C D B! By: William Steig

Here's a book written by William Steig. See if you can "translate" it. Here is an example on how it is read:

C D B! = See the bee!
D B = The bee
S A = is a
B-Z B = busy bee.

And now for the actual book:


C D B! D B S A B-Z B. O, S N-D!
I N-V U.
R U C-P? S, I M. I M 2.
A P-N-E 4 U.
K-T S X-M-N-N D N-6.
D N S 5 X.
I M 2 O-L 4 U.
O U Q-T. U R A B-U-T.
I M B-4 U.
R U O-K? S, N Q.
I M A U-M B-N. U R N N-M-L.
D C-L S N D C.
D D-R S N D I-V.
D L-F-N 8 D A.
S E-Z 4 U. S?
B-4 U X-M-N L-C, X-M-N R-V.
H-U!
Y R U Y-N-N? I N O.
I C U.
S N-E-1 N?
L-X-&-R N I R N D C-T.
I N O.
K-T S D-Z. I C Y.
I 8 U! I 8 U 2!
F U R B-Z, I-L 1 O-A.
E S D 1 4 U 2 C.
I M N D L-F-8-R.
M N X R L-T 4 U!
I M C-N A G-P-C.
N-R-E S N T-S.
I M N A T-P.
P-T N J R N J-L.
O 4 A 2-L. E-R S A M-R.
S M-T!
I F-N N-E N-R-G.
I M C-N U! N-D U R. U R P-K-N.
P-T S N N-M-E.
I O U 6 X. O, I C M. N Q.
D Y-N S X-L-N!
O-L H.
I O U A J.
I M N N-D-N. O, I C.
U 8 L D X!
L-C S N X-T-C.


That's it. I might put the answer key up, but then again, I might not. Just remember to use the sounds each letter can make and be creative! There are pictures in the book that are helpful (for the title a boy is pointing to a bee). I might put those up to... again, I might Thanks and if you have any questions, just ask.

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