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Grade 1aligned with Reading Mastery
Columbus, OH
Practice Decodable Stories Takehome Book
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Copyright © 2008 by SRA/McGraw-Hill.
All rights reserved. The contents, or parts thereof, may be reproduced in print form for non-profit educational use with Reading Mastery, provided such reproductions bear copyright notice, but may not be reproduced in any form for any other purpose without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., including, but not limited to, network storage or transmission, or broadcast for distance learning.
Printed in the United States of America.
Send all inquiries to this address:SRA/McGraw-Hill4400 Easton CommonsColumbus, OH 43219-6188
ISBN: 978-0-07-612481-7MHID: 0-07-6122481-9
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ContentsAbout the Decodable Takehome Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
How to Make a Takehome Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–7
Family Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–10
Lesson 4: don’t jump on ˇe bed . . . . . . 11–14
Lesson 9: ˇe yarn ˛op, part 1 . . . . . . . . 15–18
Lesson 14: ˇe yarn ˛op, part 2 . . . . . . . . 19–22
Lesson 19: socks and rocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23–26
Lesson 24: socks and rocks gø swimm˘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27–30
Lesson 29: mack is påinted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31–34
Lesson 34: sam and ˇe gøat cart . . . . . . . . 35–38
Lesson 39: down ˇe røad, part 1. . . . . . . . . 39–42
Lesson 44: down ˇe røad, part 2 . . . . . . . 43–46
Lesson 49: not sø g˚d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47–50
Lesson 54: ˇe hound is around . . . . . . . . . 51–54
Lesson 59 ˛´'ll b´ com˘ around ˇe mountain . . . . . . . . 55–58
Lesson 64: ten in a bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59–62
Lesson 69: silly songs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63–66
Lesson 74: ˇ´ little red hen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67–70
Lesson 79: ˇ´ sun and ˇ´ wind . . . . . . . . . 71–74
Lesson 84: ¯icken little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75–78
Lesson 89: ˇis øld man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79–82
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Lesson 94: The Hat Seller and the Monkeys. . . . . . . . 83–86
Lesson 99: The Gingerbread Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87–90
Lesson 104: The Green Grass Grew All Around . . . . . 91–94
Lesson 109: The Boy Who Cried “Wolf”. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95–98
Lesson 114: Rip Van Winkle, part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99–102
Lesson 119: Rip Van Winkle, part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103–106
Lesson 124: The Silly Monkeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107–110
Lesson 129: Two Tales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111–114
Lesson 134: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 1, part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115–118
Lesson 139: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 1, part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119–122
Lesson 142: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 1, part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123–126
Lesson 144: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 1, part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127–130
Lesson 147: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 1, part 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131–134
Lesson 149: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 1, part 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135–138
Lesson 152: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 2, part 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139–142
Lesson 154: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 2, part 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143–146
Lesson 157: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 2, part 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147–150
Lesson 159: The Wind in the Willows
Chapter 2, part 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151–154
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About the Decodable Takehome BooksThe Decodable Takehome Books provide opportunities for your students to
apply the skills and vocabulary they learn in the Reading Mastery program as
they read independently. The stories also use the orthography used at this level
of the Reading Mastery program. The vocabulary in these stories is ten lessons
behind the vocabulary in the corresponding Reading Mastery lessons so stu-
dents will have had many opportunities to practice reading the words before
reading the Decodable Takehome Books. Students can fold and staple the pages of each Decodable Takehome Book
to make books of their own to keep and read. We suggest you keep extra sets of
the stories in your classroom for the students to reread.
Directions for preparing the books are on pages 6 and 7.
5
How to Make a Takehome Book1. Tear out the pages you need.
2. Place pages 4 and 5 and pages 2 and 7 face up.
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mom is mad at him now. nø dog digs a lot. h´ digs in ˇ´ mud.
s´´ ˇøse tracks on ˇ´ rug? nø dog måde ˇøse tracks. mom got mad. mom said, “nø, dog, nø.” nø dog had to gø to his hut.
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s´´ ˇøse tracks in ˇ´ car? nø dog måde ˇøse tracks. nø dog ran in ˇ´ mud and got in ˇ´ car. mom said, “nø, dog, nø.” nø dog had to gø to his hut.
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s´´ ˇøse tracks in ˇ´ car? nø dog måde ˇøse tracks. nø dog ran in ˇ´ mud and got in ˇ´ car. mom said, “nø, dog, nø.” nø dog had to gø to his hut.
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mom is mad at him now. nø dog digs a lot. h´ digs in ˇ´ mud.
s´´ ˇøse tracks on ˇ´ rug? nø dog måde ˇøse tracks. mom got mad. mom said, “nø, dog, nø.” nø dog had to gø to his hut.
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4. Fold along the center line.
by Art LittleIllustrated by Timothy Pack
Decodable Book Lesson 127
nø dog digs
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5. Check to make sure the pages are in order.
