Wow, So Much Stone! Jolly Phonics · Step 3, Unit 7: /oa/ mixed

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Wow, So Much Stone!

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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 centre 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 moustache, 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 grey hammer in his right hand. The right ~40% is plain beige background reserved for text.

Dr. Can Do has a problem. It is not a broken part. It is not a creeper at the gate. It is his lab. He can not see the ground. He can not see the walls. His kit sits in piles, high and low. He groans. 'Now,' he says, 'I will clean up. No tests. No new kit. Just. Cleaning.'

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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 moustache, 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 grey 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.

Dr. Can Do sorts all morning. Odd kit goes in one chest. Redstone goes in the next. He stacks. He packs. He growls things that are not fit to tell. By lunch, he can see the ground. He can see out the window. 'Wow,' he says with a grin. Then he peeks inside a chest.

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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 moustache, 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 grey 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.

Stone. Piles and piles. And dark rock. Mounds and mounds. He owns so much stone, he could make a town with it. 'I will never use all this,' he moans with a scowl. 'It has to go. Then I will have room for my odd kit.' Now, a wise man would just take the stone outside. But Dr. Can Do is not a wise man. No. He is a man with big, mad plans.

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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 moustache, and small dark eyes. He wears a white lab coat over a white dress shirt with a red necktie, and holds a small grey 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.

He hops into his mine cart and rides the old rails deep down below. The lava pit glows. Heat hits his face. His lip fuzz smokes. 'I am not,' he gasps, 'riding down here all the time just to toss things out!' The cart slows and stops. He looks into the glow. And right there, he gets That Look. That look means a plan.

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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 moustache, 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 grey 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.

'What if,' Dr. Can Do asks, 'I make a rig that will toss things into the hot pit for me? Then I will never need to ride down here at all!' His task now is to clean. Just clean, and no more. But the plan is too good. It fizzes and grows in his brain. Back in his lab, he looks at the redstone on the ground and grins. 'This will be grand!'

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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 moustache, 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 grey 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.

Dr. Can Do makes things fast when he is glad, and right now he is very glad. He has a chest. He has redstone parts. He even has lava in a pail from last week's test. (Do not ask.) Lines of redstone flow across the ground. Click, click! Then he hides the lava below thick black blocks. No one is falling into that.

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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 moustache, 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 grey 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 round his lab. Space! Grand, empty space. The rig hums low in the corner. No more mine cart rides. No more smoking lip fuzz. All his kit is right where he needs it. A big grin grows on his face. 'I,' he says, all proud, 'am one wise, wise man.'

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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 moustache, 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 grey 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.

The clean lab lasts two days. Tests are messy, and no one makes a mess like Dr. Can Do. Redstone dust coats the ground. Grit is all over. Under the redstone parts, a hen clucks. Do not ask about the hen. He looks at the mess. The mess looks back. 'What I need now,' he groans, 'is a helper to clean up this lab.'

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