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Sometimes I am Cinderella all dressed up for the ball. Sometimes I pretend I’m Rapunzel shut up in a tower so tall.

Sometimes I’m sleeping beauty especially in winter and fall when it’s far too cold to get up and I don’t want to answer Mum’s call.

But the person I play most often is the princess who slept on the pea, for a princess who lives in a palace is just what I am planning to be!

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Billy and Alice went to the library to borrow some story books. “There are so many different kinds of stories,” said Alice. “I don’t know which kind to get.”

Story weekEvery story has a beginning , a middle and an end. Every

story has a setting.

Not all stories are the same. Some stories are funny. They

can make you laugh right out loud. Some stories are scary.

They are so scary that they make you want to hide under

your blanket in your bed. Some stories are so sad that they

make you cry. Some stories are like puzzles. They make

you think hard about the ending.

What kind of story do you like?

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Note the differences in the use of some and

every. We use every to refer to all of the stories. We use some to refer to

a number of stories.

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Billy and Alice chose some books and sat down to read.

This is a sad story. I feel like

crying.

This is a boring story. I think I will get

another book.

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I like exciting stories.

I like funny stories. They

make me laugh.

I like scary

stories.

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Billy found a storybook he liked. The book cover looked very interesting.

Carol and the Magic Mirror Title of

the book

Written by:Brandon Brown

Illustrated by:Stanley Wong

Name of the author

Name of the illustrator

The illustrator is the person who drew

the pictures in the book.

Billy opened the book and looked at its contents page.

1. 1. Carol 2

2. Holidays at Grandma’ s home 12

3. The secret room 23

4. A magic mirror 31

5. Back to the past 44

6. Adventures in Faraway Land 50

7. Return to the present 60

8. Grandma’ s secret 72

9. Home at last 88

CONTENTS

Page number

Chapter Name

Chapter number

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Alice wanted to write a story about her cat, Blacky. First, she wrote down her ideas in a story web.

My cat,Blacky

What Blacky looks like:.furry . round . warm

• Blacky went away• I felt sad • I looked everywhere

• Blacky came back• She had kittens

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Then, she wrote her story. She read her story and corrected her mistakes. She wrote her story again.

Blacky is my cat. She is round, warm and furry. She likes fish.

One day, I called Blacky. She did not come. I put fish in her dish. She still did not come. I was very sad. I looked everywhere for her. Then, I heard a “meow, meow, meow” at the door. I had a look. It was Blacky. There were five little kittens with Blacky. They looked just like her.

“ Blacky, you’re a clever cat,’’ I said.

Blackybeginning

middle

end

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The mean old ogre

Book p.70Book p.70Long ago, a mean old ogre lived in a forest. One day, he shouted at the animals in the forest, “Dig me a hole for my treasure!”

The animals dug a hole. “It’s not deep enough!” shouted the ogre.

The animals dug and dug. “It’s still not deep enough!” he shouted again.

“We’re tired. Can we rest?” asked the poor animals. “No!” roared the ogre. “You’ re just lazy! Dig!

The animals dug some more. “Is the hole big enough now?” They asked. “It’s still not big enough,” grumbled the ogre.

“Oh, yes it is!” said the animals and they pushed the ogre in. “It’sbig enough for a mean old ogre.”

“Get me out!” cried the ogre. “Only after you learn some manners,” laughed the animals and that was the last they heard of him.

Book p.71Book p.71Listen to the poem.Listen out for the beginning sn sound.

sn The letters s and n together make a new beginning sound, like the sn sound in snowman.

Wear your sneakerswhen it snows.If you don’t You’ll freeze your toes!

sw The letters s and w together make a new beginning sound, like the sw sound in sweets.

Can you see the swanSwimming in the sea,Swimming awayFrom you and me?

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