The Ballet Slippers
By Jenny Loehr
Target Mixed /l/ Words
Leslie clothes ballerina
nail polish necklace bicycle
planet basketball planet
pillow ballet slippers
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necklace
Leslie
pillow
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planet
ballerina
ballet slippers
doll
Instead, she got a giant , a , and a T-shirt with a big
on it. continued to dream of being a real
. “If only I had !” she would say to herself
as she twirled in front of her mirror.
Another holiday was approaching and she again asked her parents for a pair of
. They said, “You will have to wait.” was getting
tired of waiting. That night she went to bed and cried herself to sleep. “Why doesn’t
anyone listen to me?” she sobbed into her .
bicycle
wanted to be a when she grew up. She asked
her parents to buy her a pair of , but they told her that she would
have to wait. Her birthday was drawing near and again asked her parents
for a pair of . Instead, they gave her a
and a .
spent many hours in her room pretending to be a .
Christmas was drawing near and decided to ask her parents again for
a pair of .
basketball
nail polish
clothes
The next morning reluctantly opened her gifts. This time she got a
bunch of, , some , and a golden treasure box.
Just as was about to shuffle off to her room to sulk, her parents
encouraged her to open the treasure box. “Why should I?” replied
sadly. “Because it contains your dreams,” her mother replied. Slowly
opened up the box to find the most beautiful pair of pink
she had ever seen. She slipped them on and danced around the house with joy. To this
day, has never taken them off and is now a real .