Skills 3 | Fables Reader | Grade 1

Skills 3 | Fables

ISBN 9781683910244

Fables Reader Grade 1

Skills 3
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Grade 1 Skills 3

Fables

Reader
 Table of Contents

Fables
Skills 3 Reader

King Log and King Crane . . . . . . . 2

The Two Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
The Hares and the Frogs . . . . . . 24
The Two Mules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The Dog and the Mule. . . . . . . . . 34
ISBN 978-1-68391-024-4
The Bag of Coins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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The Dog and the Ox . . . . . . . . . . 48

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The Fox and the Grapes. . . . . . . 54

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Pausing Point (Stories for Assessment and Enrichment)
The Fox and the Hen. . . . . . . . . . 58
The Fox and the Crane. . . . . . . . 66
The Tree and the Reeds . . . . . . . 70
The Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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 King Log and King
Crane

Once the frogs said, “We wish

we had a king! We need a king!
We must have a king!”

The frogs spoke to the gods.

They said, “We ask you, the gods,
to send us a king!”

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 “The frogs are fools,” said the
gods. “As a joke, let us send them
a big log to be their king.”

The gods got a big log and let

it drop. The log fell in the pond
and made a big splash.

The frogs were scared of the

log. They said, “King Log is strong!
We must hide from him in the
grass!”

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 As time went by, the frogs
came to see that King Log was
tame. He did not bite. He did not
run. He just sat there.

“King Log is not a strong king!”

said one frog.

“I wish we had a strong king!”

“I do, too!”

“We must have a strong king!”

The frogs spoke to the gods.

They said, “We ask you, the gods,
to send us a strong king, and send
him soon!”

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 This time the gods sent a crane
to be king of Frog Land.

King Crane was not like King Log.

He did not just sit there. He ran fast
on his long legs, and he ate lots of
the frogs!

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 The frogs were sad.

“King Crane is a bad king,” they

said. “We miss King Log! He was a
fine king. We made a bad trade!”

The frogs spoke to the gods.

They said, “We ask you, the gods, to
send us back King Log!”

The gods were mad. “Fools!” they

said. “You said you must have a
strong king. We sent you one. He is
yours to keep!”

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 The Two Dogs

Once two dogs met. One of

them was a tame dog who made
his home with men. One was a
dog who ran free.

The dog who ran free stared

at the tame dog and said, “Why is
it that you are so plump and I am
so thin?”

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 “Well,” said the tame dog, “I am
plump becau se the men feed me.
I do not have to run all the time
to get my food. My job is to keep
the home safe when the men are
in their beds. When they wake
up, they feed me scraps of food
from their plates.”

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 “Your life must be a fine life,”
said the thin dog. “I wish my life
were like yours.”

The plump dog said, “If you will

help me keep the home safe, I
bet the men will feed you, too.”

“I will do it!” said the thin dog.

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 But just as the thin dog said this,
the moon shone on the neck of
the plump dog.

The thin dog said, “What is that

on your neck?”

“I am on a rope when the sun

is up,” said the plump dog.

“Rope?” said the thin dog. “Do

they keep you on a rope?”

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 “Yes,” said the plump dog.
“When the moon is up, the men
let me free, but when the sun shines,
they keep me on a rope. I can not
run and be free when the sun is up,
but it is not so bad.”

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 “No, no!” said the thin dog, as
he ran off. “I will not have a rope
on my neck. You can be plump. I
will be free!”

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The Hares and the Frogs

Three hares stood in the grass.

“I am sad,” one of them said. “I

wish we were brave.”

“So do I,” said the next one.

“But we are not brave. A splash
in the brook scares us. The wind
in the grass scares us. We are
scared all the time.”

“Yes,” said the last one. “It is

sad to be a hare.”

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 Just then there was a splash
in the brook. The splash scared
the hares. They ran off to hide. As
they ran, they scared a bunch
of frogs.

“Look,” said one of the hares.

“The frogs are scared of us!”

“Yes, they are!” said the next

hare. “They are scared of us! Well,
I’m glad I am not a frog!”

“Yes!” said the last hare. “In the

end, it is good to be a hare!”

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 The Two Mules

Once a man went on a trip

with two mules. He set five packs
on one mule and five packs on
the next one.

The black mule was strong. The

mule with spots was not as strong,
and by noon, he was tired. The
mule with the spots felt the packs
press on his back and he could
not keep up with the black mule.

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 The mule with the spots spoke
to the black mule. “I hate to ask,”
he said, “but would you help me
with my packs?”

The black mule did not stop to

help the mule with spots.

“I have my five packs and you

have your five,” he said.

