Today is Lena's birthday.
She is seven years old.
There is a big box on the table.
The box moves!
Lena opens the box very slowly.
A small gray cat looks at her.
Lena laughs and holds the cat.
This is the best birthday!
A Birthday Surprise
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Words in this story
- today
- this day
- be
- is / am / are / was
- birthday
- the day you were born, every year
- year
- twelve months
- old
- not new; not young
- there
- in that place
- big
- large
- box
- a container with four sides
- table
- furniture with a flat top
- move
- to go to live in a new place
- open
- to start doing business
- very
- really; a lot
- slowly
- not fast
- small
- little; not big
- gray
- between black and white in color
- cat
- a small furry pet
- look
- to use your eyes; to search
- laugh
- to make sounds because something is funny
- hold
- to have in your hands or arms
- best
- better than all others