The Mystery Present
Expert · Fill-in story · A birthday story for older kids, about a box on the doorstep that wiggles all day long.
In the birthday party printables.
0 of 15 words
Step 1: write a word for each line. Don't read the story yet!
- 1. A colorlike purple or green
- 2. A nouna person, place or thing, like a teacher or a sock
- 3. A numberlike 7 or 100
- 4. A verb in the past tenselike jumped or swam
- 5. A verb ending in -inglike running or giggling
- 6. An adverbhow you do something, like slowly or loudly
- 7. A nouna person, place or thing, like a teacher or a sock
- 8. An exclamationsomething you shout, like wow or yikes
- 9. An animallike a cat or a shark
- 10. A plural nounmore than one thing, like shoes or balloons
- 11. A verb in the past tenselike jumped or swam
- 12. A nouna person, place or thing, like a teacher or a sock
- 13. A verb ending in -inglike running or giggling
- 14. A placelike the moon or the library
- 15. An adjectivea describing word, like fuzzy or tall
Step 2: read the story out loud, with each word on the line with its number.
On the morning of my birthday, I found a mysterious box on the doorstep. It was wrapped in 1 color paper and tied up with a long 2 noun. The tag said: DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 3 number O'CLOCK.
All day long, the box 4 past verb and wiggled. At lunch it started 5 verb -ing. My dog barked at it 6 adverb, and my cousin hid behind the 7 noun.
At last the clock struck 3 number. I tore off the paper. "8 shout!" I yelled. Inside was the tiniest 9 animal in the world, wearing 10 plural noun on its feet.
It 11 past verb onto my shoulder and whispered, "Happy birthday. I am your new 12 noun." We spent the rest of the day 13 verb -ing around the 14 place. It was the most 15 adjective birthday I have ever had.