Leopard Gets Anansi Jolly Phonics · Step 2, Unit 12: ue, ew, u_e as in glue, new, cube
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The grass is wet with dew. Bang! Leopard has Anansi flat in the red dirt. He grips him with one big foot.
'Anansi,' says Leopard, 'I will chew you up at eve.' He drops Anansi in his rocky den. Then he sits at the gap.
Anansi peers at the gap. It is the one way out. But Leopard sits at the gap like a big door. This is bad news for Anansi.
Anansi checks the den. In a crack he sees a bundle. It is selim pepper, good in a stew. He sniffs it. What a strong smell! Anansi has a shrewd new plan.
Anansi calls out. 'Leopard, spider with no pepper is a bad meal. Chewy and bad! A king must have pepper in his stew.' Leopard's ear turns.
Anansi sends the pepper wisps up to the gap. Sniff, sniff! Leopard likes the new smell. But his tail shakes. He does not trust Anansi.
'A selim tree grows north, three hills north,' says Anansi. 'Is this a trick?' asks Leopard. 'No trick,' says Anansi. 'A few peppers make a fine stew.'
Leopard shuts the gap with old silk. Then he pads north in the grass. Anansi grins at the weak old silk. He can spin a newer web than that!
Anansi slips out fast. He tucks the bundle deep in the crack. Then he spins a new web on the gap, so fine and thin that no one can see it. He hums as he spins.
Then Anansi flees south. He swings on his silk from tree top to tree top. Leopard runs back. Bad news for Leopard: there is no selim tree. It is a fib!
Bang! Leopard hits the new web and he is stuck. The silk grips his nose and his feet. He yells and shakes, but the web holds him. 'A king must have pepper in his stew!' Anansi yells back with a grin.
Anansi sits in the town and eats his hot nut meal. The cook grins and adds pepper. 'A few peppers make it good!' says Anansi with a wink.
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