Too Big? Think Bigger!

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Animal Decodable Reader with Silent kn Words

Practice Words

Words with the silent 'k' in the 'kn' combination, where only the /n/ sound is heard.

knack knee kneel knees knelt knew knife knobs knocked knot knots knotted know known knuckles
Page 1
On the right side of the image, Rose stands facing the viewer with a worried, downcast expression, looking large and heavily woolly, her fleece in pastel patches of pink, yellow, and blue. In the background on the far right, a green hillside slopes upward with small trees and small silhouettes of other sheep grazing on it. Colourful clouds in warm oranges, teals, and golds billow across the upper right of the scene, and the left side remains open, pale cream sky.

As summer came to a close, the sheep headed down from the hill. They knew the way home by heart. But while they were away, the farmer had put in a new gate. Rose stopped and stared. She was too big to fit through.

Page 2
On the left side of the image, Rose is wedged in a wooden farm gate, stuck partway through with a strained expression as several other sheep push and shove from behind, trying to force her through the narrow opening. Rose is clearly too large to fit, her body filling the gate completely. Below and slightly to the left, three more sheep stand watching the commotion, looking up toward the gate with concerned expressions. The scene is set outdoors on a sunny day in a grassy farm paddock, with more sheep visible behind the fence in the green field beyond. The right ~40% of the image is plain white/light background.

The other sheep knocked into Rose from behind. They pushed and they shoved, but it was no use. Rose was stuck in the gate like a knot in a rope. She could not squeeze past.

Page 3
On the right side of the image, Yoga Sheep is performing a yoga pose — standing on her front legs in an inverted position (a headstand/foreleg stand) with her back legs pointing straight up, surrounded by radiant yellow and pink rays suggesting a sense of zen energy. She has a calm, serene expression. In the lower centre-right, Rose sits on the ground with a large, round woolly body, looking up toward Yoga Sheep with a curious expression. A cluster of colourful wildflowers and plants sits between them. The scene is set outdoors on a grassy area against a plain white background.

'I know what you need!' said a small sheep, balancing upside down on her front legs. 'Yoga! I kneel and stretch every day, and look how I fit through the gate.' Rose looked up at the yoga sheep and blinked. Could yoga really help?

Page 4
On the left side of the image, Rose kneels on a yellow yoga mat, attempting a yoga stretch with a determined expression, her large woolly body looking stiff and awkward in the pose. In the upper-left corner, two smaller vignettes show Yoga Sheep performing different yoga stretches on a yellow mat — one in a forward fold and one in a headstand with legs in the air. Yoga Sheep appears encouraging and confident. The scene is set outdoors on warm golden-yellow ground with soft watercolour hills in the background.

'You have to keep at it,' said the yoga sheep. 'Kneel, stretch, and breathe. If you practise every day, I know you will fit past that gate.' Rose knelt down on the mat and tried her best.

Page 5
On the right side of the image, Rose is shown in two poses against a bright, hot blue sky with intense sun rays beating down. In the upper pose, Rose is bending forward in a stretching position on a mat. In the lower pose, Rose is lying back on a mat, reaching upward with her legs extended, looking strained but determined. A leafy plant sits nearby on the far right, and the left side of the image is plain white background.

The sun blazed down, hot and bright, but Rose knelt on her mat and got to work. She bent and reached, over and over. She stretched her knees and pointed her toes, again and again.

Page 6
In the lower half of the image, Rose stands among tall green grass, facing right with a tired, weary expression — eyes partly closed and head slightly drooped. Her large, round woolly body fills much of the lower portion, emphasising how big she still is. The top half of the image is plain white background. Small pink hearts peek out from the grass around her.

It had been a whole week. Rose was hot and tired, her knees aching from all the stretching. But she was no smaller. She knew it deep down. She still could not fit past the gate.

Page 7
On the right side of the image, Rose is sitting on a grassy hillside, looking up with a worried, uncertain expression — her large woolly body takes up much of the lower-right area, and only her face peeks above her thick fleece. In the upper-right area, a thinner sheep stands on a slope, looking down at Rose with an encouraging expression, mid-stride as if demonstrating running. The scene is set outdoors on rolling golden-green hills under a pale blue sky.

'I know what will work!' called a thin sheep from up on the slope. 'Come and run with me! I run every day, and it keeps me slim enough to fit through the gate.' Rose looked up at the thin sheep and let out a long sigh.

Page 8
On the left side of the image, Rose stands at the bottom of a steep hill, looking wide-eyed and exhausted, with her knees trembling and knocking together. She appears to be just finishing a run. In the background, two dark silhouetted sheep run up the hillside ahead of her. The outdoor scene features a warm golden-yellow sky and reddish-brown terrain, conveying the intense heat described in the text.

So Rose ran. She ran every day for a week, even in the blazing heat. Up the hill, around the field, until her knees knocked together. But after a whole week of running, Rose was no smaller. She still could not fit past the gate.

