Not Again, Dr. Can Do! (Soft c)

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Minecraft Decodable Reader with Soft c

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Words where the letter 'c' makes the soft /s/ sound, typically before e, i, or y.

certain chance conceals decides device excellent excess face notices once place science space
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The image shows a Minecraft-style interior view of a cluttered indoor workshop on the left side, with wooden plank floors and a wooden beam ceiling. The room is filled with scattered equipment and objects — crafting tables, chests, redstone components, and various blocks strewn across the floor, conveying a messy, overflowing workspace. Dr. Can Do stands near the center of the room at a three-quarter angle facing the viewer, looking out over the chaos with an angry, determined expression. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. The right ~40% is plain beige background reserved for text.

Dr Can Do has a problem. He always seems to have a new idea. But he hasn't had a chance to clean up when he finishes work on one idea and starts on the next. His workshop is starting to disappear under all the equipment.

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On the right side of the image, Dr. Can Do stands inside a wooden workshop or storage room, facing the viewer with a determined expression. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. He is positioned near several large dark chests lined up along the back wall, having just finished sorting his contraptions and redstone into them. The wooden floor is now clear and visible, and the room is lit by overhead lighting with a window or open wall section in the background showing trees and sky outside. The left ~40% is a plain beige text area.

He decides he needs a day just to tidy everything away. It takes him all morning to put contraptions in one chest and redstone in another one. Once he can see the floor, he needs to think about what has gone into all those chests.

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Dr. Can Do stands on the left side of the image at a three-quarter angle facing the viewer, with a displeased, disgusted expression as he makes a face at the mess. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. He is inside his workshop, with wooden shelves stacked with piles of stone and deepslate blocks, a furnace, and a wooden door visible behind him. The space appears cluttered with excess stone and deepslate, consistent with him needing more room for his contraptions. The right ~40% of the image is a plain beige text panel.

He has too much stone and deepslate. There is excess everywhere he looks! 'I think I need to chuck it out,' he tells himself. 'If I get rid of some of the extra stone, I will have more space to store my contraptions.'

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On the right side of the image, Dr. Can Do sits in a minecart on a rail track inside an underground mine, leaning forward with a determined expression as he rides toward a glowing lava pit visible in the upper-right corner. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. The scene is set in a dimly lit underground cavern with stone walls, illuminated by the warm orange glow of the lava; a chest sits beside the rail near the lava pit. The left ~40% is a plain beige background reserved for text overlay.

The rail system he built for mining helps him take stone to a lava pit. He starts to throw it in, but it is hot and slow. 'I am certain there is a better way to do this,' he thinks.

Page 5
On the left side of the image, Dr. Can Do stands inside a small underground room with wooden plank walls, viewed at a three-quarter angle facing the viewer. He looks down at redstone circuitry laid out on the floor with an excited, inspired expression as he plans his new device. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. The room contains a chest and a piston-like mechanism near a block of lava visible in the upper-left corner, with glowstone blocks providing warm lighting from above. The right ~40% of the image is a plain beige/cream text area.

Inside the underground space, Dr Can Do decides on a great idea! He can make a contraption that throws the items into the lava for him, so he won't need to get close. 'I'll place the lava under the ground,' he says.

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On the right side of the image, Dr. Can Do stands in an indoor wooden room, viewed at a three-quarter angle facing the viewer. He has a satisfied, focused expression as he finishes his device. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. He is positioned next to a chest with a hopper below it, and lines of redstone dust run along the floor connecting to redstone repeaters. Nearby, dark obsidian blocks are placed over where the lava is concealed beneath. The left side of the image is a plain beige text area. The scene has warm interior lighting consistent with a Minecraft-style wooden structure.

It doesn't take him long to build. He already has the chest and the hopper he needs. He even has a bucket of lava left over from an experiment. When he is done with the lines of redstone, he conceals the lava under blocks of obsidian.

Page 7
On the left side of the image, Dr. Can Do stands inside his wooden workshop, facing forward with a big grin spread across his face. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. The room is noticeably tidier and more spacious, with the disposal device (a chest with a hopper and obsidian blocks) visible in the background. The indoor scene has wooden plank walls and a wooden ceiling, with warm lighting. The right side of the image is a plain beige/cream text area.

Dr. Can Do steps back and looks around his workshop. Space, lovely excellent space, with everything right where he needs it. The disposal device hums quietly in the corner, and he notices he can find things much quicker now. No more minecart rides, and no more singed moustache hairs. A big grin spreads across his face. 'I,' he says proudly, 'am a genius.'

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On the right side of the image, Dr. Can Do stands in his laboratory amid a brand new mess, facing the viewer at a three-quarter angle with an exasperated, resigned expression. He has a cube-shaped head, light beige skin, white bushy eyebrows, a thick white mustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, dark brown belt, dark navy-blue pants, and dark brown shoes, and holds a small gray hammer in his right hand. The floor around him is littered with clumps of redstone dust and gravel blocks scattered everywhere. In the background, a chest and a wooden ladder or shelf are visible against the wall, suggesting his indoor workshop. The left ~40% is a plain beige text area.

But it seems that science is just a messy business. Once again, Dr Can Do has made a new mess all over the place. 'Maybe what I need is to hire a villager to clean up?' he says.

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