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Anne R. Dow Author
Harvard University Diane Warshawsky, Ph.D.

Consultant on Educational Philosophy

Shinichi Suzuki

International Horizons
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Listen! The birds are singing in the trees.

And Mickey and Minnie are singing, too.
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 Mickey and Minnie come to Daisy's house.

Hello, Mickey! Hello, Minnie!

Hi, Mickey! Hello, Minnie!

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Beautiful day,
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 Yes, it is a beautiful,
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day for a picnic.

Then let's go!

Let's all of us go
on a picnic!

What shall we eat? (

A lot! Let's eat a lot!

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 "I'll bring hot dogs!" "I'll bring a salad! "

"I'll bring a chicken!"

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"I'll eat it all up!"

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Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy go to Clarabelle's house.

We're going
Yes, I'd love to
on a picnic. Will
come. Thank you.
you come, too?

go on the picnic.

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- - Daisy , house.
She knocks at the door.
She knocks at the door again.
No one comes to the door.
No one is at home.

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Look!
There's a note on the door.
Daisy reads the note.
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 Daisy goes to Scrooge's house.
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Daisy invites everyone to the picnic.
Hello, everyone.
We're going on a picnic.
Will you all come, too?
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 "A picnic!" says Huey. "Fish!" says Scrooge.
"We can fish!" "I hate fishing!"

"We can swim!" "I hate swimming!"

says Dewey. says Scrooge.

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"We can hike!" "I hate hiking!"

says louie. says Scrooge.

"I hate building fires!"

"We can build a fire!" says Huey. says Scrooge.
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 "We can play baseball I"~
says Dewey.

"I hate baseball!"

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By bus?

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By car?

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Everyone is going on the picnic-

everyone except Scrooge.

Scrooge is not going on the picnic.

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Whose fish is bigger-Donald 's fish or Daisy's fish?

Who is older-
Mickey or Scrooge?

Whose car is older?

Whose car is newer?

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 Minnie, Daisy, and Clarabelle are
in the kitchen. They are very busy.
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Clarabelle is making lemonade.

Look at all those lemons!

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 This is Mickey's car. Mickey, Goofy,
and Pluto are putting things in the car.

Here comes Minnie!

"Don't forget the picnic basket!"

says Minnie.

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This is Donald's car. Huey and Dewey
are putting things in the car.
Donald is tying a boat to the top
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"Don't forget the matches! " says Daisy.

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 Mickey, Minnie, Goofy,
Clarabelle, and Pluto
are going to the picnic
in Mickey's car.
Mickey, Minnie,
, Clarabelle, and Pluto
are already in the car.

Goofy is not in the car yet.

Donald, Daisy, Huey,

Dewey, and Louie
are going to the picnic
in Donald's car.

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Away they go!

Away from the city! .
Away from the buidings!
Away from the cars!
Away from the taxis and buses!
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 The brown building
is taller than the red building.

Mickey Mouse is short. Goofy is tall.

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Huey or Donald? Clarabelle or Minnie?
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 The two cars ride down the road .
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The two cars come to a tunnel.

The cars come to a big

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He's counting his money. He's counting his gold.

How many pieces of gold does Scrooge have?

Let's count them .
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eleven clouds

thirteen lowers

fourteen birds

fifteen frogs

sixteen crickets

seventeen bees

eighteen apples

nineteen leaves

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Donald's car comes 10 Ihe same hill,

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What's wrong wilh Donald's car?

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Empty!
There's no more gas in Donald's car.

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 They push . . .

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and they push the car over the hill.

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But where is Mickey's car?

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Mickey's car is on the other side of the hill.

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The attendant puts gas

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Donald pays
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The basket is full of apples .

Are there any more apples in the basket?

The basket is empty.

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 The bucket is full of water.

Is there still some water in the bucket?

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The bucket is empty.

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 Look! A swing! Huey wanls 10 swing.
Dewey wanls 10 swing, 100.
So does Louie. Bullhere's only one swing.

So Ihey lake lurns.

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 to a farm .
Whose is it?- '
It's Grandma Duck's farm . .
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What are the animals saying?

They're saying, "Hello! Welcome to Grandma Duck's farm!"

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Gus Goose is Grandma Duck's

But he doesn't like to work. He's very

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Grandma is working in the fields.
She's picking tomatoes. Where is Gus Goose?

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Grandma is working very Gus working hard , too?

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Grandma is at the well. She's getting water.
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Is Gus helping Grandma?

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 Huey, Dewey, and Louie run up to Grandma.
They each give Grandma a big kiss.

Will you
Gus come on Thank you! We'd
our picnic? love to come!

Grandma goes into the house.

Grandma comes out of

She's carrying a big

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Then Grandma wakes up Gus! Gus! Wake up, Gus!
her lazy helper, Gus Goose. We're going on a picnic.
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What's in Wait and see.
the box, II's a surprise.
Grandma?

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 The three cars come
to a fork in the road.
Which way
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 Mickey looks at the map.

He looks out of the car

and pOints to the left.

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And the three cars turn left.

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What's in Grandma's big box? Come to the picnic and see!

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