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Daisy Duck painted a paper pond blue for the classroom wall. Three round lily pads still needed the same fresh green color.
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Daisy Mixes Green for the Pond
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Daisy Mixes Green for the Pond
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Part 1
Daisy Duck painted a paper pond blue for the classroom wall. Three round lily pads still needed the same fresh green color.
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Part 2
Only blue and yellow paint remained on the art tray. Daisy tried blue on a scrap circle, but it looked like pond water.
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Part 3
She rinsed her brush and tried yellow on another scrap. It looked sunny and bright, but it was not lily-pad green.
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Part 4
Daisy wondered what to do. Her teacher gave her a clean cup and said she could test one small spoonful at a time.
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Part 5
Daisy placed one spoonful of blue paint and one spoonful of yellow paint in the cup. As she stirred, green appeared.
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Part 6
She tested the new green on a third scrap circle. It looked clear and leafy, so Daisy used it on the lily pads.
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Part 7
Daisy painted all three pads and counted them as they dried. The blue pond now held three bright green circles.
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Part 8
She saved a color note beside the paint tray: blue plus yellow makes green. Her careful tests turned two colors into the color she needed.
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Intro
Daisy paints her favorite pond,
But all her green paint is gone.
Verse 1
Blue and yellow touch one day.
A tiny green spot comes to play.
Red and white make flower pink,
But green needs something else to mix.
Chorus
Blue plus yellow, stir it round.
Green new paint is what she found.
One small drop and one small drop,
Mix them in a clean new cup.
Verse 2
Daisy tests one corner first.
Bright green color works the best.
Three green lily pads appear,
Blue-and-yellow dots mark it clear.
Final Chorus
Blue plus yellow, stir it round.
Green new paint is what she found.
Try a little, look and see.
Mixing colors solved it neatly.
Outro
Pink flower, green pond, colors bright.
Daisy's careful mix was right.