The Story of the Land That Never Was

The Land That Never Was

The Story of The Land That Never Was

There is a story about the four winds that blow across our world. A long time ago, before people could read, they thought that the four winds came from The Land That Never Was!

In The Land That Never Was, there lived four giants. No one had ever actually seen those giants. Everyone had felt their breath many times, so they gave the giants these names: Great East Wind, Great West Wind, Great North Wind, and Great South Wind.

Their mouths were large and round because these giants

had very large appetites, and The Great EAST Wind The Great WEST Wind The Great NORTH Wind The Great SOUTH Wind very large stomachs to hold all they ate. They were so large that they had to eat almost constantly. They loved to eat furniture, animals, rocks, The Great EAST Wind The Great WEST Wind The Great NORTH Wind The Great SOUTH Wind small trees, and flowers, but most of all they loved to eat letters, numbers, and words! When they ate something they liked, they would say, “Oooh, The Great EAST Wind The Great WEST Wind The Great NORTH Wind The Great SOUTH Wind that tasted good.” But because they were so big, when they said, “Oooh,” their breath sent a wind all the way from The Land That

The Great EAST Wind The Great WEST Wind The Great NORTH Wind The Great SOUTH Wind Never Was to our earth.

Exercise: On each of the following pages you will find one of the Great Wind Giants and what he has eaten. It will be your job to find and the circle all of the words they have eaten, and then find and connect the sentences they have eaten.

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THE GREAT EAST WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT EAST WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order. The first sentence has been done for you.

HAND THE CAT A BALL. I DRESS THE BABY.

A HAND

BALL

THE BABY

THE I

CAT DRESS

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THE GREAT WEST WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT WEST WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order.

I SEE A CLOWN. A RABBIT HAS FEET.

FEET A

HAS I RABBIT

A SEE

W CLOWN

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THE GREAT NORTH WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT NORTH WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order.

A COW JUMPS OVER THE MOON. THE DOG BARKS.

        E  

 THE

BARKS

A JUMPS DOG THE

LITTLE OVER

COW MOON

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THE GREAT SOUTH WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT SOUTH WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order.

SEE THE DUCK SWIM. AN ANT IS ON MY RING.

ON THE

SEE ANT DUCK RING

AN SWIM

IS M MY

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GREAT EAST WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT SOUTH WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order.

THE ELEPHANT IS BIG AND SLOW. HE LIKES GRASS.

IS TO ELEPHANT

SLOW X AND GRASS BOOKS

THE BIG

HE LIKES

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GREAT WEST WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT WEST WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order.

THE CAR CRASHED INTO A HOUSE. THE CAT AND MOUSE PLAY.

CRASHE THE

D A INTO U AND THE

CAT PLAY CAR V

MOUSE HOUSE

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MY FOOT FITS IN THE BOOT. DO YOU SEE A GHOST ON THE BOAT?

GHOST YOU

A SEE THE R BOAT

DO FOOT FITS ON D THE

J BOOT IN

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JAM TASTES GOOD ON TOAST. A COOL ORANGE COOLS YOU DOWN.

JAM ON K

YOU DOWN ORANGEA GOOD TOAST COOLS

HELPS N TASTES TO COOL

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GREAT EAST WIND Instructions: Find the words and letters THE GREAT EAST WIND has eaten and circle each one. In the box below there are two sentences made with the words the giant ate. Find the sentences in the giant’s stomach by drawing lines to connect the words in order.

I was surprised to find four frogs in the pond.

the pond was I bee F hat

to frogs in four

tree

surprised behind find

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It is fun to have pie when dinner is over, and at a picnic.

1 fun P a over is pie

5 to It dinne at r s Q when and is have 2 picnic

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STOP

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