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s´´ ˇøse tracks on ˇ´ rug? nø dog måde ˇøse tracks. mom got mad. mom said, “nø, dog, nø.” nø dog had to gø to his hut.
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mom is mad at him now. nø dog digs a lot. h´ digs in ˇ´ mud.
6. Staple the pages along the fold.
by Art LittleIllustrated by Timothy Pack
Decodable Book Lesson 127
nø dog digs
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For you and your child . . . You can share the joy of independent reading with your child. From time to time
your child will bring home his or her own Decodable Takehome Books to read with
you. With your help, these stories can give your child important reading practice and
a joyful shared reading experience.
The Reading Mastery SystemIn these stories there is an unusual way to represent the sounds of English. This
is the way students begin reading in the Reading Mastery program, and it is surpris-
ingly easy. The unusual elements give students clues to the sounds. For example,
when a letter stands for a long vowel sound there is a straight line above it, and a
“silent e” is represented by a small e (cåke).
Also, the only capital letter taught in Grade K is the pronoun I. This allows stu-
dents to focus on learning the relationships of sounds and symbols and on compre-
hension without other concerns.
This system is used throughout Grade K and into Grade 1. It “fades” to our con-
ventional system beginning in Lesson 81 of Grade 1.
Reading with Your ChildYou might want to set aside a few minutes each evening to read these stories
together. Here are some suggestions you might fi nd helpful:
• Do not expect your child to read each story perfectly. Concentrate on sharing
the book together.
• Participate by doing some of the reading.
• If your child gets stuck on a word, just say the word and ask the child to reread
the sentence.
• Talk about the stories as you read, give lots of encouragement, and watch your
child become more fl uent.
Learning to read takes lots of practice. Sharing these stories is one way that your
child can gain that valuable experience. Encourage your child to keep the books in a
special place. This collection will become a library of books that your child can read
and reread. Take the time to listen to your child read. Just a few moments of shared
reading each day can give your child the interest, enthusiasm, and confi dence
needed to excel in reading.
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Para Usted y su Hijo(a) . . . . .Se puede compartir el placer de leer independientemente con su hijo(a). De
cuando en cuando su hijo(a) traerá a casa su propio Decodable Books para leer con
usted. Con su ayuda, estos cuentos le pueden dar a su hijo(a) práctica importante en
la lectura y una experiencia agradable.
El Sistema Reading Mastery En estos cuentos se usa un alfabeto especial para representar los sonidos de
inglés. De esta manera los estudiantes empiezan a leer en el programa ReadingMastery y es bastante fácil. El alfabeto especial les da a los estudiantes las pistas
a los sonidos. Por ejemplo, cuando una letra representa el sonido de un vocal larga
hay una línea recta sobre la letra y una “e mudo” que se representa con una “e”
pequeña (cåke).
También la única letra mayúscula que se enseña en Grado K es el pronombre
“I”. Esto les permite a los estudiantes enfocar en el aprendizaje de las relaciones
entre los sonidos y los símbolos, y en la comprensión de los textos, sin otras
preocupaciones.
Este sistema se usa a lo largo del Grado K y en la primera parte del Grado 1. Se
introduce el sistema convencional gradualmente, empezando con la Lección 81 del
Grado 1.
Leyendo con su Hijo(a)Si usted quiere reservar algunos minutos por la tarde para leer juntos los
cuentos, aquí hay algunas sugerencias interesantes:
• No espere que su hijo(a) sepa leer perfectamente cada cuento. Concéntrese en
leer el libro juntos.
• Participe usted leyendo parte del cuento.
• Si su hijo(a) no conoce alguna palabra, dígale la palabra y pídale que la
pronuncie. Entonces vuelva a leer la frase otra vez.
• Discuta los cuentos, dé mucho ánimo y verá como su hijo(a) llegará a ser más
fl uente.
Aprender a leer exige mucha práctica. Compartir los cuentos es una manera de
ganar experiencia. Esta colección será una biblioteca de libros que su hijo(a) podrá
leer muchas veces. Escuche a su hijo(a) leer. Unos pocos minutos leyendo juntos
cada día pueden proveer el interés, el entusiasmo, y la confi anza que le hace falta
para sobresalir en la lectura.
