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Module A – Lessons 81 to 93
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Sam
Lesson 81 – Part Two
NEW WORDS: Mack, Mack’s, bent, checks, chills, class, crash, grins, print, prints, pulls, rings, sends, swimming
The Van
Sam’s mom has a van. Sam is in the van. Sam and his mom got his pal, Chad. Then the van hit a big bump. The van will jump up, up, up. Then, slam!
The van hit the land. Crash! Smash! Crunch! Snap! Pop! The van was bent. The van had lots of dents. The van did not run.
Sam’s mom got a fix-it man. The fix-it man had a big fix-it kit. The fix-it kit did not help much. The fix-it man did not fix the van.
Sam’s mom got a cab. The kids got in the cab. Sam’s mom was sad. Sam held his mom’s hand. Then Sam sang his mom a song. “Mom,” Sam sang, “a van is just a van!” 
On the Bus
The van is in the fix-it shop. Sam’s mom must get on the bus. The bus pulls in at the bus stop. Sam’s mom gets on and sits in back.
The bus bumps up the hill. Sam’s mom hangs on with one hand. Sam’s mom rings the bell. The bus stops at the next stop. Sam’s mom gets off.
Sam in Class
Sam sits in Miss Mack’s class. The kids will print till class ends. Then the bell will ring. Sam will run and jump in the pond.
Miss Mack has the class print. The kids print “black cat.” Miss Mack checks Sam’s print. “That’s a mess!” quips Miss Mack. “Fix it!”
The bell rings. Sam jumps up and grabs his bag. Miss Mack tells Sam, “Sit and print!” Sam sits and prints. Will Miss Mack let him swim? Sam can’t tell.
Miss Mack tells Sam, “Print one last thing. Print ‘splash in the pond.'” Sam grins at Miss Mack. Miss Mack grins back at him. Sam prints “splash in the pond.” Then Miss Mack sends him off. Sam yells, “Miss Mack is the best!”
The Chills
Sam met Chad at the pond. Chad left his pants on the sand. Sam left his pants on a big rock. Chad got in. Splash! Then Sam got in. Splish!
Sam and Chad go swimming in the pond. The sun was hot, but the pond was not. Chad and Sam got the chills. Sam ran up on the rock and got his pants. Chad ran up on the sand, but Max, the dog, had his pants. Chad ran and got his pants back from Max.
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Sam
Lesson 82 – Part Three
NEW WORDS: Ken, chick, dig, dock, glints, gull, gull’s, huffs, jazz, mops, pack, plop, plucks, puffs, quacks, slips, smells, sniffs, strings
Stop That Bus!
Sam’s mom runs in and yells, “Sam, get up!” Sam jumps up. Sam’s mom hands him his pants. Sam jumps in his pants.
Sam’s mom hands him his pack. Sam slips the pack on his back. Sam’s mom hands him his lunch. Sam grabs it.
Sam and his mom run fast. “That’s the bus!” Sam yells. Sam’s mom huffs and puffs. “Stop the bus!” Sam yells. The kids on the bus spot Sam. One of them yells, “That’s Sam. Stop the bus!” The bus stops. Sam is in luck. Sam gets on the bus.
Sam and the Duck
Sam’s class is on a trip. The class is at the dock. Miss Mack spots Ken, the fish man. “Ken,” Miss Mack asks, “Can the kids dig in the sand?”
Ken nods. “Yes, the kids can dig in the sand, but the kids must not pet the duck. That duck is a bad duck. That duck pecks at kids.”
Miss Mack tells the kids, “Class, let’s not pet the duck.”
Sam and Chad dig in the sand. Chad digs up a ring. Sam lifts the ring up. The ring glints in the sun. The duck spots the ring. The duck quacks and runs at Sam.
“Sam!” Miss Mack yells, “It’s that bad duck, the one that pecks!” The duck runs up and pecks at Sam’s hand. Then it runs off with the ring.
“Man!” yells Chad. “That is one bad duck!”
Max in the Mud
Max tracks mud on the deck. Sam’s mom yells, “Bad dog!” Sam’s mom has Sam get a mop. Sam gets a mop and mops up the mud. Sam’s mom sniffs Max. Ug! The dog smells bad! Sam gets Max in the bath tub. Sam’s mom scrubs him. Then, at last, Max smells fresh!
