Kai's Rhyming Rainbow
by
Patches the Story Dog
for your Kindergartener
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Kai loved the ocean more than anything. Every morning, he ran across the golden sand with his surfboard under his arm. The warm waves splashed his toes, and the salty breeze tickled his nose. "Today is a perfect day for surfing!" said Kai with a big smile.
Kai paddled out on his surfboard and rode the rolling waves. Up and down, up and down! He laughed as the water sprayed all around him. Then, dark clouds blew in fast. Drip, drop, drip, drop! A quick rain shower fell from the sky.
The rain stopped just as fast as it started. The sun peeked out again, warm and bright. Then Kai saw something amazing. A magical rainbow stretched across the sky over the sea! But this was no ordinary rainbow. Each colorful band glowed and shimmered with hidden words. "Wow!" gasped Kai. "I have to go see!"
Kai surfed toward the rainbow. As he got close, the red band began to glow. Sparkly letters popped out of the red light and floated in the air! "Cat, hat, bat, mat!" Kai read out loud. The words all sounded the same at the end. "They rhyme!" cheered Kai. "Cat, hat, bat, mat!"
Kai rode his surfboard into the next band of color. Orange light swirled around him like a warm hug. New sparkly words appeared! "Sun, fun, run, bun!" sang Kai. He clapped his hands and chanted the rhyme again and again. "Sun, fun, run, bun! Rhyming is so much fun!"
Next came yellow, bright like the sun. Kai surfed right through it! Golden sparkly words twinkled around him. "Bee, tree, sea, free!" Kai sang, bouncing on his board. He looked at the ocean below. "I can see the sea! And it rhymes with bee, tree, and free!"
The green band came next. It felt cool and fresh, like jumping in the grass. Shimmery green words floated by. "Log, dog, fog, frog!" read Kai. He giggled and pretended to hop like a frog on his surfboard. "A frog on a log in the fog with a dog!" he said, laughing.
Kai whooshed into the blue band. It sparkled like the ocean itself! Blue letters danced around his surfboard. "Star, car, far, jar!" said Kai. "Star rhymes with car, far, and jar!" He reached up and touched a sparkly letter. It popped like a bubble! Pop!
Now Kai reached the last color—violet! It glowed like a purple jewel. Sparkly violet letters began to appear. "Ring, sing, king…" Kai read slowly. But the last word was missing! There was just a blank, blinking space. "Oh no!" said Kai. "What is the last rhyming word?"
Kai thought and thought. "Ring, sing, king… What rhymes with those?" He closed his eyes and listened. The ocean waves washed against his board. Whoooosh! Whoooosh! The sound was soft, like a song. "The waves!" said Kai. "They sound like they are singing! Sing… wing… WING! The last word is wing!"
"Ring, sing, king, WING!" Kai shouted happily. The last sparkly word appeared in bright violet light. The whole rainbow began to glow brighter and brighter! Every color shimmered, and every rhyming word sparkled like tiny stars. The magical rainbow was complete! It shone so bright that the whole beach lit up in colors.
Kai surfed back to shore as the rainbow slowly faded into the sky. He plopped down on the warm, golden sand and smiled. "Cat, hat, bat, mat. Sun, fun, run, bun!" he sang softly. He would never forget his magical rainbow ride. "I wonder," said Kai, looking at the sky, "what rhymes will I find tomorrow?"