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Reading

A few weeks into April Percy came home from school clutching an envelope in his hand. He looked a little crestfallen, so I asked him what was wrong. "Miss Teacher got mad at me today. She told me to give this to you." He handed me the envelope. I opened it and read –

Dear Mrs. Jackson

We have been working on reading skills in class the past few weeks. Today, we were working on words that end with "at" Such as "cat" or "rat". A while in to the lesson I asked Percy to read a few words off the board, and he was unable to do so. He quickly grew discouraged. I suggest you find a reading tutor or try teaching him yourself, otherwise we may have to hold him back.

Sincerely, Miss Sanderson

Poor Percy. His dyslexia must be kicking in already. We don't have the money for a tutor, so I guess I'll have to teach him myself. 'Hey Percy, do you want mommy to help you learn to read?" He just made a face at me. "Come on Percy, how about we go to the bookstore and you can pick at whatever books you want. Maybe we can find books about fish or the ocean." At the mention of fish and the ocean, Percy perked up a bit. "Really?" "Absolutely! Any book you want." He finally agreed, so I took half of my clothes budget and went to the bookstore with Percy.

Any excitement he once had quickly vanished as soon as we began to look for books. "How about Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?"

"No." Percy said stubbornly.

"Umm… The Very Hungry Caterpillar?"

"No." Percy crossed his arms and made that face again.

"Ok, fine." I said with a groan. Then I noticed a book out of the corner of my eye. Perfect! I grabbed the book and said "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish?" He uncrossed his arms and began to giggle. "Yay! Let's read about fishies!" I let him hold the book while I grabbed a couple more fish books called 'The Pout Pout Fish' and 'The Rainbow Fish' Percy approved of those two books too.

I spent all of the money we brought so Percy and I went home. I sat on the living room couch and called "Percy! Time to read!" He walked in carrying 'One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish'

Percy sat on my lap and we opened the book.

"Mu-Mip-Bam-" Percy tried. "Bump." I corrected him. He gave me a grumpy look. "Shhh! I'm trying to read to you mommy!" before turning back to the book. Well then, he certainly has attitude. "Bump Bump Bump. He- Have y-you reve-" "Ever." I whispered to him quietly. "Have you ever treed-"

"-Tried"

"-tried to rid-ride a Mup."

"Wump." I said simply. He just crossed his arms and sat there silently. "Sorry to interrupt. Carry on sir." I told him, trying not to laugh. We eventually got through the book. Percy was exhausted. "Good job Percy, how about we eat supper and bake cookies." He gave me an innocent grin and said "No supper, just cookies." "Ok, whatever you say." I smiled at him as he ran into the kitchen. Later that night, while I was putting Percy to bed he stopped me and said "Mommy, can you read a fishy book to me?" I grabbed the books and read until he fell asleep.

I brushed his unruly black hair out of his face and said "Goodnight baby. Sleep well." Then, I went back to my room and fell asleep smiling.

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