The Band
Sam’s dad is in a jazz band. That’s him in the back. Chad’s dad is in the band with him. That’s him on the drums. Chad’s boss is in the band, as well. That’s him on the left, in the hat.
Sam’s dad plucks at his strings. Chad’s dad bangs on his drums. The kids clap and yell. The band is a big hit!
The Chick
Sam and Chad got up on a rock. On top of the rock was a gull’s nest. The gull had a chick. The gull fed the chick a bit of fish. Then the gull left.
The chick fell from its nest. Plop! The chick got stuck in a crack. Sam and Chad got the chick. Then Chad set it back in its nest.
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Lesson 83 – Beatrix Potter
The Flop-Flip Kids: Part One
NEW WORDS: Ben, Ben’s, Gregg, Gregg’s, Peter, Tay, blooms, boot, bunnies, bunny, chopped, ditch, dump, enough, even, foot, kept, lettuce, married, roots, scraps, smelled, spent, they’d, uh
You know what? Don’t eat too much lettuce. You might need to go to sleep! Well! Not me. I’m not a rabbit! But it made the Flop-Flip bunnies want to sleep. For sure!
Ben Bunny had grown up. He had married Fran. They had lots of good cheer. But they did not save up. They spent it all. They did not think about the next day. They just “lived for right now!”
They had lots of kids. I don’t know their names. They were called the “Flop-Flip” kids.
They did not have enough food to eat. Ben would get greens from Peter Rabbit. But Peter could not give Ben greens, some times. He could run out of greens, too.
What would Ben do, then? He would go near Mr. Gregg’s farm. He went to the far side of the field. There was a trash dump. It was in a ditch.
There were lots of things in the trash. Jam. Bags. Chopped grass. Food scraps. An old boot or two. Roots. And lots of greens. But the greens had grown too big. There were even blooms on them! Gregg and his wife would not eat those. So they were there for Ben and his kids.
Well, the Flop-Flip kids would fill up on these greens. They ate like pigs. Then they would lay down in the mown grass. And they’d go to sleep! Ben would put a bag on his head. This kept off the flies. And he would sleep, too.
The sun was warm. There was a small breeze. The air smelled good. What a great place to take a nap! You could hear some one’s grass being mown. Blue bugs flew by the wall.
A small mouse picked at the trash, too. She was a wood-mouse. She had a long tail. Her name was Tay True-Mouse. She got on the bag on Ben’s head! It woke him up.
She cried out. “Oh, no, sir! I did not mean to do that. I did not see you. Please don’t be mad at me. I know that you know Peter Rabbit. He is a good friend of mine, too.”
Ben was quite nice to Tay. He did not get mad at her. They talked a while. They got to know each other a bit.
Then they heard foot steps! Uh, oh! Mr. Gregg. He did not see them. Whew! And they were smart. Ben hid under his bag. Tay hid in a jam pot.
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Lesson 84 – Beatrix Potter
The Flop-Flip Kids: Part Two
NEW WORDS: bush, covered, cutter, dragged, dreams, dreamt, gnawed, jam, kinds, mowed, pinch, rabbits, rid, rocks, sack, stuffed, tears, tips, trick, tucking, wake, wanted
BUT, now Gregg threw a bag of chopped grass on the pile. He had mowed his lawn. He had to get rid of the cut grass.
Well, the grass was now on top of the Flop-Flip kids! They were covered by it! But it did not wake them. The greens they ate had put them in a DEEP sleep. They had dreams. One dream was their mom tucking them in to bed. In a hay pile!
Now, Mr. Gregg looked down at his pile. He saw brown tips of ears. They stuck out of the chopped grass. What were they? He stared at them for some time.
Then a fly got on one of the kids. The kid moved!! Now Gregg knew what they were! BUNNIES! Oh, NO!
He climbed down. “One! Two! Three! Four! Five! SIX wee rabbits!” he yelled. Then he picked them up. He dropped them in to a sack!
The Flop-Flip kids still dreamt. They thought they were in their hay pile. They moved a bit. But they did not wake up.
Mr. Gregg tied up the sack. He left it on the wall. He went to put away his grass cutter.
Fran left her house. She came to the field. She came to the ditch. She saw the sack. Where were all the kids?
Tay came out of the jam pot. Ben took the bag off his head. They told the sad tale. Fran cried big tears. “What shall we do? Our poor kids!” They tried to pull the string on the sack. They could not. It stayed tied up.
