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Mouse House
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Mouse House
Written by: Fraser Milne
Alternative Spellings for: s
Cecil had three pet mice named Cedric, Alice and Stacy. Every chance they got, the mice escaped rom their cage and got up to mischie around the house.
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Once,
Cecil ound the mice in the itchen. Cedric was stuc in a sauce pan. Alice was eating a stic o celery and Stacy was trapped inside a cereal
box. 3
The next day the mice had escaped again. Cecil ound them in the bac yard. Cedric had his head stuc in a ence. Alice had chewed through a bicycle tyre.
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Stacy was trapped inside a ceramic pot. “Stay in your cage,” Cecil said to each mouse.
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That night Cecil decided to ma e a bloc ade around the mouse cage. He too his pencils, glue and card and started wor .
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The next day when the mice wo e up they discovered a circus surrounding their cage.
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“Hope ully they will not eel the need to go exploring again,” said Cecil.
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Consonant Digraphs 1. ch - Mitch’s Day 2. ng - Thanks Mitch 3. sh - Food Mission 4. /zh/ - Binge-watch Consonants 1. l - Basil likes to Travel 2. m - The Lost Lamb 3. s - Mouse House 4. z - The Big Freeze 5. j - Aldridge the Elephant 6. r - The Little Wren 7. n - The Knight and the Gnome 8. s - Mouse Castle Short & ‘r’ Controlled Vowels 1. e - Ben’s Quest 2. i - The Pyramid 3. short oo - Woolly Mammoth 4. air - The Haircut 5. ar - Backyard Picnic 6. ear - Belvedere 7. or - Lorna Likes to Draw 8. ur - Worm Farm Long Vowels 1. ai - Angel Bay 2. ee - Grandy’s Party 3. igh - Brian Spies a Lion 4. oa - Go, Go, Go 5. oi - Joy at the Museum 6. ow - Mouse in the House 7. long oo - Fix-it Sue 8. ue - Barbecue Rescue Alternative Spellings - Long Vowel SoundsPhase 5 Alternative Spellings Consonant Sounds Product Code: LT136 Made in New Zealand © Smart Kids 2022 SMART KIDS The Code L & S Controlled text to support the Letters and Sounds programme. ISBN: 942-1-002414-37-3