A Race

He came right on up
to the counter, two dollars
a gun, shoot it into
the clowns mouth there
to fill up the balloon
______the balloon will fill
until __the balloon pops
and we have a
______winner!
___________number nine,
you get a large
prize -- choose from the sea
horse the starfish
or the hedgehog, yes,
_________two smaller ones
for your little lady friend, two
otters for you and your lucky lady.