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Joey was a little boy that loved colors. One day he went into his mother’s garden in the backyard and began to pick up things in the garden that were different colors. The first thing he plucked from the garden was a carrot and he said,

“Orange is the color of a carrot.
It looks so good, I think I’ll feed it to my ferrit.”


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Then, while Joey was in the garden he picked a flower and said,

“Yellow is the color of a pretty flower.
Oh, oh, it's making me itch, so I’ll take a shower.”

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Sitting on a stool near the garden was a black hat. Joey picked up the hat, he placed it on his head and said,

“Black is the color of my mother's gardening hat. Sometimes it’s too hot to wear in the summer; so here it sat.”


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Joey came across a tomato in the garden. He plucked the tomato from the vine and said,

“Red is the color of tomatoes.
I like to eat them with my pototoes.”

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From a tree next to the garden, Joey picked a plum from the branch and said,

“Purple is the color of a plum.
If I eat it, I’ll stain my thumb.”

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Joey saw a bean plant right next to the tomatoes. He picked a bean from the vine and said,

“Green is the color of beans.
I like to eat them it seems.”

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Joey looked up to the sky, it was a beautiful blue. He said,

“Blue is the color of the sky.
Way up in the heavens so high.”

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On a stool near the garden there was a brown grocery bag. Joey picked up the bag and began to place everything that he got from from his mother's garden into it, including the plum from the tree. Joey said,

"Brown is the color of a grocery bag.
If I put too much in it, I’m afraid it will sag."

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Joey was so proud that he knew his colors, he invited all of his friends over so they could hear him name the colors of the things that he got from his mother's garden. Joey invited his friends into the garden and they began to pick carrots, flowers, beans, tomatoes; they also plucked plums from the tree. As they picked and plucked the vegetables and plums each of Joey's friends would name their colors and wouldfollow by eating them. They practiced their colors in Joey's mother's garden every day until there were no more vegetables or fruit left.

One day Joey decided to invite this friends into his house so they could name all the colors of the candy that was in the candy bowl. After they would name the color of the candy, they would eat it; soon there was no candy left in the bowl.

Joey decided that since his mother's garden was bare and there was no more candy in the bowl, it was time to learn his numbers.