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 The mule with spots went on
as long as he could. At last, he fell
and could not get up.

The man set all ten of the packs

on the black mule.

“What a fool I was!” the black

mule said. “I did not help the mule
with spots when I should have. If
I had, I would not have to lift all of
his packs as well as mine.”

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 The Dog and the Mule

Once there was a man who

had a dog and a mule. The man
gave the dog scraps of food
from his plate. He let the dog lick
his spoon. The dog would sit on
the man’s lap and lick him. The
man would rub the dog and
kiss him.

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 The mule would look in and see
the dog on the man’s lap. He felt
sad. He felt left out.

“The man feeds me,” said the

mule, “but I do not get food from
his plate. I’m left out becau se
I am a mule. I should act like
a dog. If I do that, the man will like
me just as much as he likes
the dog.”

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 So the mule left his pen and
went in the man’s home. He set
his feet on the man’s lap and
gave the man a big, wet lick.

The man was scared. He gave

a shout and let his plate drop. It
broke with a crash. The man fell
down, too.

When the man got up, he was

mad at the mule. He made the
mule run back out to his pen.

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 The Bag of Coins

Once two men went on a trip.

One of them found a bag of
coins on the ground, at the foot
of a tree.

“Look what I found!” he said.

“It is a bag of coins!”

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 “Good!” said the next man.
“We can count the coins and see
what we have!”

“No,” said the man with the

bag. “The coins in this bag are
not our coins. They are my coins.
I found them. They are all mine!”

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 Just then there was a loud
shout. There were a bunch of men
and they were mad.

“Look!” they shouted. “There is

a man with the bag. He stole our
coins!”

“Get him!” said the rest.

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 The man with the coins was
scared. “Those men are mad,”
he said. “If they see us with the
coins, we will be in a bad spot.”

“No, no,” said the man next to

him. “If they see you, you will be
in a bad spot. Those are not our
coins. Those are your coins. You
found them. They are all yours.”

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 The Dog and the Ox

Once a dog took a nap on

a pile of stuff in a box. “That straw
looks good for sleeping,” said the
dog. But it was not straw in the box.
The box was not a bed.

When the ox came home,

he saw the dog in his food box.
But he could not get to the food
becau se the dog was on top of it.

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 “Dog,” said the ox, “There is straw
in the loft. Could you sleep up in the
loft? I would like to munch on the
food in my box.”

The dog woke up, but he would

not get off the food box. He was
mad that the ox woke him up.

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 At last, a man came in and saw
the dog on the food box.

“Bad dog!” said the man. “That

box is not a bed. It has food for the
ox, but you would not let him have it!
Shame on you! Get up! You should
sleep on the straw in the loft.”

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 The Fox and the
Grapes

A fox saw a bunch of ripe

grapes that hung from the
branch of a tree.

The fox said, “Those grapes

look good. I will get them and
make them my lunch.”

The fox stood up on his back

legs, but he could not grab the
grapes.

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 The fox made a hop, but he
could not grab the grapes.

The fox ran and made a big

jump, but he still could not get the
grapes.

At last, the fox sat down on the

ground.

“What a fool I am!” said the

fox. “I can tell that those grapes
are sour. They would not have
made a good lunch.”

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 The Fox and the Hen

A hen sat in a tree. A red fox

ran up to the tree.

“Did they tell you?” said the fox.

“Tell me what?” said the hen.

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 “They have made a law,” said
the fox. The law says that we must
all be pals. Dogs are not to chase
cats. They must be pals. Cats are
not to chase rats. They must be
pals. Dog and cat, fox and hen,
snake and rat must all be pals! So
jump down here and let me hug
you!”

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 “Well, that sounds swell!” said
the hen. “But, all the same, I will sit
up here a bit.”

Then the hen said, “What’s that

I see?”

“Where?” said the fox. “What is

it?”

“It looks like a pack of dogs,”

said the hen.

“Dogs!” said the fox. “Then I

must get out of here!”

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 “Stop!” said the hen. “The law
says that dog and fox must be
pals. So you are safe!”

But the fox did not stop. He ran

off.

The hen just smiled.

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The Fox and the Crane
The fox saw the crane and
said, “Crane, will you have lunch
with me?”

The crane said, “I will.”

The crane came and sat down

with the fox in his den.

The fox was up to a trick. He

gave the crane some food, but
he gave it to him in a flat stone
dish. The crane could not get the
food becau se of the shape of his
bill. The fox smiled at his trick. He
ate up all of his food.
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 The next week the crane saw
the fox and said, “Fox, will you
have lunch with me?”

The fox said, “That would be

good. I will.”

