The Red Fox by Isabella

I had an epiphany this morning--Use my sister to my advantage. In a nice way, of course. Sometimes it can be very hard to motivate Isabella to do her school work. We are currently bribing her with ice-cream (if she gets five stickers in a row for cooperative behavior, she gets ice-cream)--it works, don't judge, or you'll find yourself doing the same thing one day.

Before my sister moved to Texas, she told Isabella to call her and read her a story. Isabella was excited about this idea, which was great because she never wants to read aloud, and let's just admit, practice makes perfect. This business of Isabella being excited to read aloud over the phone, is perfect. What is even more perfect, is the fact that this morning she told me she wanted to write a story to send in the mail to Jesse. Yes, the wheels are turning...addition facts over the phone; telling time; reading; vocabulary words...the list goes on and on.

As written by Isabella (she did ask how to spell 'illustrated', so I gave her that one):

The red fox
Illustrated by Isabella
mad by Isabella

wus upon utim
Threr was a red
fox The red fox
wunid too play but
Threr wus no buty
Too play with so
The red fox wet
on a woc Then
The red fox wet
Too tak a nap
Then hee woc
up eThen The
red fox fowd
his famully
The Eed