Un mensaje de ______________________________________________
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ly for cla
ssroo
m u
se; b
e p
rovid
ed
to
stud
en
ts, tea
che
rs, or fa
milie
s with
ou
t cha
rge
; an
d b
e u
sed
so
lely in
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ction
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er re
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blish
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sam
an
d d
an
an
d I
t˚k ˇ
e
¯ic
ks f
ør a
little w
alk
. ˇe ¯
icks
w
en
t to s
l´´p in
ˇe b
ox. ˇ
en w
´
wen
t bac
k to ˇ
e ˛
op
.
dan
t˚k ˇ
e y
arn
fø
r m
iss ta
n.
mis
s ta
n t˚
k ˇ
e b
ox o
f ¯
icks
. ˇ
en
dan
walk
ed
hø
me w
iˇ m
iss
tan
an
d ˇ
e ¯
icks
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill21 6
3
mis
s t
an
an
d s
lˆd
˙ d
id n
ot
s´´ ˇ
e ¯
icks f
l¥ u
p in
to ˇ
e
yarn
. ˇ
ey d
id n
ot
s´´ ˇ
e ¯
icks
dig
g˘
in a
big
pˆ
le o
f y
arn
. ˇ
ey
did
no
t s´´ ˇ
e ¯
icks d
ˆv
e in
to a
b
ox o
f r
ed
yarn
.
mis
s t
an a
nd s
lˆd˙
yell
ed
, “sto
p, ¯
icks. get
bac
k in
to ˇ
e
box n
ow
.”
“I
mu
st
get
m¥ y
arn
. ˇ
en
w´
mu
st
gø h
øm
e,”
said
mis
s t
an
. “b
oys, I
n´´d h
elp
. w
ill yo
u t
åk
e
ˇe ¯
icks s
ø I
can ˛
op
?”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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yarn
wen
t ev˙
y ¸
er
e. h´r
e. ˇ
er
e. ev˙
y ¸
er
e. red
yarn.
¸ˆ
te y
arn
. ˇøs
e ¯ic
ks. ˇ
ey
w˙
e hav˘
fu
n.
sam
an
d d
an
an
d I
hid
un
d˙
a
pˆ
le o
f h
ats
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill23 8
so
cks a
nd
ro
cks
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trat
ed b
y B
rad
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scus
o
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odab
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ook
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on 1
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ere
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ition
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t such
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teria
l b
e re
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ly for cla
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e p
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rs, or fa
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s with
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ction
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ction
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t p
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ritten
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rmissio
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blish
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“arf
. arf
. arf
,” s
aid
jån
e.
mo
ˇ˙
said
to tig
˙, “
jån
e says y
ou
roc
k. so
ro
cks
is
ˇe n
åm
e fø
r y
ou
. no
w y
ou
ar
e so
cks
an
d r
oc
ks.”
ˇen
mo
ˇ˙
said
, “soc
ks
yo
u c
an t´
a¯ r
oc
ks to
talk
d
og
talk
. ro
cks
, yo
u c
an
t´
a¯ s
oc
ks to
talk
tig˙
ta
lk. y
ou
will h
av
e fu
n.”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill25 6
3
“arf
.”
“arf
? ¸
at
do
yo
u m
´an
?arf
? ¸
¥ d
o y
ou
talk
lˆ
ke
ˇat?
” s
aid
lit
tle t
ig˙
.
“h
´ is a
do
g. h
´ is b
ark˘
,”
said
mo
ˇ˙
tig
˙.
“is
ˇat
¸at
a d
og
l˚
ks
lˆk
e?
h´ l˚
ks lˆ
ke a
mo
p t
o
m´,”
said
lit
tle t
ig˙
.
“a d
og
can
l˚
k lˆ
ke ˇ
at,
”
said
h˙
mo
ˇ˙
.
“arf. arf. arf,”
said
ˇe
litt
l e d
og.
moˇ
˙ t
ig˙
sm
iled
. “h
´ is
not
a h
´, litt
l e t
ig˙
. h
´ is a
dog. h˙
nåm
e is j
ån
e. b
ut
˛´ s
ays ˇ
e n
åm
e s
oc
ks is
bett
˙.”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 26
little tig
˙ w
alk
ed ø
v˙
to
ˇe littl
e do
g. ˛
´ lo
ok
ed a
t ˇ
e d
og
fro
m n
øs
e to tå
il. “can
I p
et h
im?
” littl
e tig˙
said
to h
˙ m
oˇ
˙.
“can
little tig
˙ p
et y
ou
?”
mo
ˇ˙
said
to ˇ
e littl
e dog.
“arf
. arf
,” littl
e do
g b
ark
ed.
“h
´ s
aid
yes, littl
e tig˙
.”
little tig
˙ s
mil
ed a
t ˇe littl
e d
og
. ˇen
little d
og
jum
ped
u
p a
nd
kis
sed
little tig
˙ o
n
ˇe n
øs
e.
“h
´ k
iss
ed m
´. h
´ k
iss
ed
m´. I
lˆk
e him
. ¸at is
his
n
åm
e? lo
ok a
t his
f´´t. h
is
f´´t lo
ok lˆ
ke h
´ h
as s
oc
ks.
is h
is n
åm
e so
cks
?”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill27 8
¸en ˇ
e s
un s
tarte
d t
o g
ø d
ow
n,
mom
said
, “w
´ m
ust
gø
no
w,
roc
ks. it
is t
ˆm
e t
o g
ø h
øm
e.”
roc
ks s
tarte
d t
o c
r¥. “d
on
’t c
r¥,
ro
cks. big
gir
ls d
on’t
cr¥ ø
v˙
ˇ
˘s lˆk
e ˇ
at.
w´ w
ill p
låy
an
oˇ
˙ t
ˆm
e.”
