1. Fluency Phrases Chapter 1

2. Mr. Putter and Tabby

3. It was wintertime.

4. his fine cat, Tabby

5. sat at their window

6. every night

7. to watch

8. snow come down

9. they watched and dreamed

10. Mr. Putter dreamed

11. of the big red sled

12. he rode as a boy

13. he dreamed

14. of snowmen

15. big as a house

16. Tabby dreamed, too.

17. she dreamed

18. of the snowdrifts

19. she walked on

20. as a kitten

21. she dreamed of

22. deep tunnels

23. through white yards

24. Mr. Putter and Tabby

25. were old now

26. They had

27. a lot to dream about

28. That is why

29. they loved wintertime

30. They also loved

31. wintertime because

32. wintertime brought Christmas

33. loved to give

34. Christmas presents

35. He started thinking

36. about Christmas presents

37. in July

38. He liked to think

39. of what he could give

40. to the grocer

41. to the librarian

42. to the postman

43. also had to think

44. of what he could give

45. to his neighbor

46. Mrs. Teaberry

47. This was hardest of all.

48. He usually had to think

49. about this

50. all the way to

51. all the way to December

52. Mrs. Teaberry liked

53. strange things

54. She liked coconuts

55. made into monkey heads

56. She liked

57. salt shakers

58. that walked across the table

59. She liked

60. little dresses

61. for her teapots

62. She even liked

63. fruitcake

64. Mr. Putter could live with

65. monkey heads

66. and walking salt shakers

67. and dressed- up teapots

68. But Mr. Putter

69. could not believe

70. that Mrs. Teaberry liked

71. fruitcake

72. every Christmas

73. Mrs. Teaberry ate

74. mounds of fruitcake

75. It worried Mr. Putter.

76. This winter

77. it was worrying him

78. a lot

79. He thought Mrs. Teaberry should have

80. a good cake for Christmas

81. Not a fruitcake

82. that could break her toe

83. if she dropped it

84. A good cake.

85. A light and airy cake.

86. And one night

87. as he and Tabby sat

88. dreaming at their snowy window

89. that is what he decided

90. to give Mrs. Teaberry

91. for Christmas

92. Mr. Putter would bake her

93. a Christmas cake

94. It would be a cinch.