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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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                               .
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                                       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                                              .                                
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    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                                .