The Cap <es>

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Creative Commons BY-NC Adapted from "The Moon and the Cap" by Rohini Nilekani and Angie & Upesh. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Free Fantasy Decodable Reader with es Plurals | The Cap

Practice Words

Two-syllable words where 'es' is added to form plurals, creating an extra syllable.

stretches fetches catches glasses chooses rushes
Page 1
Two children excitedly run through a busy market with fruit stands while adults watch from the background.

Here is Don. He is out for a day with his family. When they go to the shops, they each get to choose something to buy.

Page 2
Three children stand together - a boy with star sunglasses, a boy wearing a blue cap, and a girl holding a lollipop.

His brother chooses some star glasses. His sister chooses a lollipop. Don chooses a blue cap that he can wear in the park.

Page 3
A frustrated boy chases after his blue cap as it blows away in the wind across a grassy field.

At the park, the wind sweeps the cap off his head. He stretches out and nearly catches it before it sails on the breeze ahead of him.

Page 4
Two boys look up at a large green tree where a blue cap is stuck in the branches and leaves.

The cap lands high up in a tree. Don fetches a small rock and tries to peg it at the hat to bring it down, but it does not work.

Page 5
Two boys stand looking upset - one with star sunglasses looks annoyed while the other cries with a parent's hand on his shoulder.

He starts to cry and he cannot stop. His new cap was so cool. Now it will be stuck in the tree for good and he will have to watch it get old and dirty.

Page 6
A boy looks worried at an open window at night, watching his blue cap fly away toward the smiling moon in a starry sky.

He can see the cap from his window. Just when he is thinking that he might get the broom and try to poke it free, the moon comes up.

Page 7
A boy in purple pajamas looks out a window at night, seeing the smiling moon wearing a cap among the stars.

The moon catches his hat! He can see a smile on the moon. Don tells the moon that the cap is its to enjoy.

Page 8
A boy in school uniform holds out a red cap while an adult hand reaches toward him on a pink background.

Don’s mum gets him a new cap. This one is red. He cannot wait until the moon is in the right spot for him to show it his new cap.

Page 9
A boy wearing a cap stands outside at night with arms raised, looking up at the smiling moon in a starry sky.

Don rushes out when the moon is on the rise. They are cap buddies now! Don hopes that the cap never falls out of the tree.

Page 10
A boy wearing a red cap holds a popsicle on a sunny day while a smaller boy with star sunglasses stands beside him.

The next day, Don cannot help but think about the sun. Does the sun want to have its own cap too?

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