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A Walk in the Words Flashcards

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Every day, after playing with my friends, I’d come home and draw stories that I made up.

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I would start a long sentence and then my mind began to wander.

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But long sentences? No way!

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And they were coming for me!

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ME EAT PICTURES!

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The first ones were friendly, with big pictures and only a few words.

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Drawing always came naturally to me.

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I drew all the time.

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I just did it, like breathing.

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It was like diving into my own world.

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I liked words, too - one at a time.

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When I was reading, I had to picture every single WORD.

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I was the slowest reader in my class.

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When everybody was turning to the next page, I was still on the first sentence.

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Nobody knew.

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But the books knew!

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So many words!

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So many pages!

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Books weren’t always scary.

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Howdy!

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But little by little, the pictures got smaller and the text got longer.

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You read!

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I could pick out the words I knew but the rest looked like squiggles.

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It was a rain of terror.

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My drawing pad was my safe place.

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A whole page of text looked like a wall - keeping me out.

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By now, everyone in my class was reading book after book, except me.

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What if they found out that I couldn’t keep up?

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I had to face it: I was alone and lost in a world of words.

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Everywhere I looked, there were - big words! strange words! scary words!

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One big word was stalking me - overwhelm.

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It described the feeling of too many words coming at me at the same time.

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It made me want to give up.

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But I loved stories too much to quit.

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I was good at picturing stuff.

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Maybe I could try picturing a way out.

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I grabbed overwhelm and broke off over so it just said whelm.

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It meant the same thing but more my size.

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Now I could whelm the words before they overwhelmed me.

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I’d just read at my own pace.

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I took time to look for the words I knew.

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There they were!

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Like stepping - stones leading me onward.

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I jumped over the words I didn’t know, and let the words I knew lead me into the story.

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After a while, I wasn’t thinking about reading.

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I just wanted to know what happened next.

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The was between my fear of reading and my curiosity was over.

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Curiosity won.

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Books weren’t so scary, once I got to know them.

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And now that I was beginning to like words, why rush past them?

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Read at your own speed

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I realized that just because I was slow at reading didn’t mean that I had to fear it.

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I also learned that many great people were slow readers.

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I honored them all…in my slow readers hall of fame.

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And I tore down the terrible wall of shame.

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Slow readers savor the story!

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I experimented with ways to tell me stories.

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I could still tell a story with pictures,

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Or I could tell it with words.

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The monster from Planet Mongo

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The monster cornered me.

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My gun jammed!

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I had to think fast or Earth was doomed!

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My favorite way was using both.

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The monster attacked the space station!

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People ran for their lives!

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He saw me!

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Yikes! My raygun jammed!

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I had to stop the monster before he reached Earth!

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I remembered how my horses got better the more I drew them.

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My writing would improve too, if I wrote everyday.

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A drawing could show what a horse looked like.

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But with words, I could bring them to life.

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Now they could breathe and snort and carry me on adventures.

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I read everyday, in search of new words for my stories.

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It was like finding new colors for my art, but now I was learning to paint with words.

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There were still times when I felt lost in a sea of words.

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My drawing pad was still in my safe place.

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Others found music, sports, math and science.

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Words had always scared me.

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But once I felt free to read at my own speed, they became my friends.

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I could unlock the magic of stories and even become a storyteller myself, turning that sea of words into an ocean of possibilities.

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Now all I have to do is enjoy the ride!

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