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A LPHABETTI BOOKS Practice Book (no new letters) EASY READING SERIES MIZ KATZ N. RATZ T.M. catsmn + #3 T.M. - Mac The Mouse
For my mother, who read endless stories with a magical voice.
Alphabetti Book #3Mac The MouseWritten and illustrated by Miz Katz N. Ratz
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Start Guide ............................ 4
Lesson OneWords used in this book ............... 5
Mac The Mouse ................................ 6
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Don’t rush it. Body-builders don’t train in a day – neither does a child.
And most important ofall, HAVE FUN!
Read the book WITH your child. You read the “regular” text, and he/she reads the big, red words, sort of like reading the different parts in a play.
Help your child sound out the words as needed.
Read the book several times. This helps develop the eye muscles and left-to-right reading patterns.
Quick Start Guide
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Here are some of the words used in this book. Can you read them?
mac
man
mat
m a c
m a n
m a t
Touch the dot under each letter (so that your finger is pointing at the letter) and have the child/children say thesound of the letter. Then have them say the whole word.
Lesson 1
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mac the mouse
was the of manthe house, and a manly bmouse he was. b
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mac was kind,
polite and such a bdelight—you could say b
the mouse...mac7
was the nicest of mice bif he wasn’t already bthe “micest” of nice. b“Micest” is a silly, made-up word.
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One day the macmouse was taking a nap bon his manly, -macthe- .man mat
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He was having a dream babout having a dream...b
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...when he thought he bheard his sister scream. b
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mac woke himself up
and covered a yawn. Then bhe looked out the window bto see what was wrong.b
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Oh, no! His sister was btrapped out there with bthat horrible catwith the horrible hair. b
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“I must do something,” bsaid to himself.mac“I a , am manso I help...”can
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“But what canI do? I have no bknife...” b
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And then macremembered, b “I have my NICE!” b
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put on his macshoes and ran outside. bHis hair was brushed; bhis tie was tied.... b
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Then before he could stop bthem, the words came out. bmac wished he could
put them back in his mouth. b18
“Hello, , you are catlooking well... but what bon Earth is that terrible bsmell?” b
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“Have you thought, perhaps, babout washing your feet bor getting a toothbrush and bbrushing your teeth?” b
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The sniffed the catair with its rubbery nose. bThen the bent over catto sniff its toes. b
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“Mr. Mouse, I smell FINE, bjust like a should.catIn fact, I would say that bI smell rather good.” b
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“But you two mice smell blike dinner to me... And bnow I shall eat if you bboth agree?” b
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“Wait!” said . mac“Before you begin, bthere’s something bdangling on your chin.” b
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The rubbed its catchin with a hairy paw. b
bWhat WAS it that the
silly mouse saw? b25
“Oh,” thought the , cat“just a bit of dried drool.” bThe flicked it off catand tried to act cool. b
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“Nothing there!” said the b. “And why would I cat
care? But you, Mr. Mouse, byou should be scared.” b
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“I a , and am catI eat mice, and because byou are small, I will eat byou twice.”b
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mac at stared the
, but all he could catsee were the bits of bfood stuck in its teeth. b
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“ ,” said , cat mac“ we talk like a can
? You need to manfloss–do you understand?” b
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“I need to what?” said bthe with a growl.cat
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“Floss!” said . mac“I show you how.”can
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“No!” screamed the bcat. “I will eat you
first, and then your sister bbwill be my dessert...”
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“And then some cheese band maybe a fork all bbecause I hungry amand mice are so short.” b
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mac knew he should
say something manly and bstrong, but try as he might, b
band he knew it was wrong...35
...he said, “Look up a blittle... now look to the bside. Did you know that byour nose is super-sized?” b“Super-sized” is American slang for really big. 36
“What?” said the . cat“You have to be joking!”b
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“No,” said , “but macI really was hoping that bmaybe, just maybe, we bcould be friends... b
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...not as and catmouse, but as two bmen...”b
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“Look,” hissed the b, “ the cat at
name on my collar...” b40
“...Abigail Mimzy bGeraldine Follar...” b
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“I NOT a , am manI a girl, and you amare the stupidest mouse bin the world!” b
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mac sat down
and covered his face. bHow could he make bsuch a big mistake? b
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How? Easy! The catwas covered in mud and bdirt. How could he know bthat he was a her? b
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mac took a mirror
from his pocket, where bhe also kept a pen and ba bar of chocolate. b
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“I so, so sorry.am I only want to help. b Please...take the mirror band look yourself.”at
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“Oh, no!” said the bcat.
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“Oh, yes,” said .mac
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Then his sister said, b“I’ll get the bath.” b
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Two hours later, the
was clean.cat50
And they all down satsipping cups of tea with bcrackers and cheese band a chocolate cake... b