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Sub‑Zero’s
Magic‑E Lantern

A five-page snowy rescue for practising silent-e words like kite, note, rope and home.

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Sub-Zero the penguin ties a note to a kite in the falling snow.
Sub-Zero the penguin ties a note to a kite in the falling snow.
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Sub-Zero pins a note to a kite. He hopes it will guide his friends home through the snow.

The kite dives away on the wind and the note flutters past a large ice cube.
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The kite dives and the note slips free. A wave of wind sends it past an ice cube.

Sub-Zero ties rope around a lantern frame next to a red cape and a roll of tape.
Page 3 of 5

Sub-Zero uses tape and rope to make a safe lantern frame. His red cape becomes its bright shade.

Sub-Zero holds a glowing lantern by a snowy stone gate, lighting the path home.
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He raises the lantern beside the gate. Its glow makes a clear line toward home.

Sub-Zero walks a glowing path as a rabbit, an otter and a squirrel wave hello.
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His friends wave when they see the light. Sub-Zero saves the note, but the lantern carries the message.

The end · Great reading

What guides the friends home?

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A lantern. The lantern’s glow makes a clear line through the snow toward home.

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