Page 9
On the right side of the image, Rose stands in shallow water looking surprised, her large woolly body partially submerged as she stops for a drink. A smaller sheep friend is swimming energetically in the water to the right of Rose, floating on her back with little red flippers on her feet, looking cheerful and relaxed. The scene is set outdoors beside a pond or lake, with rolling hills in warm yellow and reddish-brown tones in the background and green grassy banks along the water's edge.

When she knelt by the water for a drink, Rose met another sheep friend. The friend was floating on her back, kicking along with little flippers. 'Come and swim!' said her friend. 'I know that if you swim each day, you will get smaller, and you will fit through the gate.'

Page 10
On the left side of the image, Rose is diving headfirst into a large wave of blue water, with a big splash erupting around her. She has a determined expression with wide eyes as she plunges into the water. The scene is outdoors with green grassy ground visible at the bottom and a bright white sky above, with the right side of the image fading to a plain muted teal background.

Rose did not need to be told twice. She backed up, put her head down, and jumped in headfirst with a mighty splash. If swimming was the knack to getting through that gate, she would give it everything she had.

Page 11
On the right side of the image, Rose the sheep is swimming on her back in blue water, with a happy, open-mouthed smile, her legs and pastel pink, yellow, and blue woolly body partially above the surface, her pink-curled head raised above the water. A small green parrot with a yellow beak sits perched on Rose's raised knee, looking ahead with a calm expression. The scene is set outdoors at sunset, with a large warm golden-orange sun glowing in the background behind them, evoking the late-summer heat mentioned in the text. The left side of the image is plain white background.

Rose swam all week. It was nice to get out of the heat that hung around at the end of summer. A little bird sat on her knee as they floated in the golden light. But Rose knew the truth. She was not any smaller, and she still could not fit past the gate.

Page 12
On the left side of the image, Rose the sheep is shown nearly in full, her fluffy pastel fleece of pink, yellow, and blue filling the lower left of the frame, with her small brown tail peeking out on the left and her dark front hooves tucked against her chest. She looks upward with wide, alert eyes and a cheerful, open-mouthed smile, her pink curly topknot framing her face. She stands on a grassy hillside at dusk, gazing up toward a gate at the top of the slope in the upper left. The right side of the image is plain peach-toned background, free of detail.

Then Rose looked up the hill at the gate and her eyes went wide. 'I know how to get past that gate!' she said. 'I do not need to get smaller. I just need the right tools.'

Page 13
On the right side of the image, a collection of tools is displayed against a teal-blue background — a handsaw, a pair of scissors, a coiled rope, a hammer, a knife, and a wood plane are scattered together. A large red leather tool bag or pouch sits atop the pile, its strap dangling down. Small nails are sprinkled across the blue background around the tools.

Rose gathered everything she needed: a saw, a knife, scissors, a hammer, a wood plane, rope, and a handful of nails. A red pouch sat on top of the pile. She had knots to tie, knobs to fix, and a gate to rebuild.

Page 14
On the left side of the image, Rose is lying asleep on a bed of golden hay/straw, curled up peacefully among a group of sheep. Her eyes are closed with a content expression. A wooden fence winds upward and to the right in a dreamlike zigzag pattern. The scene has a soft, dreamy quality with a lavender-tinted background behind the sleeping figures, while the right side is plain white.

Rose knotted the rope and knocked in the nails until a brand new gate stood tall. At last, she lay curled up on a soft bed of hay, back with her friends where she belonged. Her knees were tired and her knuckles were sore, but she had done it. She was home.

Page 15
On the right side of the image, a group of sheep are clustered together against a light blue circular background, peering inward with curious, attentive expressions as they ask their question. The sheep are stacked vertically — one wears a green cap, another wears round glasses, and one has a small paper hat — all looking eagerly toward the left. On the left side, Rose sits facing them with a proud, confident expression, her large woolly body prominent. The left area leaves space for text above and below Rose.

'You got in at last!' said the sheep, crowding close with wide eyes. 'We know yoga did not work. Running did not work. Swimming did not work! What did you do?' They knocked into each other, all trying to get a better look.

Page 16
On the left side of the image, Rose is shown as a very large, round sheep with fluffy pastel pink, yellow, and blue wool, sitting proudly in a pile of orange hay/straw, looking cheerful and content. Behind her in the upper left, a widened wooden gate with fresh timber and neat new hinges shows that she has carefully rebuilt the gate to be bigger, with a saw, hammer, and coiled rope visible on the ground nearby as evidence of her handiwork. A smaller sheep with yellow wool stands to Rose's right, looking up at her admiringly. The right ~40% of the image is plain white background.

'I am fit and I am well,' said Rose, sitting tall in her pile of hay. 'But I am still big. So I used what I know and my tools, and I made the gate fit me!' The sheep all nodded. Rose had always known the answer was not to get smaller. It was to think bigger.

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