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Milo and the Garden Sound Match

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Milo carried three animal cards into the sunny garden. One showed a bird, one showed a bee, and one showed a frog. He wanted to learn each animal's sound.

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Milo and the Garden Sound Match

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Part 1

Milo carried three animal cards into the sunny garden. One showed a bird, one showed a bee, and one showed a frog. He wanted to learn each animal's sound.

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Part 2

Milo heard a bright chirp. He looked beside the flowers, but no animal was there, so he listened again.

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Part 3

Milo's ears drooped for a moment. Then he took one slow breath, stood still, and listened to where the chirp came from.

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Part 4

The chirp came again from above. Milo looked up and saw a little robin opening its beak beside the wooden birdhouse.

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Part 5

Next came a soft buzz near the yellow flowers. Milo watched a round bee move from one flower to the next.

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Part 6

Then Milo heard a low croak beside the pond. A green frog blinked from a smooth rock near one lily pad.

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Part 7

Milo laid the cards in a row and pointed as he said, 'Robin chirps. Bee buzzes. Frog croaks.' Now every animal had its sound.

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Part 8

The garden filled with chirps, buzzes, and croaks. Milo smiled because stopping, listening, and looking helped him solve every match.

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Milo and the Garden Sound Match

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Intro

Milo walks where flowers grow.
Who makes each sound? He wants to know.

Verse 1

Chirp near the birdhouse, clear and sweet.
A robin sings with tiny beak.
Buzz by the flowers, round and low.
A busy bee flies row by row.

Chorus

Listen, listen, what do you hear?
Stand very still and the answer comes near.
Chirp, buzz, croak—match every sound.
Garden friends are all around.

Verse 2

Croak by the pond and lily pad.
A green frog sings, and Milo is glad.
He draws one line for every clue,
Robin, bee, and green frog too.

Final Chorus

Listen, listen, what do you hear?
Careful ears make answers clear.
Chirp, buzz, croak—the matches are right.
The garden sings in sunny light.

Outro

Milo smiles when the song is done.
Listening made the puzzle fun.

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