Anansi and the Odd Rock <wh>
Practice Words
Words with the 'wh' digraph, making either the /w/ sound or /h/ sound.
Anansi sees an odd moss rock. What can it do?
Anansi calls, 'What an odd moss rock!' Then he flops back and has a nap. Anansi wakes up with a big grin.
Anansi has a plan. Why not get all the snacks by the rock? He runs to Elephant.
'Come see this rock,' Anansi tells Elephant. Elephant sits and naps. Whiz! Anansi grabs the snack.
All the pals come to the rock. All of them nap! Anansi gets the whole lot.
But Bush Deer hid by a fig tree. She saw the whole trick. She did not nap.
Bush Deer tells the pals about the trick. Elephant sits and thinks: when will Anansi be back?
Bush Deer has a plan. When Anansi comes back, she will say the words first. The pals hide and wait.
Anansi comes back with a Deer. Bush Deer calls, 'What an odd moss rock!' Anansi naps in the moss!
The pals get the whole lot back. They sit and snack by the rock. Anansi naps in the moss.
Anansi wakes up. Whew! 'We all got the words too,' Bush Deer tells him. Elephant gives Anansi a snack.
Now the pals go to the rock in a bunch. They share the snacks. And when a new pal comes, one calls, 'What an odd moss rock!'