*Note: I've finally cut it down to 250 words (from 378)! Most of the action/dialogue will need to be communicated through word/image interaction
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There was once a toy Panda who slept on a shelf… until the night a Star arrived!
"Hi!", says Panda, blinking sleepy eyes.
"Follow me", says Star, twinkling bright
“To where?”
“To storyland! Come, let’s fly!”
So off they flew past blue sparkling seas,
over purple mountains, a rainbow, and into green leafy trees,
with branches full of…
“Books! Full of stories, old and new!”
“And here, a special one, just for you!”
“Who is that?” Panda points
at the girl on the page,
“Lili”, replies Star, “Now look - ”
“Lili and Mama fly to a faraway place,
to a brand-new city where Baba waits,
They ride a big plane over white fluffy clouds,
Then an orange bus past a cracked Liberty bell,
“Your new school!” Baba says and he points
to a brick red building with lemon yellow stairs
Lili feels nervous... and a little bit scared.
That night Lili draws herself all ready for school
“I wish”, she says “I had a friend who could come too!”
“…if I did, she’d look something like this:
black fuzzy ears… and black fuzzy feet
“Hey!"
(Panda says)
"That’s me!”
Panda sees Lili being tucked into bed...
“What now?" Panda asks, "did the story end?”
“Now”, says Star, “you go find your friend!”
A door appears in a blink of an eye,
Panda crawls through and to her surprise
there sleeps Lili snuggled up tight!
Panda yawns as she snuggles close,
Tomorrow’s a big day – the first day of school!
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Story Vocabulary:
BASIC COLORS:
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Black
White
Manuscript is 97% TIER 1 WORDS with the following (8) exceptions:
Panda (character name)
Lili (character name)
Storyland (fictional place)
Let’s (contraction)
Sparkling
Baba (Chinese word for Papa/Father)
Fuzzy
Tucked
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