But Mrs. Tay True-Mouse was smart. Mice are good with their teeth! She gnawed a hole in the sack! They pulled the Flop-Flips out! They had to pinch them to wake them!
Ben and Fran stuffed the sack. With big things. Rocks. Squash. Those kinds of things. The sack would still weigh a lot. Mr. Gregg would pick it up. He would think the Flop-Flips were still in it! They would fool him!
Then they all hid by a bush. They were good and safe. They wanted to see Mr. Gregg pick up the sack. He came back. And he DID pick up the sack! It DID weigh a lot. He dragged it a bit. He did not know it was now a trick!
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Lesson 85 – Beatrix Potter
The Flop-Flip Kids: Part Three
NEW WORDS: Greggs, able, beet, caught, crept, drag, gloves, hood, laughing, muff, pie, saved, sell, sewed, shape, shed, skins
The Bunnies stayed near him. They watched him. He went in to his house. Then they crept to the window. They could hear him from there.
Gregg threw the sack on the stone floor. That would have hurt, if the Flop-Flips had been in it! They could hear him drag his chair up to it.
He laughed. “One. Two. Three. Four. Five. SIX wee bunnies!” He thought they would make a fine stew. Or a good pie.
Mrs. Gregg came in. “What have you caught?”
“One. Two. Three. Four. Five. SIX wee FAT bunnies!”
Mrs. Gregg said, “Don’t be dumb. What do you mean? You dumb old man!”
He said, “In the sack. Right here! One. Two. Three. Four. Five. SIX wee rabbits!”
Now the Flop-Flips had climbed up. They could look in. This was kind of fun! To see how they had fooled old Mr. Gregg!
Mrs. Gregg took hold of the sack. She felt it. She said she could feel six, all right. But they must be OLD rabbits. They all felt hard. They were not all the same shape.
She said, “Oh. My. Not fit to eat. Not at all! The meat would be too tough. But the skins would be fine to line my old coat.”
“Line your old coat?!” yelled Mr. Gregg. “I shall sell them. And buy some seeds!”
Mrs. Gregg spat, “Seeds?! I shall skin them. And cut off their heads. Their soft fur can line my old coat!” Then she pulled the string on the sack. She put her hand in.
Now her face turned red as a beet. She was mad! She felt squash. She felt rocks. No soft fur in that sack! She yelled, “This was a trick! You did this to trick me! To play a joke on me. To get a laugh. To make me out to be a fool!”
Mr. Gregg was mad, too. He picked up a squash from the sack. He threw it out the door. The bunnies thought it best to run home, now. They did not want the Greggs to come out and see them laughing!
So, Mr. Gregg did not get his seeds. Mrs. Gregg did not get her skins. Both of them got no rabbit pie, or stew.
The bunnies were able to thank Tay. She had been such a help to them! They saved up fur that they had shed. They gave it to her for Christmas. The rabbit wool went a long way for her. She sewed a coat. A hood. A muff. And a pair of warm gloves!
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Lesson 86 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS: alarm, anywhere, awake, begin, between, bubble, carries, carrots, cheek, choose, circus, clay, clock, cuddle, dangerous, drain, drizzle, elephant, elephants, except, explore, fails, gay, handy, holding, key, kisses, kitten, kittens, lock, mostly, mustn’t, often, packs, peanuts, plain, polar, pounce, puddles, pumpkins, purr, rainbow, rainy, rather, remember, road, robins, rose, rubber, sandpaper, secret, shiny, shone, showers, spike, squares, squelch, squiggle, squirt, squishy, summer, sunshine, tiger, tomatoes, touching, trails, trunk, trunks, underwear, unless, wade, whenever, wherever, wiggly, windows, winter, without
Dangerous
When we’re hunting,
We explore,
Squares upon,
The kitchen floor.
We must get,
From here to there,
Without touching,
Anywhere!
For this square,
Is safe for us.
But that one is,
DANGEROUS!
Poem by Dorothy Aldis
Polar Bear
The secret of the polar bear,
Is that he wears long underwear.
Poem by Gail Kredenser
The Elephant Carries A Big Trunk
The elephant carries,
A great big trunk.
He never packs it with clothes.
It has no lock,
And it has no key.
But he takes it wherever he goes.
Holding Hands
Elephants walking,
Along the trails,
Are holding hands,
By holding tails.
Trunks and tails,
Are handy things,
When elephants walk,
In circus rings.