ˇen
ro
cks r
an h
øm
e w
iˇ h
˙
moˇ
˙. and s
oc
ks w
en
t in
to h
˙
høm
e.
so
cks a
nd
ro
cks g
ø
sw
imm
˘
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trat
ed b
y B
rad
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ition
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teria
l b
e re
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se; b
e p
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che
rs, or fa
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ction
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rmissio
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© SRA/McGraw-Hill29 6
3
“it
is a
ho
t, h
ot
dåy. co
me t
o m
¥
hø
me a
nd
plå
y in
ˇe w
ate
r. w
´
can
ju
mp
an
d s
lˆd
e in
ˇe p
˚l,”
said
so
cks.
“le
t’s a
sk m
om
,” s
aid
ro
cks. “˛
´
will g
ø w
iˇ u
s.”
s˚
n s
oc
ks y
ell
ed, “ˇ
er
e is m
¥
høm
e. ˇ
er
e is m
¥ p
˚l.”
ˇey r
an
to ˇ
e p
˚l. r
oc
ks a
nd
soc
ks j
um
ped in. m
om
sat
b¥ ˇ
e
p˚
l.
roc
ks a
nd s
oc
ks p
låy
ed
in
ˇe
p˚
l. ˇ
ey w
ent
up a
nd
do
wn
ˇe
slˆ
de.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 30
mo
ˇ˙
tig˙
was u
nd
˙ a
tr´´. it
loo
ked
like ˛
´ w
as s
l´´p
˘. b
ut
˛´ w
as n
ot r
eally
sl´
´p
˘.
“˛
-˛-˛
,” s
aid
ro
cks
. “m
oˇ
˙
is s
l´´p
˘. le
t’s ju
mp
on
h˙
.”
ro
cks
an
d s
oc
ks r
an
an
d ju
mp
ed
on
mo
m. m
om
an
d r
oc
ks a
nd
so
cks
plå
yed
an
d p
låy
ed. m
om
lic
ked
ˇem
an
d g
åv
e ˇem
hu
gs.
af
t˙ a
little b
it, ˇey s
top
ped
an
d
wen
t to s
l´´p
in ˇ
e s
un
.
¸en
ˇey g
ot u
p f
rom
sl´
´p
˘,
ro
cks
said
to h
˙ m
om
, “le
t’s g
ø
sw
imm
˘. w
´ c
an
gø
hø
me w
iˇ
so
cks
. w´ c
an
sw
im in
h˙
p˚
l.”
so
mo
m a
nd
ro
cks
an
d s
oc
ks
sta
rt
ed w
alk
˘. ¸
en
ˇey g
ot to
a s
tr´
am, r
oc
ks s
aid
, “m
om
, let
us r
ˆd
e on
yo
ur b
ac
k, and
yo
u
can
sw
im.”
“yo
u g
irls
can
sw
im. b
ut y
ou
ˇ
ink it is
fu
n to
rˆd
e on m
¥ b
ac
k. yo
u a
re f
un
ny. h
øld
on. h
er
e w´
gø
,” s
aid
mom
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill31 8
mac
k is
på
inte
d
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trat
ed b
y B
rad
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cuso
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odab
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ook
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hts re
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ission
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nte
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rod
uce
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ate
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ine
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ere
in o
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e co
nd
ition
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t such
ma
teria
l b
e re
pro
du
ced
on
ly for cla
ssroo
m u
se; b
e p
rovid
ed
to
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en
ts, tea
che
rs, or fa
milie
s with
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t cha
rge
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d b
e u
sed
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ction
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er re
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du
ction
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t p
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ritten
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rmissio
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27 32
sam
på
inte
d. p
åin
t was f
l¥˘
ev˙
y ¸
er
e. på
int g
ot o
n s
am
. p
åin
t go
t on
ˇe tr
´´. p
åin
t go
t o
n ˇ
e p
ad. p
åin
t got o
n m
ac
k, b
ut d
on
’t tell h
im.
“ˇ
er
e. do y
ou
want to
s´´ ¸
at
yo
u lo
ok lˆ
ke?
” a
sk
ed s
am
.
“¸
at?
ˇat is
no
t m´. I
do
n’t
loo
k lˆ
ke ˇ
at. I
do
n’t h
av
e a r
ed
tå
il. I d
on
’t hav
e a ¸
ˆt
e nøs
e. I
do
n’t h
av
e på
int o
n m
¥ ´
ars,”
m
ac
k yell
ed.
“yo
u d
o n
ow
,” s
aid
sam
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill33 6
3
sam
an
d m
ac
k a
re n
ot
bro
ˇ˙
s.
sam
is a
du
ck. m
ac
k is a
do
g. b
ut
ˇey a
re lˆ
ke b
ro
ˇ˙
s. ˇ
ey lˆ
ke
´a¯
oˇ
˙. ˇ
ey a
re w
iˇ ´
a¯
o
ˇ˙
ev˙
y d
åy.
