Fair

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Fair is the 23rd episode of the third series of Alphablocks. It is the 75th episode overall.

Synopsis

It's O's birthday, but R has forgotten to get him a present! Can she magic up a big wheel, a helter-skelter and a hall of mirrors from thin air?

Plot

It's O's birthday, and R has gotten him a present, but she isn't sure what it is. She sticks with A and I, forming trigraph AIR. F flies by.

f-air, FAIR!

A funfair appears. O starts at the ferris wheel, but doesn't find anything to sit on.

ch-air, CHAIR!

A chair appears. O sits in and the ride goes. P pops in.

p-air, PAIR!

O splits in two as the ride continues. Next, he comes to the helterskelter. After 3 times going up and down, he gets ill. Trigraph URE makes sure he gets better.

c-ure, CURE!

O feels better. Next, he goes to the hall of mirrors. O goes to the first mirror. E and R sticks, forming ER. B, I, and G appears.

b-i-g, BIG!

In the first mirror, O's reflection is big. G doubles herself up.

b-i-gg-er, BIGGER!

O's reflection grows bigger. O goes to the second mirror. TH, I, and N appears.

th-i-n, THIN!

O's reflection in the second mirror is thin. N doubles himself up.

th-i-nn-er, THINNER!

O's reflection grows thinner. O goes to the third mirror. A drops in between E and R.

ear, EAR!

O grows an ear.

h-ear, HEAR!

O hears distant voices.

It's B and X singing Happy Birthday.

n-ear, NEAR!

B and X come near singing Happy Birthday to O.

Happy birthday, happy birthday O! Here's your present tied up with bow!

b-o-x, BOX!

A box appears. O opens it and finds an inanimate miniature version of him that springs out like a jack-in-a-box.

Learning Objective

This episode introduces the "-air", "-ure", "-ear" trigraph, the "-er" digraph and the words air (not actual), fair, chair, pair, cure, big, bigger, thin, thinner, ear, hear, near and box.

Characters (in their order of appearance)

• O
• R
• I
• A
• F
• C
• H
• P
• U
• E
• B
• G
• T
• N
• X

Digraphs / Trigraphs

• AIR
• CH
• OO
• URE
• ER
• GG
• TH
• NN
• EAR

Words

• Air (stealth word)
• Fair
• Chair
• Pair
• Cure
• Big
• Bigger
• Thin
• Thinner
• Ear
• Hear
• Near
• Box

Total words: 12.

Trivia

• D, J, K, L, M, Q, S, V, W, Y, and Z are absent in this episode.
  • Other common "-ear" trigraph words are BEAR, PEAR, and WEAR, but they are not included because the sound the "-ear" makes in them is pronounced /ɛɚ/ (like "air") rather than /ɪɚ/ (like "ear"), and what’s more, W doesn’t appear in this episode.
• A, C, E, G, H, I, N, digraphs CH, TH, GG, NN, ER, and trigraph EAR only say their sound in this episode.
  • A, E, I, N, digraphs CH, GG, NN, and ER are the only ones who say their sound outside of word magic.
• T only appears as digraph TH for the whole episode.
• Since TH's sound stays sounding like /θ/ (unvoiced), then it's possible that only one voice (maybe H) says it.
• T and U have no solo lines.
• No words are made with the digraph OO.
• This episode marks the only appearances of digraphs GG and NN, and trigraph URE, meaning that this episode introduces 3 one-time letter combinations.
• “Cure” is the only word in the series to use the trigraph URE. This is because the trigraph -ure is mainly used in words with two or more syllables, like “picture”.
• The song in this episode is also used in Birthday Girl.

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