pillow , he says of his shelter , “ Mommy , it only took me a minute to build ! Do you like it ? It ’ s cozy , isn ’ t it ? Do you wanna read to me ?” And as I pick up the chapter book he ’ s been flipping through for the past two days I cringe in my urge to say , “ Sure , but only one chapter ,” and instead open to the first page . “ This is quite the chapter book . It ’ s really long . You must be really practicing your reading .” “ Oh , it ’ s ok , Mommy . It ’ ll only take a minute . But you can practice your reading too .” And with that I promise him that I will indeed practice how I read from here forward .
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