ˇe o
ˇ˙
dåy, m
ac
k a
nd
sam
w˙
e
walk
˘. sam
had
a b
ig b
ox. sam
h
ad
on
a f
un
ny h
at
an
d t
op
an
d
pan
ts. ˇ
er
e w
as a
lo
t o
f p
åin
t o
n ˇ
e h
at
an
d ˇ
e t
op
an
d ˇ
e
pan
ts.
“I
am
gø˘
to p
åin
t yo
u,”
answ
˙ed s
am
.
“n
ø,”
said
mac
k. “nø. n
ø. I
let
you
do s
om
e f
unny ˇ
˘s, sam
. bu
t you
ar
e n
ot
gø˘
to
på
int
m´. I
don’t
want
på
int
on
m´
becau
se I
will hav
e t
o t
åk
e a
baˇ
.”
“I
am
not
gø˘
to g
et
på
int
on
you
. I
am
gø˘
to p
åin
t o
n ˇ
is
pad. I
will på
int
¸at
yo
u l˚
k
lˆk
e. I
will not
get
på
int
on
yo
u,
bu
t I
will get
som
e m
ør
e p
åin
t o
n
m´,”
said
sam
.
“yo
u h
ad b
ett
˙ n
ot
get
på
int
on
m
´,”
said
mac
k.
“ˇ
en h
øld
sti
ll a
nd let
m´ p
åin
t,”
said
sam
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 34
“¸
er
e are y
ou
gø
˘?
” a
sk
ed
mac
k.
“co
me w
iˇ m
´. y
ou
will s
´´,”
said
sam
.
“¸
¥ is
ˇer
e på
int o
n y
ou
r h
at
an
d to
p a
nd
pan
ts?
” a
sk
ed m
ac
k.
“co
me w
iˇ m
´. y
ou
will s
´´,”
said
sam
.
“¸
at is
in ˇ
e b
ox?
” a
sk
ed m
ac
k.
“co
me w
iˇ m
´. y
ou
will s
´´,”
said
sam
.
sø
mac
k wen
t wiˇ
sam
.
¸en
ˇey g
ot to
ˇe p
ark, s
am
w
en
t to a
spo
t in ˇ
e s
un
. it was
n´
ar a
tr´´ a
nd
a p
on
d.
“sta
nd
h´r
e, mac
k,” s
aid
sam
.
“¸
¥?
” a
sk
ed m
ac
k.
“yo
u w
ill s´´,”
answ
˙ed
sam
.
sam
go
t a b
ru
˛. h
´ g
ot p
åin
t. h´
go
t a p
ad
.
“n
ow
sta
nd
still,”
said
sam
.
“¸
¥?
” a
sk
ed m
ac
k. “it is
tˆm
e to
tell m
´.”
35 8
sam
an
d ˇ
e
gø
at
cart
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trat
ed b
y B
rad
Man
cuso
Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 3
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ht ©
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hts re
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ission
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nte
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rod
uce
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m
ate
rial co
nta
ine
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ere
in o
n th
e co
nd
ition
tha
t such
ma
teria
l b
e re
pro
du
ced
on
ly for cla
ssroo
m u
se; b
e p
rovid
ed
to
stud
en
ts, tea
che
rs, or fa
milie
s with
ou
t cha
rge
; an
d b
e u
sed
so
lely in
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ction
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er re
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du
ction
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se o
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t p
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ritten
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rmissio
n o
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blish
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ted
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nite
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tate
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rica.
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nd
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“le
t’s g
ø, r
on
. let’s
gø
to ˇ
e
stø
re,”
said
sam
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
37 63
“I
hav
e t
o d
o lo
ts o
f ˛
op
p˘
. ˇ
e p
ig a
nd
ˇe ¯
icks n
´´d
f´´d
. m
ˆl es, ˇ
e r
ab
bit
, m
ust
hav
e
b´
an
s. m
ac
k m
ust
hav
e b
øn
es.
jill m
ust
hav
e r
øp
e, an
d I
n´´d
cø
rn
,” s
aid
sam
. “I
n´´d
a r
ide
to ˇ
e s
tør
e. I
am
gø
˘ t
o m
åk
e a
g
øat
cart.
ˇen
I c
an
tak
e ˇ
e g
øat
cart
to ˇ
e s
tør
e. A
gø
at
cart
will
hø
ld lo
ts o
f ˇ
˘s.”
“n
ow
I w
ill get
ˇe ø
ld b
ikes
from
ˇe b
arn. ˇ
ey w
ill b
e g
˚d
før ˇ
e c
art,
” s
aid
sam
. “ˇ
en
I
will g
et
ˇe g
øat.