Elephants work,
And elephants play,
And elephants walk,
And feel so gay.
And when they walk,
It never fails,
They’re holding hands,
By holding tails.
Poem by Lenore M. Link
Showers
Squelch and squirt and squiggle,
Drizzle and drip and drain.
Such a lot of water,
Comes down with the rain!
Poem by Marchette Chute
Little Wind
Little wind,
Blow on the hill-top.
Little wind,
Blow down the plain.
Little wind,
Blow up the sunshine.
Little wind,
Blow off the rain.
Poem by Kate Greenaway
Rainy Day
I do not like a rainy day.
The road is wet,
The sky is gray.
They dress me up,
From heads to toes,
In lots and lots,
Of rubber clothes.
I wish the sun would come and stay.
I do not like a rainy day.
Poem by William Wise
Mud
Mud is very nice to feel,
All squishy-squash,
Between the toes!
I’d rather wade in wiggly mud,
Than smell a yellow rose.
No one else but the rose bush knows,
How nice mud feels,
Between the toes.
Poem by Polly Chase Boyden
Sun After Rain
Rain, rain,
Went away.
Sun came out,
With pipe of clay,
Blew a bubble
Whole-world-wide,
Stuck a rainbow
On one side.
Poem by Norma Farber
Little Seeds
Little seeds we sow in spring,
Growing while the robins sing,
Give us carrots,
Peas, and beans,
Tomatoes, pumpkins,
Squash, and beans.
And we pick them,
One and all,
Through the summer,
Through the fall.
Winter comes,
Then spring, and then,
Little seeds we sow again.
Poem by Elsie Holmelund Minarik
A Spike Of Green
When I went out,
The sun was hot,
It shone upon
My flower pot.
And there I saw
A spike of green
That no one else
Had ever seen!
On other days
The things I see
Are mostly old,
Except for me.
But this green spike
So new and small,
Had never yet
Been seen at all!
Poem by Barbara Baker
I Can Be A Tiger
I can’t go walking
When they say no.
And I can’t go riding
Unless they go.
I can’t splash puddles
In my shiny new shoes.
But I can be a tiger
Whenever I choose!
I can’t eat peanuts,
And I can’t eat cake.
I have to go to bed
When they stay awake.
I can’t bang windows,
And I mustn’t tease.
But I can be an elephant,
As often as I please!
Poem by Mildred Lee Anderson
Cat Kisses
Sandpaper kisses
On a cheek or chin,
That is the way
For a day to begin!
Sandpaper kisses,
A cuddle, a purr.
I have an alarm clock
That’s covered with fur.
Poem by Bobbi Katz
Mother Cat’s Purr
Sleep the half-sleep,
Kittens dear,
While your mother
Cat-naps near.
Every kitten
Is a cat,
And you must
Remember that.
Naps for cats
Are mostly fake:
ANY time
Is time to wake.
Or time to pounce,
Or time to scat.
That’s what sleep is,
For a cat.
Poem by Jane Yolen
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Lesson 87 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS: beard, doubt, elf, feared, fore, frowned, hates, larks, lean, meal, neath, nests, rub, scout, soap, spoil, sprat, steal, wept, wren
Sleep Out Doors
‘Neath the dark,
Is a star.
‘Neath the star,
Is a tree.
‘Neath the tree,
Is a quilt.
And ‘neath the quilt,
Is me!
Poem by Marchette Chute
Jack Sprat
Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
His wife could eat no lean.
And so, each of the two of them,
They licked their plate quite clean.
The Way They Scrub
The way they scrub me,
In the tub,
I think there’s not a doubt,
Some time,
They’ll rub,
And rub,
And rub,
And they will rub me out!
Poem by A. B. Ross
There Was An Old Man With A Beard
There was an old man with a beard,
Who said, “It is just as I feared!
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!”
Poem by Edward Lear
There Was A Small Pig Who Wept Tears
There was a small pig who wept tears,
When his Mom said, “I’ll wash your ears.”
As she poured on the soap,
He cried, “Oh! How I hope,
I don’t do this once more for ten years!”
Poem by Arnold Lobel
The Wee, Wee Elf
I met a wee, wee elf, once,
Down where the thin plants blow.
I asked him why he was so small,
And why he did not grow.
He frowned a bit,
And with his eye,
He looked me through and through.
“I’m quite as big for me,” said he,
“As you are big for you.”
