Imagine you get home after a long day at work. It's payday! You put your check down on the table and sit in your chair to relax. All of a sudden, your chair lifts off the ground and starts flying! It goes up and turns upside down, looking a lot like the Russian letter Ч.

The chair keeps flying. Now, you're in Russia! You see the Tsar sitting on his throne. His long red robe drapes to the side and flows down the podium, reminding you of the Russian letter Ц.

You hear a sound: "Zzzz." A mosquito is buzzing around you. Its path follows the shape of the Russian letter З.

You notice a pretty beetle on the ground. It spreads its wings and starts to fly. The beetle is shaped just like the Russian letter Ж and makes the sound ZhZh.

The Tsar puts a finger to his lips and says, "Shh, he will wake up!" Look, his teeth look like the Russian letter Ш.

The Tsar's teeth remind you of something else, too: a bank sign with white pillars. Suddenly, you hear a voice say, "Cash check!" Oh no, you forgot to cash your paycheck! In a panic, you say "cash check" faster and faster until the words merge into the sound Щ. You wake up in a panic and jump off the chair. It’s not too late! You grab the check and run to the bank as fast as you can.

If you ever forget the sound Щ makes, just remember this picture of the bank, and the little "leg" of the letter Щ is the check you need to cash. Visualize yourself running to the bank and saying "cash check" fast.