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By Jenny Loehr

Target /s/ words Sam                       sundae                   sailboat slide                       Sue                        swings stream                   street                      sad sunflower              sandwich                stop sign seeds                    sun          soup       celery                    

Sam’s Picnic Surprise

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Sam

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Sue

                          sat by the window, wishing to see the                           as he watched the rain fall onto the                            outside.                          was                            because today he and his family were supposed to go across the                           to have a picnic and play in the park, but the rain made everything too wet and slippery.  The                           and the                           were all dripping silvery raindrops into large mud puddles below. The                              down the                             nearly disappeared behind the sheets of driving rain.      “Cheer up                          ,” said his older sister                           .  “This will help the                              you planted last week grow into beautiful                                 .”  

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celery

     “I’m too                            ,”                            replied. He continued to watch the leaves swirl down the rushing water in the                             .                            imagined that  they looked like tiny                               in a large                          .      “Time for supper,” his mother called from the kitchen.  When                              stepped into the kitchen, he could not hide his surprise.  There, on the floor, his mother had created a beautiful picnic supper.                                sat on the floor next to his sister                           and his mother and father.  Together they enjoyed                               ,                            , carrots, and                            .  For dessert, they had ice cream                             and sang silly  songs.                            was no longer                           and didn’t notice that the                            had come out at last.

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                                                       felt that this was the happiest rainy day he had seen in a long time, thanks to the surprise picnic.

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