I Want to Go Home <aw> <au>

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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "The Bee and the Elephant" by Long Ravy and Try Samphos. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free Decodable Reader with aw au Words | I Want to Go Home

Practice Words

Words containing 'aw' or 'au' vowel teams, producing the /ɔː/ sound.

aw raw saw swarm
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A small bee crying with closed eyes while sitting on a bright orange flower, with a blue elephant's trunk visible behind it.

Aw no! Bee is lost. He cannot find his way home. He makes a big buzz.

Page 2
A blue elephant stretching its long trunk up to a bird's nest in a tree where a bee sits, surrounded by green forest foliage.

Elephant wants to help. She puts Bee on her trunk and takes him up to a nest.

Page 3
A blue elephant running fast with motion lines, accompanied by a flying bee and an orange bird in the sky.

The bird is a bit raw about that. She dives at them until they leave.

Page 4
A small bee sitting on a blue elephant's trunk at the entrance of a dark cave, with glowing eyes visible in the darkness.

Is this Bee's home? Elephant thinks it is a bit dark, but maybe bees like it?

Page 5
A blue elephant walking past a bush where a surprised bee hides, while two brown bats fly quickly overhead.

No! This is a home for bats. The bats all swarm out of the cave.

Page 6
A blue elephant looking up at a large orange honeycomb with many bees flying around it, with bats and a bird in the forest background.

Is this hive his home? Elephant can see more bees. It must be!

Page 7
Four cute cartoon bees gathered together in front of their orange honeycomb home, looking happy to be reunited.

Yes, Bee is home! The other bees saw them coming. They buzz as they greet him.

Page 8
A blue elephant reaching its trunk toward a tree where several bees are flying near an orange honeycomb in a lush green forest.

Elephant wants to go home, but which way is it? Now she is lost.

Page 9
A friendly teal blue elephant with its trunk raised up, carrying a small yellow and black bee on the tip of its trunk.

It is ok. Bee will take her home. This time she will make sure that she can get back.

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