This time the crane was up to

a trick. He gave the fox milk, but
he gave it to him in a glass with
a long, thin neck. The fox could
not get the milk becau se of the
shape of his nose.

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 The Tree and the
Reeds

A proud tree stood next to a

grove of reeds. When a gust of
wind came, the reeds bent in the
wind. But the proud tree did not
bend at all. It stood up to the
wind.

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 “It is too bad that you can’t
stand up to the wind as I can!”
said the tree to the reeds.

“We bend so that we will not

crack,” said the reeds.

“There is no wind that can

crack me!” said the tree in its
pride.

“We shall see!” said the reeds.

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 The next week a big wind
came. The tree was brave. It
stood up a long time. But the
gusts of wind were too strong. At
last, there was a loud crack. The
tree fell with a crash.

The reeds bent in the strong

wind, but they did not crack. They
still stand by the brook. You can
see them wave in the wind next to
the roots of the tree.

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 The Moon

The moon said, “I wish I had a

dress. Mom, will you make me a
dress?”

The moon’s mom said, “I will

not make you a dress, my sweet.”

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 “Why not?” said the moon.

“Becau se you wax and you

wane,” said the moon’s mom.
“One week you are big and
round. The next week you are
thin. One week you are all there.
The next week there is just a
bit of you. No one can make a
dress that will fit you in all of your
shapes!”

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 Code Knowledge assumed at the beginning of this Reader:

VOWEL SOUNDS CONSONANT SOUNDS AND

AND SPELLINGS: SPELLINGS:

/i/ as in skim /m/ as in swim, swimming /ch/ as in chin

About this Book /e/ as in bed /n/ as in run, running /sh/ as in shop
This book has been created for use by students learning to read with the Core /a/ as in tap /t/ as in bat, batting /th/ as in then
Knowledge Reading Program. Readability levels are suitable for early readers. The book /u/ as in up /d/ as in bid, bidding /th/ as in thin
has also been carefully leveled in terms of its “code load,” or the number of spellings
/o/ as in flop /k/ as in cot, kid, rock, soccer /ng/ as in king
used in the stories.
/ee/ as in bee /g/ as in log, logging /qu/ as in quit
The English writing system is complex. It uses more than 200 spellings to stand for
/ae/ as in cake /f/ as in fat, huff
40-odd sounds. Many sounds can be spelled several different ways, and many spellings
can be pronounced several different ways. This book has been designed to make early /ie/ as in bite /s/ as in sit, hiss OTHER:
reading experiences simpler and more productive by using a subset of the available /oe/ as in home /z/ as in zip, hums, buzz
spellings. It uses only spellings students have been taught to sound out as part of their /ue/ as in cute /v/ as in vet • Punctuation (period,
phonics lessons, plus a handful of Tricky Words, which have also been deliberately comma, quotation
/p/ as in tip, tipping
introduced in the lessons. This means the stories will be 100% decodable if they are marks, question mark,
assigned at the proper time. /b/ as in rub, rubbing exclamation point)

As the students move through the program, they learn new spellings and the “code /l/ as in lamp, fill
load” in the decodable Readers increases gradually. The code load graphic on this page /r/ as in rip, ferret TRICKY WORDS:
indicates the number of spellings students are expected to know in order to read the /h/ as in ham
first story of the book and the number of spellings students are expected to know in
/w/ as in wet
order to read the final stories in the book. The columns on the opposite page list the a, l, no, so, of, all, some,
/j/ as in jog from, word, are, were, have,
specific spellings and Tricky Words students are expected to recognize at the beginning one, once, to, do, two, who,
of this Reader. The bullets at the bottom of the opposite page identify spellings, /y/ as in yes the, said, says, was, when,
Tricky Words, and other topics that are introduced gradually in the unit this Reader where, why, what, which,
/x/ as in box
here, there, he, she, we, be,
accompanies. me, they, their, my, by, you,
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Code Knowledge added gradually in the unit for this Reader:

• Beginning with “King Log and King Crane”: /oo/ spelled ‘oo’ as in soon
• Beginning with “The Two Dogs”: Tricky Word because
• Beginning with “The Hares and the Frogs”: /oo/ spelled ‘oo’ as in look
• Beginning with “The Two Mules”: Tricky Words could, would, should
• Beginning with “The Dog and the Mule”: /ou/ spelled ‘ou’ as in shout; Tricky Word down
• Beginning with “The Bag of Coins”: /oi/ spelled ‘oi’ as in oil
• Beginning with “The Dog and the Ox”: /aw/ spelled ‘aw’ as in paw
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Skills 3 | Fables

ISBN 9781683910244

Fables Reader Grade 1

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