A Boy and His Hat <ai> <ay>

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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "Bountong's New Hat" by Syamphay Fengsavanh and Nivong Sengsakoun. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free Adventure Decodable Reader with ai ay Words | A Boy and His Hat

Practice Words

Words with 'ai' or 'ay' vowel teams, both making the long /eɪ/ sound.

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Boy hugging his buffalo-horn hat near village with wooden fence and banana trees

My name is Ray. I live on a farm. This is my hat.

Page 2
Boy wearing buffalo-horn hat in golden rice field with buffalo on hill behind

My hat has horns like my bull. Gran made it for me.

Page 3
Boy happily riding buffalo near thatched huts as smiling cloud watches

I ride my bull to the next farm, just for fun. We do some jumps.

Page 4
Boy holding onto hat as wind blows red ribbon, cloud face watching from sky

The wind picks up. I tell my hat to stay on. It wants to fly.

Page 5
Boy chasing after hat blown away as buffalo sprays water in green field

It lifts up and sails off to the next hill. Can we get to it in time?

Page 6
Buffalo-horn hat flying through air above palm trees in yellow sky

I say, this hat is on a quest. I want it to land, but it is way up in the sky!

Page 7
Boy riding buffalo in rain while cloud with face blows wind from above

It starts to rain. I must go home for the day, hat or no hat.

Page 8
Boy riding buffalo in rain heading toward thatched hut as cloud blows wind

We stay on the trail. The drops of rain make my scalp all wet.

Page 9
Boy reaching for hat hanging on thatched hut wall in rain with buffalo

My hat! Did it snag on the gate? A ray of sun on a day of rain.

Page 10
Boy riding running buffalo through palm trees with mountains behind

I jam my hat back on, and we play as the sun sets.

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