Part One
Jem has a box and a lid.
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The lid will not fit the box, and Jem is mad. He kicks, and nothing gets better. Then Pug sits by him, and Jem sees what was wrong.
Jem has a box and a lid.
A sock is in the box.
Jem puts on the lid.
It will not fit!
Jem is mad.
Kick, kick, kick!
Slam! The box tips.
Jem is so mad.
Pug sees Jem.
Pug sits by Jem.
Jem pats Pug.
Jem sits and sits.
Jem looks at the box.
The sock sticks out!
Tug, pop! Out comes the sock.
The lid fits!
Jem hugs Pug.
A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 4. It has 17 short pages and about 71 words, so it reads in a few minutes.
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