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Fox and Frog

A Reading A–Z Read-Aloud Book
Consonant F • Word Count: 238
Fox and
Frog

Written by Joe Slade • Illustrated by Nora Voutas

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 WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK

Fox and High utility words:

1–100 the, to, and, he(s), a, I, you, it(s), of, in,
said, his, that(s), for, on, they, with, all,

Frog is, her, there, some, go, we, can, what,

get, like, are, come, if, now, very, over,
from, want, don’t, too, take(s)
101–200 by, here, let(s), make, sleep, five, six, or,
off, today, must, has, funny, fast, say(s),
fall(s), far, live, wish

F words:
Fred, fox, furry, friend, Fran, frog, funny, forest, farm,
far, four, from, fit, fast, fall, fix, five, fields, flowers,
flowing, flash, for, few, foot, freezing, food, fire, fry,
fish, feed, fresh, fruit, forget, fine

Other words:
name, miles, maybe, set, cross, hay, river, hop,
across, Mr., crawl, log, hoppity-hop, rocks, steps, half,
way, hits, moss, lands, splash, wet, tired, hungry,
needs, back, day

Fox and Frog

A Read-Aloud Book
© 2002 Learning Page, Inc.
Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Nora Voutas

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Written by Joe Slade © Learning Page, Inc.

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Fred is a fox. A very furry fox. “I don’t like the forest,” says Fred.
Fred has a friend. Her name is Fran. “I want to live on the farm.”
Fran is a frog. A very funny frog. “The farm is very far,” says Fran.
Fred and Fran live in the forest. “The farm is four miles from here.”

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“We are fit. The fox and the frog set off to the farm.
We can get there fast,” says the fox. They cross five fields of flowers.
“If we don’t fall or get in a fix, They cross four fields of hay.
we can get there by five or maybe six.” They must go fast to get there today.

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 They come to a river. It’s flowing fast. The fox takes a few steps on the log.
“I can hop across in a flash,” says the frog. He is halfway across.
“You, Mr. Fox, can crawl across that log.” His foot hits some moss.
Hoppity-hop, over the rocks. He falls off the log.
The frog is across. Now for the fox. He lands with a splash.

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The fox is wet. He’s freezing too.
He’s tired. He’s hungry.
He needs some food.
“Let’s go back to the forest.
We can make a fire. We can fry a fish.
We can feed on fresh fruit.
We can sleep all day. That’s what I wish.
Forget the farm. The forest is fine.”

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