Part One · Donkey Plays Lion
Donkey sees a lion suit.
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A donkey puts on a lion suit. The hens run, but the fox is not fooled.
Donkey sees a lion suit.
On it goes!
His ears stick out.
The hen runs. The dog runs.
"I am a lion!"
A fox sits by the well.
Donkey tries to roar.
A bray comes out!
The fox laughs.
Off comes the mask.
Just a donkey!
Donkey runs home.
A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 4. It has 12 short pages and about 49 words, so it reads in a few minutes.
At reading level 4, Peabody's practice works on phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words; the level page says what is in each.
You can't hide who you are.
A man named Aesop told this in Greece, long ago.
More like this: Aesop's fables for kids · moral stories for kids
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