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Sail is the fourteenth episode of the first series of Alphablocks.
In this episode, the Alphablocks sail in the sunset.
Synopsis[]
Letters A and I pair up to make a new and exciting sound to help them on their journey.
Story[]
It is sunset, and L thinks she's going to be late. S, N, A, and I came to wonder. L says she promises three tired letters to sing them a lullaby when the sun goes down. So, A joins with I, forming digraph AI, however they don't have a lot of time to wait, so the following words are uttered or heard.
S
N
AI
L
, snail!
Then, a snail appears, and AI think it's slow!
S
AI
L
, sail!
A sailboat appears and they see H, P, and W swimming. L suggests them to listen to the lullaby. H, P, and W hop aboard.
N
AI
L
, nail!
A nail pops out of the boat, causing a leak. AI hopes to not fail at all.
Requirements[]
The competency the episode uses is: _AI_ (with the underscores representing a different letter).
- HAIL - The weather changes to hail, where small lumps of ice start falling from off-screen into the boat before reverting back to normal.
- NAIL - "Not another one!" cried N after another nail pops in.
- PAIN - P, AI and N are disguised in "pain", as if they received damage.
- SAIL - AI, H, L, N, P, S and W hop on another ship, but that ship also gets a leak.
- WAIL - W, AI and L cry in vain.
- PAIL (star word) - A pail covers the leak and the snail's shell can move again. L spots land. Then she sings B, E, and D a lullaby.
Unusual words[]
- LAIN
- WAIN
Characters[]
Digraphs[]
- AI
Words[]
- Snail
- Sail
- Nail
- Hail
- Wail (game only)
- Pain (game only)
- Pail
- Bed (stealth word)
Trivia[]
- Total words: 5 (TV version), 7 (game version)
- C, F, G, J, K, M, O, Q, R, T, U, V, X, Y and Z are absent in this episode.
- O and U are the only 2 vowels who did not appear in this episode.
Quotes[]
- A AND I: AI, AI, AI! This is different.
- I: I like it.
- N: Now we're in trouble. We needed that nail.
- L: Look, we haven't got time to wait.
- W: W-what can we do now?
Errors[]
- On the Alphablocks YouTube channel, this episode's season is 3 instead of season 1.