone does not do something. For example, smoking is forbidden in many public places.
A ford is a place where a road goes through water, such as a small river or stream. It is a shallow area where vehicles or people can cross when the water is not too deep.

F is for Forearm

Your forearm is the lower part of your arm, between your wrist and elbow.

F is for Forehead

Your forehead is the part of your head between your eyebrows and your hairline.

F is for Foreign

Something is foreign if it is from a different area or a different culture. Sometimes foreign things can look a bit out of place, like the goose in the picture.

F is for Forest

A forest is a place with a lot of trees. Around ten percent of the land on the Earth's surface is covered by forest.
Sometimes people use forest to just mean a group of trees.

F is for Forge

A forge, or smithy, is a place a blacksmith works with metal. Forge is also the name for the very hot fire a blacksmith keeps for heating up metal until it is soft enough to work with.

F is for Forget

You forget something if you don't do it, but not on purpose. You might forget to do your homework, or go out and forget your keys.
The man in the picture has forgotten to put his pants on before he goes to work.

F is for Forgot

Forgot is the past tense of forget. See also forgotten.

The man in the picture has forgotten his car keys.

F is for Forgotten

Forgotten is the past tense of forget. See also forgot.

F is for Fork

A fork is used for picking up food with. The part of the fork that sticks into the food has several tines - the fork in the picture has four tines.

F is for Forklift

A forklift, also called a lift truck, fork truck or forklift truck is a fairly small truck that has two prongs on the front that are designed to lift things. Forklifts are commonly used for moving large boxes around inside warehouses.

F is for Form

A form is the shape of something, or a framework made around the edge of an empty space that then is filled to make a shape. The picture is of some forms about to be filled with concrete to make the floor of a building.

F is for Formation

A formation is an arrangement of things, or how something has been formed. You might talk about a rock formation, a cloud formation, or aircraft flying in formation.

F is for Fort

A fort is a military structure used for defense against an enemy. Forts are usually large stone buildings surrounded by water or walls.
A fortune teller is someone who claims to tell what is going to happen in the future or offer guidance about the future by using mystical methods like reading tarot cards, palms, crystal balls or other methods.