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DOLCH STORY

This passage contains all of the 220 Dolch Basic Sight Words. Have your child read the story and note which words he/she needs to practice. The Best Thing In The World Once upon a time, there were four brothers who lived in a far away land. Their father was an old king. One day he said, "I will not live long now. Today you must start out into the world. In a year, bring back the best thing you have found. The one who can pick the best thing shall be the new king." The first brother said, "I will look in every city or town. I will buy the best thing I can for my father. "The next two brothers said, "We will both go on fast ships over the sea. We will find something better. "The last brother said, "I am going to ask the people here in our own land to tell me the best thing." The other three brothers began to laugh.
"Then you will never be king!" They said.
The last brother started off. When he had gone about six miles, he met a man. "What do you carry in those big bags?" he asked. "The best thing in the world," said the man. "These are full of the good nuts which fall from my five nut trees." "I don't think that would work," said the brother to himself, "I must try again."
The brother went on another seven miles. He found a small brown bird. It had been hurt, so he put it in his coat where it could keep warm. As he went on, he saw a little girl crying. He ran to meet her. "Why are you crying?" he asked.
"I want to get some water from the well," she said. "We use so much. We drink cold water. We wash the clothes clean with hot water. But I do not know how to pull it up. Please show me."
The brother said, "Hold this bird and I will help you. It does not fly around anymore because it got its wing hurt.!"
"Thank you. What a pretty bird!" she said. "I wish you would give it to me. If you will let me keep it, I will always be very kind to it. I will take care of it myself. I will make it grow well again."
"Yes, you may have it," said the brother. So he gave her the bird and went on. At night, he went to sleep under a round yellow haystack. When it was light again he walked on. Every day he would walk eight or ten miles. He asked the people about the best thing in the world. Some said it was best to sing.
Some said it was best to run and jump and play. Some said the green grass was best. Some liked the red and blue and white flowers best. One man said the best thing was to ride a black a horse. He always stopped to help people who needed it. Soon he made many friends. All the people began to like him. They would say, "See there goes the king's son. He would be just the right kind of king for us."
Every door was open to him. The people would call to him to stop. They would ask him to come and eat with them. After he ate, he would sit down and read to the children. After he read, he showed them how to draw and write. Months went by. He still had no beautiful thing to take to his father. Just before the year was done, he went home again.
The time came went he king called his sons together. "What did you bring?" He asked them all. The other brothers had many beautiful things. "And what did you bring?" said the king to the last brother.
"This is too funny!" said the other brothers. "He has nothing!" But the king was kind to the last brother. "What did you bring me?" the king asked again.
"I bring only the friendship of your people," said the last the brother. "That is the best thing!" cried his father. "You shall be the new king."

The End

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DOLCH PHRASES

Dolch Phrases 1 - 48

1.   a big horse
2.   a big house
3.   a new book
4.   a new hat
5.   a pretty home
6.   a pretty picture
7.   about him
8.   about it
9.   all day
10. all night
11. as he did
12. as he said
13. as I do
14. as i said
15. at home
16. at once
17. at school
18. at three
19. by the house
20. by the tree
21. can fly
22. can live
23. can play
24. can run
25. could eat
26. could make
27. did not fall
28. do not go
29. down here
30. down the hill
31. down the street
32. down there
33. for him
34. for the baby
35. for the girl
36. for them
37. from home
38. from the farm
39. from the tree
40. has come back
41. has found
42. has made
43. has run away
44. he is
45. he was
46. he would do
47. he would try
48. her father

Dolch Phrases 49 - 96

49. her mother
50. his brother
51. his sister
52. I am
53. I may get
54. I may go
55. I was
56. I will come
57. I will go
58. if I may
59. if I must
60. if you can
61. if you wish
62. in the barn
63.in the box
64. in the garden
65. in the grass
66. in the water
67. in the window
68. is coming
69. is going
70. it is
71. it was
72. must be
73. must go
74. my brother
75. my father
76. on the chair
77. on the floor
78. so long
79. so much
80. some bread
81. some cake
82. the black bird
83. the black horse
84. the funny man
85. the funny rabbit
86. the little chicken
87. the little children
88. the little dog
89. the little pig
90. the new coat
91. the new doll
92. the old man
93. the old men
94. the red apple
95. the red cow
96. the small boat

Dolch Phrases 97 - 144

97.   the small boy
98.   the white duck
99.   the white sheep
100. the yellow ball
101. the yellow cat
102. then he came
103. then he said
104. they are
105. they were
106. to go
107. to stop
108. to the barn
109. to the house
110. to the farm
111. to the nest
112. to the school
113. too little
114. too soon
115. up here
116. up there
117. was found
118. was made
119. we are
120. we were
121. went away
122. went down
123. what I say
124. what I want
125. when I can
126. when I wish
127. when you come
128. when you know
129. will buy
130. will go
131. will look
132. will read
133. will think
134. will walk
135. with mother
136. with us
137. would like
138. would want
139. you are
140. you were
141. you will do
142. you will like
143. your mother
144. your sister

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