A Good Day for Fishing

A Good Day for Fishing

Written by Susan Hartley Illustrated by Chris Baldwin

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ELEMENTS USED IN THIS BOOK New phonic element variant vowel ˘/ sound /oo Reviewed phonic elements variant vowel sound /¯¯ o¯ ō/ Story words apron, both, called, shoe Special considerations inflectional endings -ed, -ing, -ly; two syllable decodable words (beside)

A Good Day for Fishing Decodable Phonogram Book 60 © 2005 Learning Page, Inc. Written by Susan Hartley Illustrated by Chris Baldwin ReadingA–ZTM © Learning Page, Inc. All rights reserved.

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One day Moe took a pole and hook and went to the brook in the woods to fish.

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“I want to hook a good fish that I can cook for my meal,” he said.

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Moe felt a tug on the hook.

He pulled on the line.

Up came a blue shoe.

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“Look at that,” he said.

“It is a nice shoe, but I cannot cook a shoe.”

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Moe took the shoe off the line.

He put the line back in the brook.

He felt a tug on the hook.

He pulled up another shoe.

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“Soon it was night.

“I should go home,” he said sadly.

“I am not having any luck.

“I have no fish to cook.”

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Moe saw a man sitting by a bush.

The man had soot on his right foot.

He had a pail of fish beside him.

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“Your pail is full of fish,” Moe said.

“I wish I had a pail of fish.”

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“Your shoes look nice,” said the man.

“I wish I could have some nice shoes.”

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“I could trade with you,” Moe said.

“I could give you my shoes, and you could give me your fish.”

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“That would be good,” said the man.

“Moe took the fish home.

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Moe got his apron off the hook.

He got out his cookbook.

He put the fish in a pan on the wood stove.

The pan was full of fish.

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“Moe saw the man go by.

“Would you like to have some fish?” he called to the man.

“I have too much for just me.”

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So Moe and the man sat down to a fine meal of fish.

It was a good day for both of them.

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