”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 38
sam
go
t a b
ig b
ox. “
I w
ill help
yo
u,”
said
jill. “I
can
på
int ˇ
e
bo
x r
ed
an
d y
ello
w. I
can
på
int
yo
ur n
åm
e on
ˇe b
ox.”
“I
mu
st f
ˆn
d a
s´
at fø
r ˇ
e
cart,”
said
sam
.
“d
id y
ou
l˚k in
ˇe b
arn
?” a
sk
ed
jill. “f
ˆn
d a
little b
ox a
nd
nå
il it to
ˇe b
ig b
ox.”
“ˇ
at is
g˚
d. y
es, I
will d
o ˇ
at,”
said
sam
.
sam
go
t a littl
e bo
x. h
e s
at o
n it.
“ˇ
is is
a h
ard
s´
at,” s
aid
sam
. if
I ta
ke ˇ
e c
art o
n ˇ
e r
øad
, I w
ill n
´´d
a p
ad.”
“I
will h
elp
yo
u,”
said
mˆ
les
. “I
can
get a
pad
fø
r ˇ
e s
´at. ˇ
e
pad
will b
e r
ed
an
d ˇ
e s
´at w
ill b
e y
ellø
w.”
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øad
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teria
l b
e re
pro
du
ced
on
ly for cla
ssroo
m u
se; b
e p
rovid
ed
to
stud
en
ts, tea
che
rs, or fa
milie
s with
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t cha
rge
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d b
e u
sed
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lely in
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jun
ction
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ction
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t p
rior w
ritten
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rmissio
n o
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blish
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sam
saw
ˇe s
tør
e. “w
´ w
ill b´
ˇer
e s˚
n, r
on. y
ou
can
slø
w
do
wn
no
w.”
ro
n w
alk
ed u
p to
ˇe s
tør
e. ˇen
sam
go
t do
wn f
ro
m ˇ
e c
art. h
´
ran
to ˇ
e s
tør
e an
d tr
ˆed
to g
et
in. “
oh
, nø
, nø
,” s
aid
sam
. “w
´
are lå
te. w
´ c
an’t ˛
op.”
sam
sat d
ow
n o
n ˇ
e s
tep
s a
nd
crˆ
ed, “
w´ a
re lå
te. it is
gett˘
d
ark. ¸
at w
ill w´ d
o?
”
“d
o n
ot c
r¥, s
am
. w´ c
an
sl´
´p
in
ˇe p
ark. it w
ill b´ f
un
.”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill41 6
3
sam
an
d ˇ
e g
øat
cart
sta
rte
d
do
wn
ˇe r
øad
. “yes, ˇ
is is v
ery
g˚
d,”
said
sam
to
ro
n. “d
on
’t
yo
u ˇ
ink w
´ w
ill h
av
e f
un
, ro
n?
”
“w
´ w
ill hav
e f
un
if
yo
u d
on
’t
tr¥ t
o t
ell m
´ ¸
at
to d
o,”
said
ro
n.
“w
´ a
re a
te
am
, ro
n. I
will n
ot
tell
yo
u ¸
at
to d
o. n
ow
gø
fast˙
. A
t ˇ
is r
åte
, w
´ w
ill n
ot
get
to ˇ
e
stø
re in
tˆ
me t
o ˛
op
,” s
aid
sam
.
“h
øld
on y
ou
silly
du
ck. if
yo
u
wan
t m
´ t
o r
un, I
will ru
n.”
ro
n
sta
rte
d r
unn˘
. h´ r
an
fast˙
an
d f
ast˙
. ´
a¯
tˆm
e h
´ h
it a
roc
k, ˇ
e c
art
went
up a
nd
do
wn
. ´
a¯
tˆm
e ˇ
e c
art
wen
t u
p a
nd
d
ow
n, sam
went
up a
nd
do
wn
.
“sto
p, ron, sto
p,”
sam
yell
ed
.
“I
can
’t h
´ar y
ou
,” r
on
answ
˙ed.
“m
¥ t
åil,
m¥ t
åil
is s
ore,”
sam
crˆ
ed, and r
on r
an d
ow
n ˇ
e
rø
ad.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 42
“f
ast˙
? if
I g
ø f
ast˙
yo
u w
ill g
ø f
l¥˘
. yo
u h
øld
on
an
d d
on
’t te
ll m´ to
gø
fast˙
.”
ro
n w
alk
ed a
nd
walk
ed. s
am
wen
t to
sl´
´p
in h
is s
´at. ˇ
e c
art w
en
t slø
w˙
an
d s
løw
˙. r
on
sto
pp
ed
in ˇ
e r
øad
an
d d
ro
pp
ed h
is h
ead
. ro
n w
as s
l´´p
˘.
at la
st a
big
bu
g b
it ro
n o
n ˇ
e
´ar
. ro
n ju
mp
ed a
nd y
ell
ed, “
¸at
was ˇ
at?
¸¥ d
id y
ou
bˆ
te
m´, s
am
? I
was h
av˘
a g
oo
d
dr´
am.”