Poem by John Kendrick Bangs
The Wee, Wee Mouse
I have seen you, wee, wee mouse,
Run fast ’round and ’round the house.
Through the hole your wee, wee eye,
In the wood-work, peeps out shy.
Hope for soon some crumbs to steal,
To make for quite a big, full meal.
Look ’round ‘fore you come on out.
Cat hates you, so be a scout.
If she’s gone, be quick to run,
To the cook-house for some fun.
‘Round and ’round the plates do creep,
Smell each one and take a peep,
To choose the wee, best crumbs to eat,
And spoil the things that touch your feet.
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Lesson 88 – Inf./Deriv. Build
NEW WORDS: Sunday, Will’s, airy, badly, bakes, baking, beds, buses, catcher, doggie, eaten, fairly, friendly, gotten, hairy, hardly, haven’t, heading, henhouses, hens, hoped, housewife, isn’t, lines, lucked, mats, mighty, neatly, nicely, nowhere, onto, ours, pigheaded, playroom, prayer, runner, sailboat, shortcake, shortstop, shouldn’t, shutting, silky, snowed, snowman, stairway, starlight, starred, staying, stickup, stoplight, taillight, taller, that’ll, trained, treed, turning, tying, vans, walks, warmly, we’d, weren’t, what’d, what’ll, what’re, widely, winded, winding, wiser, wives, worked, working, workout, wouldn’t, yearly, you’ve
He thought hard.
Who are those men?
I love children!
Bob likes Jill.
I said a prayer.
Those cats are hairy.
I haven’t eaten.
Kim has seven hats.
That looks fine.
Joe worked hard.
It’s working now.
Min told a lie.
We’re heading home.
That’s a black eye!
Mom says we can’t.
They’re my friends.
Tom is friendly.
That was mighty nice!
Foxes like hens.
Where’s Dad?
Those names are funny.
Put it there neatly.
Put it onto that mat.
That’s my doggie!
We’d love to see you.
You lucked out!
I hoped he’d come!
Isn’t that good?
I think that’s ours.
That shirt is silky.
The mats are wet.
Shouldn’t we go?
That’ll do nicely.
He smiled warmly.
It’s an airy room.
Mom’s baking a cake.
Head for the buses.
They’ve gone home.
He’s tying his shoes.
Dad bought a sailboat.
Wish upon a star.
Tom walked home.
They weren’t home.
The wind blew hard.
He’s fairly short.
I hardly know her.
Maybe I’ll do that.
They rowed all night.
You’ve gotten taller.
Our beds are made.
I want that badly.
The lines are long.
Bob plays catcher.
He’ll like that.
Jill rode on a horse.
We go there yearly.
Min walks funny.
We’re shutting it down.
What are those things?
I would like that.
I wouldn’t do that!
That’s widely known.
All their wives came.
What’re you doing?
What’ll we do now?
What’d they do?
He’s wiser now!
The runner is winded.
They’re winding things up.
Those vans are old.
I’m turning around.
He tripped on that stick.
Those are tall trees.
My cat is treed.
Your dog is nicely trained.
They’re not staying long.
It snowed hard.
I like those songs.
Tom stood up.
Stop being pigheaded!
We’ll get nowhere like this.
Mom’s a housewife.
Foxes love henhouses!
I loved the cake!
He’s all smiles!
Will’s my best friend.
I can’t do without that.
That was a hard workout!
What a big snowman!
Did you say something?
A cat is on the stairway.
The starlight is bright.
Jin starred in the play.
Kim’s in the playroom.
THIS IS A STICKUP!
The stoplight is red.
Will plays shortstop.
Mom bakes great shortcake.
Today is Sunday.
My taillight is out.
They’d better not come here.
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Snap Shots
Lesson 89 – Part One
NEW WORDS: Bud’s, Nat, Nat’s, bud, cast, dot, glass, grab, jet, jets, path, press, raft, ramp
Beth
I am Beth. I am ten. I am at camp. Camp is fun. Once Mom and Dad went on a trip to the camp. All of us were at the camp. Dad and I went up on top of a path at the pond. Mom got a snap shot of us. This is the snap shot.
Then Mom let us snap some shots. Dad got a snap shot of Mom. I got a snap shot of a dog with a hot dog.
Nat
This is Nat. Nat is a kid I met at camp. I have lots of snap shots of Nat. This is a snap shot of Nat with a fish. This is a snap shot of Nat on a raft.
