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📖 How to play:
- Read passage #1 out loud. Sound out every long word chunk by chunk.
- Pick one of the two choices and jump to that number.
- Keep going until you reach 🏆 WIN! or 💥 TRY AGAIN!
- If you reach a TRY AGAIN, go back to #1 and pick a different path!
🎯 Warm-Up: Sound These Out First
- FAN·TAS·TIC
- FOR·EST
- RAB·BIT
- SAND·WICH
- DRAG·ON
- JACK·POT
- MAG·NET·IC
- BOB·CAT
- TIP·TOES
🎨 Story Color Key
- Purple = the START of the story
- Teal = the MEADOW path
- Orange = the CAVE path
- Green = a 🏆 WIN ending Red = a 💥 TRY AGAIN ending
[#1] → [#2] or [#3]
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[#2] → [#4] 🏆 or [#5] 💥
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[#3] → [#6] 🏆 or [#7] 💥
1
★ START ★
You stand at the edge of
FAN·TAS·TIC
FOR·EST.
The wind is warm. Two paths split ahead. One goes into a sunny meadow. The other goes into a cold, dark cave.
Which path do you take?
2The sunny meadow — go to passage #2
3The cold cave — go to passage #3
2
MEADOW
You skip through the meadow.
A
RAB·BIT
in a tiny hat hops up.
“Hi! Want to meet my best friend, or eat my big
SAND·WICH?”
4Meet the friend → #4
5Eat the sandwich → #5
3
CAVE
You tiptoe into the cave. It is cold and dim.
A big
DRAG·ON
is snoring loudly next to a big
JACK·POT
of gold!
6Tiptoe past → #6
7Wake it up → #7
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🏆 ENDING
🐈⬛
The rabbit's friend is a
MAG·NET·IC
BOB·CAT!
He flips a flap of grass — under it: a
JACK·POT
chest of gold! You share it with the rabbit. Everyone wins!
🏆 YOU WIN! 🏆
5
💥 TRY AGAIN
🌶️
You munch the
SAND·WICH.
It is
PACK·ED
with hot
PEP·PERS!
Too hot, too hot! You run home for water. No treasure today.
↺ Jump back to passage #1 and try a different path!
6
🏆 ENDING
🤫
You creep past the
DRAG·ON
on
TIP·TOES.
You scoop a handful of gold from the
JACK·POT
and tiptoe right back out. Quiet as a cat!
🏆 YOU WIN! 🏆
7
💥 TRY AGAIN
🔥
You poke the
DRAG·ON.
“ROAR!” A big
PUFF·Y
flame zooms past your nose. You zoom out of the cave even faster. Yikes!
↺ Jump back to passage #1 and try a different path!
⭐ Reader's Reward ⭐
Read this story 4 times. Pick a different path each time so you reach every ending (#4, #5, #6, #7).
Then tell someone the whole story in your own words!
🤔 Talk About It — Pick a Question
- Which ending was your favorite? Why?
- Was tiptoeing brave or scared?
- What other treasures could be in the cave?
- Pretend you meet the BOB·CAT. What do you say?
📝 Parent note: Branching stories give kids agency — they choose, they read more. The chunked words (FAN·TAS·TIC, MAG·NET·IC, JACK·POT, RAB·BIT, DRAG·ON, SAND·WICH, PEP·PERS, PUFF·Y, TIP·TOES, FOR·EST) are the sounding-out targets. After one playthrough, encourage your child to re-read passages they skipped — aim for all 7 in a session. Ask the “Talk About It” questions to build comprehension on top of decoding.