The document contains several short stories about various subjects: a baby playing with a red ball and a cat; a child getting ready for school; a baby crawling and going to sleep; a boy seeing an airplane in the sky; a child playing with a boat in the tub; a girl celebrating her birthday; a girl looking at pictures in her favorite book; a child coloring trees and cats red; a girl looking at the stars at night; a boy watching an orange and black butterfly; a girl buying a new blue dress; a girl dreaming at night; fish in the ocean; a girl reading in bed; a girl getting a doll for her birthday; a boy riding the school bus; a girl looking at monkeys at the zoo

1. A RED BALL
The ball is on the floor. It is a red ball. It is
a rubber ball. The baby looks at the ball. The
cat looks at the ball. The cat is black. The cat
walks over to the ball. The cat hits the ball
with its paw. The ball rolls on the floor. The
baby smiles.
TO SCHOOL
It is time to go to school. He puts his books
into his backpack. He puts his arms through
the straps. He puts his backpack on his back.
He walks outside. He goes to the bus stop. He
stands at the bus stop. He waits for the bus. He
sees the bus.

2. A BABY GOES TO SLEEP
The baby crawls on the floor. It stops. Then it
crawls some more. Then it stops again. Mama
looks at the baby. She picks up the baby. She
carries the baby to the cot. She puts the baby
in the cot. She puts a blanket on the baby. The
baby falls asleep.
AN AIRPLANE IN THE SKY
The boy hears a sound. He looks up. He
sees an airplane. The airplane is in the sky. It
is a silver airplane. It has two wings. It has a
tail. It has two jet engines. There is a pilot on
the airplane. He flies the airplane. He lands the
airplane.

3. A BOAT IN THE TUB
He fills the tub. He fills it with warm water.
He gets in the tub. He plays with his rubber
boat. The rubber boat floats on the water. He
pushes the boat down. He pushes it to the
bottom. He lets it go. It pops up to the top. It
floats on top of the water.
BIRTHDAY CAKES AND CANDLES
It is her birthday. She is six years old. She
looks at the birthday cake. There are six
candles on top. Her mom and dad sing Happy
Birthday. Her dad lights the candles. She
makes a wish. She blows out the candles. She
claps her hands. Her mom and dad clap their
hands.

4. HER FAVOURITE BOOK
She picks up the book. It is her favourite
book. It has a red cover. It has 52 pages. It has
many pictures. It has pictures of many
animals. She likes animals. She has two cats.
She likes her cats. Their names are Fluffy and
Muffy. She shows them the pictures in the
book.
RED TREES AND RED CATS
He likes to colour. He colours with his
crayons. His crayon box has many crayons. He
opens his colouring book. His favourite colour
is red. He colours the trees dark red. He
colours the cats light red. His mom buys extra
red crayons for him.

5. BRIGHT STARS IN THE NIGHT SKY
It is nighttime. The sky is black. There are tiny lights in the sky. They are stars. There
are many stars. She looks all over the sky. She sees stars everywhere. A few stars are big.
Most stars are small. She counts the stars. She counts 86 stars. She tells her mom.
AN ORANGE AND BLACK BUTTERFLY
He sees a butterfly. It is near a flower. It leaves the flower. It goes to another flower. He
watches the butterfly. It is pretty. It has orange and black wings. It has little white spots on
the wings. Its wings are thin. He tries to grab the butterfly. But it flies away.
HER NEW BLUE DRESS
She walks into the store. She looks at the dresses. There are many dresses. She wants a
blue dress. She sees a blue dress. She takes it to the dressing room. She tries the blue dress
on. It fits. She likes it. She takes it off. She takes it to the cashier. She buys it.
SHE DREAMS AT NIGHT
She dreams at night. She dreams while she sleeps. She dreams about many things. She
dreams about her parents. She dreams about school. She dreams about her friends. She
dreams about her dog and cat. She dreams about the future. She dreams about the past. She
dreams about monsters. Those dreams wake her up.
MANY FISH IN THE OCEAN
The ocean isblue.The oceanis big.There are many fishinthe ocean.There are bigfish.There
are small fish.There are fastfishandslow fish.The bigfisheatthe small fish.The fastfisheatthe
slowfish.The fishermencatchall the fish.The people eatall the fish
READ A BOOKIN BED
The book is on the nightstand. She gets into bed. She picks up the book. She opens the
book. She reads ten pages. She likes the story. She turns to page eleven. Her dad comes in.
He says good night. She kisses her dad. She closes the book. She turns off the lamp. She goes
to sleep.

6. A DOLL FOR HER BIRTHDAY
It is her birthday. She gets a doll for her birthday. The doll is in a box. She takes the
pink ribbon off the box. She takes the white wrapper off the box. She takes the doll out of the
box. The doll is pretty. It has white hair. It has a pink dress. It has red shoes.
RIDE ON A SCHOOL BUS
He waits for the school bus. He sees the yellow bus. It stops in front of him. The door
opens. He climbs up the steps. He says hello to the driver. The driver says good morning. He
walks to the back of the bus. He sits next to the window. The bus starts. He looks out the
window.
MONKEYS AT THE ZOO
She goes to the zoo. There are many animals at the zoo. She likes the monkeys. They
have funny faces. They have long tails. They jump around a lot. She goes to the monkey
cage. There are six monkeys in the cage. She looks at them. She waves to them. She says
hello to them.
She Likes The House
She looks at the magazine. The magazine cover has a picture. It is a picture of a house.
It is a pretty house. She picks up the magazine. She opens it. She turns the pages. She sees
more pictures of the house. She likes this house. She reads the article about the house.
A Bus Driver
He is a bus driver. He drives a school bus. He drives the bus five days a week. He drives
the bus in the morning. He drives it in the afternoon. He picks up kids near their homes. He
takes them to school. He picks them up at school. He takes them home.

7. Ants In The Kitchen
She watches the ants. They are very small. There are very many of them. They are in the
kitchen sink. They are thirsty. They drink the drops of water. The drops are on the bottom of
the sink. She turns on the faucet. Water flows into the sink. The ants go down the drain.
She Feeds Her Cats
She has two cats. One cat is black. The other cat is white. The black cat’s name is
Blacky. The white cat’s name is Whitey. She feeds her cats. She puts their food in dishes. She
puts each dish on the floor. She calls her cats. They come into the kitchen. They eat the food.