Nat and I had lots of fun at camp. But then Nat’s mom got a job in the U.K. Nat left, and I felt sad.
The Trip to the U.K.
Nat went to the U.K., and I felt sad. But then Mom set up a trip to the U.K. Mom and I went on a jet. Ships are fun, but jets are the best! I got to sit next to the wing. I had lunch. Then I had a nap. Mom got this snap shot of the nap.
Nat met us at the end of the ramp. I ran up to hug him. Then Nat’s mom, Dot, got us a cab. This is a snap shot of us with the cab man. Nat and I had a lot of fun. Then it was time for bed. Mom and I slept in a bed next to Nat’s bed.
Bud the Cat
This is a snap shot of Nat’s cat, Bud. Nat got Bud from a vet. Bud had a bad leg. The vet had to fix Bud’s leg. Bud had to sit in a box with a cast on one leg. Then Nat said, “Mom, can I have him? Can I? Can I? Can I?” Dot said yes.
The Fish
This is a snap shot of Nat’s fish. The fish swim and splash and munch on fish snacks. The cat can smell the fish. It can press on the glass. It can grab at the fish. But it can not get them.
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Snap Shots
Lesson 90 – Part Two
NEW WORDS: French, cost, dong, flag, moms, posh, puff, shops, stuff, thrush
The Flag Shop
Mom and I went in a lot of shops in the U.K. One of the shops was a flag shop. The shop had the U.S. flag, the French flag, and the U.K. flag.
That’s Mom in the snap shot, with the U.S. flag. The U.K. flag has a big red cross on it. Nat and his mom held one up. I got this snap shot of the two of them with the flag.
Which is the Best?
This is a snap shot Mom got. All of us had to run up a bunch of steps to get to this spot. Nat and I ran up fast. The moms had to huff and puff to get to the top.
This next snap shot is one that I got. It is Nat with a bunch of big rocks. Nat had Mom and Dot lift him up. Then Nat said, “Beth, get a snap shot of this! I am the rock on top! Get it?” So which snap shot is the best?
The Bus Stop
Dot led us to a bus stop. At the bus stop there was a thrush. Nat held up his hand. The thrush was all set to land on his hand, but then Dot said, “Nat, stop that!” Nat let his hand drop.
At the bus stop, Nat said, “Beth, this is the best bus!”
I said, “Why? Is it fast?”
“No,” Nat said, “it is not that fast.”
“Then why is it the best?”
Just then, Nat said, “There it is!” It was a big red bus with a top deck!
On the Bus
Nat and I sat up on the top deck of the big red bus. The bus went past a big shop. “That is where Mom shops,” said Nat. “That shop has all the best stuff!”
The bus went past a big clock. A bell went ding, dong, ding, dong. “That is Big Ben!” said Nat.
“Who is Big Ben?” I said.
“Big Ben is not a man,” Nat said. “Big Ben is the bell that is in that clock.” The bus went on.
“That is a posh spot there!” Nat said.
“Posh?” I said. “What is that?”
“A posh spot is where stuff costs a lot,” said Nat. “Mom had lunch in there once, and it cost so much that dad got mad.”
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Snap Shots
Lesson 91 – Part Three
NEW WORDS: Scot, kilt, pub, rip, split
The Man in the Black Hat
All of us got off the bus. Nat led us up to a man in a black hat. “Beth,” Nat said, “that man will not grin.”
“Why not?” I said.
“His job is to stand there as still as a rock and not grin,” Nat said.
“I will do the best trick I can,” Nat said. “But I will bet that man will not grin.” Nat did a trick and fell on his back. Nat’s trick got all of us to grin, but the man in the black hat did not grin.
“I bet I can get him to grin!” I said. I did a split, but the man did not grin. I sang a song and did a jig, but still the man did not grin.
Mom got lots of snap shots of us and the man in the black hat. But there is not one snap shot where that man grins.
The Man in the Kilt
Once Nat and I met a man in a kilt. I said, “Why is that man in a dress?”
Nat said, “That is not a dress. It is a kilt.”
“A quilt?” I said.
“No,” Nat said. “A kilt .”
“What is a kilt?” I said.
Mom said, “The kilt tells us that the man is a Scot. The cloth on the kilt tells us where the man is from.”
“So, the kilt tells us his past?” I said.
“Yes,” said Mom. “It is a bit of his past.” Mom got this snap shot of us with the man in the kilt!
