DECODABLE BOOK 9

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 DECODABLE BOOK 9

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 by Emily Hutchinson illustrated by Kelly Murphy

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 “Look at all this junk!” Bess Duck
called to Bud Duck.
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 “We can’t get stuck with this junk,” said Bud.
“This stuff must go to the dump!”
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 Bess picked up six cups filled with mud,
ten mugs filled with dust, and a big jug.
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 Bud picked up a rug with rips, a tub
with rust, plus, a bed with lumps.
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 Bump! Bump! Thump!
Bess and Bud had to tug and lug all the junk.
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 Bess huffed and Bud puffed.
It was not fun, but they did it!
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 Bess and Bud got rid of the junk,
but they did not go to the dump!
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 Bess, Bud, and the Junk
Word Count: 108

High-Frequency Words Decodable Words*

go a did lug six
look all Duck lumps stuck
of and dump mud stuff
said at dust mugs ten
the bed filled must this
they Bess fun not thump
to big get picked tub
was Bud got plus tug
we bump had puffed up
but huffed rid with
called it rips
can’t jug rug
cups junk rust

*Words with /u/u/appear in boldface type.

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 by Emily Hutchinson illustrated by Kelly Murphy

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