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Coco Kitten helped fold warm clothes. One small red-and-white striped mitten lay alone beside a basket of clean mittens.
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Coco Finds the Mitten's Match
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Coco Finds the Mitten's Match
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Part 1
Coco Kitten helped fold warm clothes. One small red-and-white striped mitten lay alone beside a basket of clean mittens.
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Part 2
Coco first chose a small solid red mitten. The size and red color matched, but it had no white stripes.
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Part 3
Next she found a blue-and-white striped mitten. The stripes matched, but the blue color did not match the lonely mitten.
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Part 4
Coco's tail flicked with impatience. She rested her paws, looked closely, and named all three clues: small, red-and-white, striped.
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Part 5
Near the bottom of the basket, one mitten had the same small size, the same red-and-white colors, and the same stripes.
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Part 6
Coco placed the two mittens side by side. Their thumbs pointed opposite ways, making a proper left-and-right pair.
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Part 7
Coco placed the matching mittens together. Then she helped put the other matching pairs side by side on the soft mat.
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Part 8
One clue was not enough. When Coco checked the size, colors, and stripes together, she found the matching mitten.
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Intro
Coco pairs the mittens warm
Before a walk out in the snow.
Verse 1
Yellow mitten, stripes of blue,
Needs a matching partner too.
Red is wrong though size is right.
Yellow dots don't match the stripes.
Chorus
Color, pattern, size the same,
Matching is a careful game.
Look at every little clue.
Find the yellow stripes of blue.
Verse 2
Coco checks the final one:
Yellow, blue stripes—match is done!
Side by side, the pair looks right,
Same warm size and colors bright.
Final Chorus
Color, pattern, size the same,
Coco wins the matching game.
Two warm mittens, now a pair,
Wait inside the coat with care.
Outro
Snowy walk can now begin.
Matching found the missing mitten.