I Hate Reading

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E R E AD T IN A H

How to Read When You’d Rather Not

BY BETH BACON AS TOLD BY HER KIDS, ARTHUR & HENRY

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ATE REA H I D

IN G

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SCE N E 1

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OK, you have to read for

20 MINUTES but you don’t want to.

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AS

YO U R E B

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EVEN M O

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A TIM E

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YIKES.

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Here’s the best book for you.

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THIS ONE .

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SCE N E 2

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These next pages are the most important.

They are a list of RULES.

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RULE #1 Look at the book and move your eyes from side to side.

Slowly. Eyes on book.

RULE #2 Stay in your seat.

Butt on chair.

RULE #3 Repeat rules 1 and 2 over and over for 20 minutes, or until a grown-up says you’re done.

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EYES ON BOOK. BUTT ON CHAIR.

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SCE N E 3

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Reading is not so bad when the words are EASY. Here are some easy words.

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TO, I, AND. AND, I, TO.

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OK, OK, OK.

NO, NO, NO.

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Oh yes. A! A is an easy word, too. It’s the easiest of all. We can’t forget A.

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a , , a a , , a a , , a , a a , , a , A

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a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a, a.

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