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Poems
for Learning to Read Video Books |
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Part One |
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Part Two |
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Part Three |
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Bob Wilson's
Bedtime Stories |
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PART
ONE |
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/i/ as
in CHIMP |
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It is… |
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It is
big. |
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It is
pink. |
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It is
Pig. |
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A Tick Trick
for Hippos |
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Fish
pick the ticks |
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off
hippos’ skin |
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so
that they don’t |
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twitch and shiver |
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when
they’re swimming |
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in
the river. |
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A
as in BAT |
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Bad Back Dad |
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Daddy has a bad
back. |
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Daddy has a pill. |
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Daddy is a happy
man, |
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now he isn't ill. |
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Cat in a Flat |
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Cat
lives in a flat. |
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Rat
lives in a crack |
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in
the flat. |
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Cat
catches Rat. |
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Rat
smacks Cat |
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and
dashes back to the
crack. |
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So,
no snack for Cat.
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/e/ as in ELEPHANT |
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The Mad Restaurant |
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“French bread and
chocolate spread,” I
said. |
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“One
fresh egg and cress
as well.” |
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– The
chef is deaf. You
have to yell – a
friend said. |
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“French bread and
spread!” I said
again. |
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“ONE
fresh egg and cress
as well!” |
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Instead he brings me
ten! |
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He
trips and spills my
drink and eggs |
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and
wets my dress and
legs. |
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He
forgets the cress. |
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I’m
in a mess |
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and
very upset as well. |
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I
ring the bell |
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to
get the check |
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and
think,
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“Never, |
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never
again.” |
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"A" as in GRAPE |
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The Ape Escapes |
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An
ape awakes inside
his cage and says, |
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“Today’s the day,
without delay, that
I escape.” |
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He
breaks his chains, |
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he
breaks the gate |
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and
then he runs away. |
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“Rain!” he
complains, “but
that’s OK. |
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I
can’t wait or I’ll
be late.” |
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The
very same day |
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his
ship sets sail |
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and
he lands at a
beautiful place. |
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He
celebrates this
brilliant day |
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with
champagne and a
plate of snails. |
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His
new friends ask him, |
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“What’s your name?” |
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“I’m
Ape and I am great,”
he says. |
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NOW GO TO POEMS PART TWO: |
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