DORA DRINKS PICKEL POTION

One day I walked into the teacher's lunchroom of my school and saw one of the teachers pouring pickle juice into a cup and drinking it. I never saw anyone do that before. I thought a lot about it and concluded that it was a very fine thing to do...After all, it didn't hurt anyone, and it didn't hurt the teacher. I am very grateful to this teacher because she not only gave me pause for thought, but inspired the poem posted here.

Dora and three other people are a bit unconventional. Some of their habits might seem unusual or even strange. But they are not hurting anyone...so what they do is just fine. This is a poem about tolerance.

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Let's Get going version
PAT'S CAT AND CAT'S PAT
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Level 1 version
PAT'S CAT AND CAT'S PAT
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When children begin learning to read, it is essential that they not be overwhelmed with too many words, especially difficult ones. A story for these children should emphasize word repetition and phonetic content. In this story, written on two levels, the young child reads about a little girl named Pat who loves her cat. The cat loves Pat as well.

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Long-Bearded Bill
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This story teaches children to be tolerant of those who seem different.
This lesson is tricky. While we teach children not to "judge a book by its cover"
we also teach them not to speak to strangers. Then, how can a child know
a person without speaking with him or her. The solution is to teach children
never to speak with strangers unless a trusted adult is with them.

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CATS AND LAWMAKERS

In order to communicate, one has to listen to what the other person is saying. How often we do not, and misunderstandings arise. Here are two sisters who are involved in a conversation but do not know what the other is saying.

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