1.
The Silly Dog
I have a dog.
My dog likes to wear my shoes.
He runs around with one shoe on his head.
He looks very funny.
Sometimes he hides my socks under the bed.
I look for them and he wags his tail.
I laugh because my dog is so silly.
He is my best friend.
Questions:
1. What animal does the boy have?
2. What does the dog wear?
3. Where does the dog hide the socks?
4. Is the dog silly? (Yes/No)
5. Who is the boy’s best friend?
2. The Talking Banana
I have a banana in my lunch box.
I open the box and the banana says, “Hello!”
I jump and laugh.
The banana says, “Eat me, I am tasty!”
I say, “Not now, banana!”
The banana says, “Okay, I will wait.”
At lunch, I eat the banana.
It says, “Thank you!”
Questions:
1. Where is the banana?
2. What does the banana say?
3. Does the banana talk? (Yes/No)
4. When does the boy eat the banana?
5. What does the banana say at the end?
3. The Lost Hat
I wear my red hat to school.
The wind blows and takes my hat away.
The hat flies up, up, up into the tree.
A bird sits on my hat.
The bird looks happy.
I shout, “That’s my hat!”
The bird says, “Tweet, tweet!”
Now the bird has a new hat.
Questions:
1. What color is the hat?
2. Where does the hat go?
3. Who sits on the hat?
4. Does the bird look happy? (Yes/No)
5. Who has the hat at the end?
4. The Monkey at School
I see a monkey at school.
The monkey sits in my chair.
It takes my pencil and tries to write.
It makes big, silly lines on my paper.
The teacher looks at the monkey and laughs.
The monkey eats my apple.
The monkey claps its hands.
School is very funny today!
Questions:
1. What animal is at school?
2. Where does the monkey sit?
3. What does the monkey eat?
4. Does the teacher laugh? (Yes/No)
5. Is school funny today? (Yes/No)
5. The Big Ice Cream
I buy one ice cream.
The man gives me a big, tall ice cream.
It has chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.
I lick it one time, drip!
It falls on my shirt.
I lick it two times, drip!
It falls on my shoe.
Now I wear ice cream!
Questions:
1. What does the boy buy?
2. How many flavors are there?
3. Where does the ice cream fall first?
4. Where does the ice cream fall next?
5. Does the boy wear ice cream at the end? (Yes/No)
6. The Sleeping Cow
I see a cow in the field.
The cow is sleeping.
It snores very loudly.
The cow rolls over and snores again.
A chicken walks on the cow’s back.
The cow keeps sleeping.
The chicken says, “Cluck, cluck!”
The cow says, “Zzz, zzz!”
Questions:
1. Where is the cow?
2. Is the cow sleeping? (Yes/No)
3. What animal walks on the cow’s back?
4. What sound does the chicken make?
5. What sound does the cow make?
7. The Dancing Chair
I sit on my chair.
The chair jumps up!
The chair dances left and right.
I fall down and laugh.
The chair spins around and around.
It stops and says, “Sit down!”
I say, “Okay, but don’t dance again!”
The chair says, “Hee hee!”
Questions:
1. What does the boy sit on?
2. What does the chair do?
3. Does the boy fall down? (Yes/No)
4. What does the chair say?
5. Does the chair laugh? (Yes/No)
8. The Hungry Fish
I go to the pond.
A big fish jumps out.
It looks at my sandwich.
The fish says, “Give me that sandwich!”
I say, “No, fish, this is my lunch.”
The fish jumps again and takes the sandwich.
It eats the sandwich in one bite.
Now I am hungry, and the fish is full.
Questions:
1. Where does the boy go?
2. What does the fish want?
3. Does the boy give the sandwich? (Yes/No)
4. Who eats the sandwich?
5. Who is hungry at the end?
9. The Flying Backpack
I put books in my backpack.
The backpack is very heavy.
I try to carry it.
Suddenly, the backpack grows wings!
It flies into the air.
I run and shout, “Come back!”
The backpack says, “I’m going on holiday!”
Now my homework is flying away.
Questions:
1. What does the boy put in the backpack?
2. What grows on the backpack?
3. Where does the backpack go?
4. What does the backpack say?
5. What flies away at the end?
10. The Fast Turtle
I see a turtle in the park.
The turtle looks slow.
I say, “Hello, slow turtle.”
The turtle runs very fast!
It runs faster than me.
I say, “Wait, turtle, wait!”
The turtle laughs and runs away.
I think I need better shoes!
Questions:
1. Where is the turtle?
2. Does the turtle look slow at first? (Yes/No)
3. Is the turtle really slow? (Yes/No)
4. Who runs faster, the turtle or the boy?
5. What does the boy think he needs?
11. The Crazy Sandwich
I make a sandwich.
I put bread, cheese, and tomato.
The sandwich jumps off the plate.
It says, “I don’t want to be eaten!”
I chase the sandwich around the room.
It hides under the table.
I say, “Please, sandwich, come back.”
The sandwich says, “Only if you add lettuce!”
Questions:
1. What food does the boy make?
2. What does the sandwich do?
3. Where does the sandwich hide?
4. What does the boy say to the sandwich?
5. What does the sandwich want?
12. The Sleepy Teacher
My teacher talks and talks.
Then she yawns.
She puts her head on the desk.
The class looks at her.
We all say, “Shhh, the teacher is sleeping.”
We play with our pencils.
We draw funny faces.
The teacher wakes up and says, “What did I miss?”
Questions:
1. Who is talking at the start?
2. What does the teacher do on the desk?
3. What does the class say?
4. What do the children draw?
5. What does the teacher say at the end?