“I
did
no
t bˆ
te y
ou
, yo
u s
illy
gø
at. yo
u w
˙e s
l´´p
˘. w
´ w
ill n
ot g
et to
ˇe s
tør
e if y
ou
sl´
´p.
no
w y
ou
mu
st r
un
. ru
n to
ˇe
stø
re.”
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e p
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ed
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en
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che
rs, or fa
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ction
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ritten
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sø
jån
e an
d s
am
an
d r
on
wen
t d
øw
n ˇ
e r
øad
. ¸en
ˇey g
ot
to h
˙ h
øm
e, jån
e said
, “le
t’s ´
at d
inn
˙. ˇ
en
yo
u c
an s
l´´p. w
´
hav
e lots
of f
un
h´r
e, bu
t ˇer
e is
on
e ˇ
˘ y
ou
can
’t do.”
“¸
at is
ˇat?
” r
on
ask
ed.
“yo
u c
an’t ju
mp o
n ˇ
e b
ed. n
ø
jum
p˘
on ˇ
e b
ed.”
“ø
h, w
´ n
ev˙
jum
p o
n ˇ
e b
ed
,”
said
sam
.
“n
ev˙
,” s
aid
ro
n. “
w´ n
ev˙
ju
mp
on
ˇe b
ed
.”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill45 6
3
sam
tø
ld h
imself
to
sto
p c
r¥˘
. sam
said
, “sam
, yo
u a
nd
ro
n a
re
fˆ
ne. yo
u w
ill h
av
e f
un
. g
et
back
on
ˇe c
art
an
d g
ø t
o ˇ
e p
ark.”
ˇey s
tart e
d f
ør ˇ
e p
ark. ˇ
en
sam
saw
a b
ig, b
ig ˇ
˘ w
alk
˘
do
wn
ˇe r
øad
. “w
ow
. ro
n, lo
ok.
¸at
is ˇ
at
big
ˇ˘
? it
has a
b
ig n
øs
e a
nd
a lit
tle t
åil.
l˚
k a
t ˇ
at
big
he
ad
. l˚
k a
t ˇ
øs
e ´
ars.
hav
e y
ou
ev˙
s´´n
an
yˇ
˘ lˆ
ke
ˇat?
wo
uld
n’t
yo
u lo
ve t
o b
´ ˇ
at
big
?”
“I
hav
e a
big
høm
e,”
said
jån
e.
“yo
u c
ou
ld h
av
e d
inn
˙ a
nd
sta
y
at
m¥ h
øm
e. I
wou
ld b
´ h
ap
py t
ø
hav
e y
ou
.”
“ˇ
an
k y
ou
sø m
u¯
,” s
aid
ro
n.
“it
wo
uld
be g
˚d t
o h
av
e d
inn
˙
and a
good s
l´´p. w
´ lik
e t
o
sl´
´p
.”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 46
“ø
h, s
am
, it is s
ø b
ig. ¸
at if
it can
’t s´´ u
s?
¸at if
it ste
ps o
n
us?
”
a b
ig f
˚t c
åm
e n´
ar r
on
. sam
yell
ed, “
sto
p. s
top
. do
n’t s
tep
on
u
s.”
“¸
at w
as ˇ
at,”
said
ˇe b
ig
ˇ˘
. “I
can
’t s´´ a
nyˇ
˘. b
ut
I c
an
f´´l s
øm
eˇ˘
wiˇ
m¥
f˚
t. I m
ust g
et m
¥ g
lasses.”
ˇe b
ig ˇ
˘ s
top
ped
. ˛´ g
ot h
˙
gla
sses s
ø ˛
´ c
ou
ld s
´´.
“m
¥, ø
h, m
¥,”
˛´ s
aid
. “¸
o a
re
yo
u?
”
“I
am
ro
n,”
said
ˇe g
øat. “
an
d
ˇis
is s
am
ˇe d
uc
k. ¸o
are
yo
u?
”
“I
am
jån
e. I a
m a
n e
lep
han
t,”
jån
e an
sw
˙ed
.
“d
o y
ou
live h
´r
e?” a
sk
ed r
on.
“yes, I
live d
ow
n ˇ
e r
øad
. yo
u
do
n’t liv
e h´r
e. ¸er
e ar
e yo
u
fro
m?
” a
sk
ed jå
ne.
“w
´ liv
e on
a f
arm
. w´ c
åm
e to
˛o
p, b
ut it g
ot lå
te. ˇ
e ˛
op
s
ar
e ˛u
t,” a
nsw
˙ed
sam
.
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˚d
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ere
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e co
nd
ition
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t such
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teria
l b
e re
pro
du
ced
on
ly for cla
ssroo
m u
se; b
e p
rovid
ed
to
stud
en
ts, tea
che
rs, or fa
milie
s with
ou
t cha
rge
; an
d b
e u
sed
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lely in
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ction
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t p
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“ø
h n
ø, y
ou
brø
ke ˇ
e b
ed
,” s
am
said
. “¸
at w
ill w´ d
o?