The Map
Once, all of us were on a trip when a dog ran up and bit the map. Dot said, “Bad dog! Stop that! Drop that map! Drop it!” But the dog did not drop the map. The dog ran up the block with the map.
Nat ran to get the map, but Dot said, “It is just a map. Let the dog have it.”
Just then, the dog let the map drop. Nat got it and held it up. “Here it is,” Nat said. “But it’s got a big rip in it.”
“Well,” Dot said, “I am just glad the dog bit the map and not one of us.”
In the Cab
Dot got us a cab. The cab man said, “Where to?”
Dot said, “The King’s Pub.”
“What is a pub?” I said.
“A pub is a spot to get lunch,” said Nat.
“If it’s the King’s Pub,” I said, “I bet it’s posh. Will I get to sit with the king?”
“No,” said Dot with a grin. “But this pub has got the best fish and chips!” The cab man got us to the pub in a flash. Then all of us went in to have lunch.
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Snap Shots
Lesson 92 – Part Four
NEW WORDS: Dot’s, hung, pubs, punt, punts, rent, sent
Lunch at the King’s Pub
At the King’s Pub, all of us had fish and chips. All of the pubs in the U.K. sell fish and chips. The fish and chips I had in the King’s Pub were the best I had in the U.K. Yum, yum!
Nat had a glass of milk with his fish and chips. Then his hand hit the glass. Splash! The milk went on Dot’s fish and chips. This snap shot tells it all.
The Punt
Dot said, “Let’s rent a punt !”
“A punt?” I said. “What’s that?”
Dot led us to a dock. There were two punts there, as well as a man with a long stick. “Let’s rent one!” I said.
All of us got in the punt. The man with the stick got in last. The man said, “Kids, this punt can tip. If it tips, all of us will get wet. The best thing to do is to sit still and not stand up.” Nat and I sat still and did not get wet. It was a lot of fun.
The Trip Back
The trip to the U.K. was so much fun. I was sad that it had to end. When it did end, Nat and I had a hug. So did Mom and Dot. Then Mom and I got back on the jet.
When Mom and I got back to the U.S., Dad met us. “Dad!” I said, “I am glad you are here. I wish you were with us in the U.K. Mom and I went on a punt and had fish and chips at a pub! Nat and I sat on top of a big red bus and went past Big Ben! It was the best trip!”
I got a map of the U.K. and hung it up. I stuck red dots on all the spots Mom and I went to. Mom got prints of the snap shots from the trip. I sent the best ones to Nat!
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Lesson 93 – Poems And Rhymes
NEW WORDS: Dumpty, Horner, Humpty, Johnny, Muffet, Rosie, alone, ashes, asleep, beside, buckle, candlestick, corner, couldn’t, crown, curds, dame, diamond, dickory, diddle, dumpling, fetch, frightened, haystack, hickory, market, master, meadow, nimble, pail, pocket, posies, roses, spider, stockings, sugar, tonight, tuffet, tumbling, twinkle, violets, wagging, whey
Roses Are Red
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
Ring Around The Rosie
Ring around the rosie,
A pocket full of posies,
Ashes, ashes,
We all fall down.
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Rain, rain, go away,
Come again some other day.
Little Johnny wants to play,
Rain, rain, go away.
Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.
Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner,
Eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb,
And pulled out a plum,
And said, “What a good boy am I!”
Jack And Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
This Little Pig Went To Market
This little pig went to market,
This little pig stayed home,
This little pig had roast beef,
This little pig had none,
And this little pig cried,
“Wee-wee-wee,”
All the way home.
One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
One, two,
Buckle my shoe.
Three, four,
Shut the door.
Five, six,
Pick up sticks.
Seven, eight,
Lay them straight.
Nine, ten,
A big fat hen.
Star Light, Star Bright
Star light,
Star bright,
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may,
I wish I might,
Have the wish,
I wish tonight.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory, dickory, dock.
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,
Went to bed with his stockings on.
One shoe off, and one shoe on,
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,
And can’t tell where to find them.
Leave them alone,
And they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Little Boy Blue
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn.
The sheep’s in the meadow,
The cow’s in the corn.
But where is the boy,
Who looks after the sheep?
He’s under a haystack,
Fast asleep.
Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Baa, baa,
Black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir,
Yes, sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy,
Who lives down the lane.
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses,
And all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
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