Hide and Seek
Finding Dory (2016)
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Characters
Baby Dory
Dad
Mom
Transcript
[Baby Dory]
I suffer from short term memory loss.
[Mom]
Yeah!
[Dad]
That's exactly what you say.
[Mom]
Okay, okay. We'll pretend to be the other kids now. Hi Dory!
[Dad]
Ahoy there! Do you wanna play hide and seek?
[Baby Dory]
Okay. I love games.
[Dad]
We'll hide and you count and come find us.
[Baby Dory]
Okay daddy.
[Dad]
No, no. Not daddy. I'm the nice fish who wants to be your friend.
[Baby Dory]
Okay, daddy.
[Dad]
No.
[Mom]
I'm hiding.
[Dad]
Now count to ten.
[Baby Dory]
One. Two. Three. Um... Four. Um... I like sand. Sand is squishy. Mommy can I go play with them...
[Mom]
Dory!
Clip Context
Baby Dory plays hide and seek with her mom and dad while they teach her how to make friends.
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Vocabulary
Read each word out loud.
term
/tÉrm/
noun
a length or period of time
Example:
She plans to stay in Canada for a short term to study English.
suffer
/ËsĘf Ér/
verb
to be sick with or to experience an illness or injury
Example:
Iâm suffering from a headache today, so Iâm sitting quietly to relax.
squishy
/ËskwÉŞĘ i/
adjective
something that is soft and easy to squeeze in the hands
Example:
I love making bread because the dough is very squishy.
hide and seek
/ËhaÉŞd Én ËsiËk/
noun
a game played by children where one person has to find the others who are hiding
Example:
My friends and I played hide and seek every weekend when I was a child.
sand
/sĂŚnd/
noun
small grains of rock that cover the floor of beaches and deserts
Example:
I love to walk in the sand while I'm at the beach.
memory
/ËmÉm(É)Éši/
noun
something that has been remembered; your brains ability to store information
Example:
The old photo brought back a wonderful memory of our summer vacation.
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Conversation Practice
Working with a tutor? Try asking or answering these questions out loud with them.
Working alone? Try speaking your answers out loud or write them in the lesson discussion below.
1. Did you play hide and seek as a child?
2. Do you have good or bad memory?
3. Do you like to squeeze squishy things?
4. Do you like to play in the sand at the beach?
5. What is your happiest memory?
Lesson updated:
May 9, 2026
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