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Chip the Chimp Written by Robert Charles ? Illustrated by Terry Herman D E C O D A B L E ? 4 7 Chip the Chimp ELEMENTS USED IN THIS BOOK New phonic element ch digraph Reviewed phonic element long vowel VCe patterns; sh digraph Story words better, checkmate, change, Chesterton Revised story word king New high-frequency word about Special considerations inflectional endings -ed, -s; possessive apostrophe s 3 4 This is a tale about Chip the Chimp. Chip is the chess champ of Chesterton. Chip is no chump when it comes to chess. A chap by the name of Skip came to Chesterton to play a game of chess with Chip. 5 6 “I am the best chess champ in all the land. There is no chimp who plays chess better than I do,” Skip said. Skip bet a chunk of change and his ranch that he would win the chess match. He put a chunk of change on the bench. “I will be champ,” he said. “Just watch and see.” 7 8 Skip asked Chip to play chess. But Chip said he could not play. He had to pitch in the big game. Skip said, “Chimps can play chess, but they do not pitch.” Skip was mad. He had a hunch that Chip did not want to play chess. “You think I will win, and you will look like a chump,” he said to Chip. 9 10 “I have no time to chat,” said Chip. “I have to pitch. But I will play chess at lunch. Then we will see who is the chump.” At lunch, Chip and Skip sat down to play a chess match. A bunch of chimps came to watch the match. They sat on a bench in the shade and sipped lime drinks. Then Chip said, “Checkmate.” He had Skip’s king. Skip could not win the game with his king in checkmate. Skip was crushed. 11 “You are no chess chump,” said Skip. “You are the champ, and now you are rich. You won my ranch and a chunk of change.” 12