¸er
e will
w´ s
l´´p
?”
“yo
u w
ill hav
e to s
l´´p
on
ˇe
flø
ør,”
said
jån
e. “n
ow
I m
ust
gø
to b
ed
.”
sø
ro
n a
nd
sam
went to
sl´
´p
o
n ˇ
e b
ed
. an
d ˇ
ey h
ad
a v
ery
g˚
d s
l´´p
.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill49 6
3
ro
n a
nd
sam
wen
t to
bed
. ˇ
e
bed
ro
om
was b
ig. ˇ
er
e w
as o
ne
big
bed
. sam
sat
on
ˇe b
ed
. it
f
elt
lˆ
ke a
clo
ud
. it
felt
lˆ
ke a
big
p
ˆle o
f c
lou
ds.
“ø
h-h
-h-h
,” s
aid
sam
. “ˇ
is w
ill
b´ lˆ
ke s
l´´p
˘ o
n a
clo
ud
.”
“le
t m
´ s
´´,”
said
ro
n. ro
n s
at
on
ˇe b
ed
.
“ø
h-h
-h-h
,” s
aid
ro
n. “ˇ
is w
ill b
´
lˆk
e s
l´´p˘
on
a c
lou
d.”
ST
OP
!!!
yell
ed j
ån
e. nø
mo
re
jum
p˘
on ˇ
e b
ed.
ron a
nd s
am
sto
pp
ed
.
“b
øys. bøys. did
n’t
I s
åy, d
on
’t
jum
p o
n ˇ
e b
ed?” a
sk
ed
jån
e.
“yes,”
ˇey a
nsw
˙ed
. “b
ut
¸¥?
ju
mp˘
on ˇ
is b
ed is s
ø m
u¯
fu
n.”
“yes, it
is,”
said
jån
e. “I
’ll te
ll
you
¸¥ y
ou
˛ou
ldn’t
ju
mp
on ˇ
e b
ed. b´cau
se ˇ
en
I w
an
t to
ju
mp o
n ˇ
e b
ed.”
Sø
jån
e
jum
ped o
n ˇ
e b
ed.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 50
sam
sat v
ery s
till. ˇen
h´
jum
ped
just a
little ju
mp
.
“sto
p, s
am
,” r
on
said
. “w
´ c
an
’t ju
mp
on
ˇe b
ed
.”
“ju
st a
little, littl
e jum
p,”
said
sam
. “ˇ
en
I’ll s
top
.”
sø
ro
n s
aid
, “ˇ
en
I’ll d
o ju
st a
littl
e jum
p.”
an
d ˇ
ey d
id v
ery littl
e jum
ps o
n
ˇe b
ed
.
ˇen
ˇey d
id n
ot d
o littl
e jum
ps.
so
on
ˇey w
er
e do
˘ b
ig ju
mp
s.
an
d ˇ
ey k
ep
t jum
p˘
.
jum
p˘
. jum
p˘
. øh-h
-h-h
-h.
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ou
nd
is
aro
un
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cuso
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hts re
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uce
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e re
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“w
ell, d
on
’t scr´
am a
ro
un
d m
´.
yo
u s
illy ˇ
˘s, g
ø a
wåy.”
sø
ˇe c
ow
and
ˇe h
ou
nd
an
d
ˇe k
itten
wen
t bac
k to ˇ
e b
arn
.
“d
o y
ou
all w
ant to
gø f
or a
bˆ
ke
rˆ
de?
” a
sk
ed ˇ
e k
itten
s.
“w
´ c
an
rˆd
e dow
n ˇ
e r
øad
an
d
scr´
am,”
said
ˇe c
ow
.
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3
¸at
is ˇ
at
so
un
d?
ˇe h
ou
nd
is a
ro
un
d.
¸er
e?
øv˙
b¥ ˇ
e b
arn
.
¸at
is h
e d
o˘
?
h´ is s
l´´p
˘.
sh
-sh
-sh
. le
t’s t
r¥ t
o s
lip
past
him
.
“S
TO
P!”
˛ou
ted ˇ
e g
øat.
bam
. bam
. bam
. ˇ
e c
ow
sto
pp
ed
. ˇ
e k
itte
ns r
an into
ˇe c
ow
. ˇ
e
hou
nd r
an into
ˇe k
itte
ns.
“¸
at
is g
ø˘
on?” a
sk
ed
ˇe
gø
at.
“ˇ
e c
ow
scr´
am
ed,”
said
ˇe
hou
nd a
nd ˇ
e k
itte
ns. “˛
´ m
åd
e
us s
cr´
am
.”
“¸
¥ d
id y
ou
scr´
am
, co
w?
”
ask
ed ˇ
e g
øat.
“b
´cau
se I
felt
lˆk
e it.
so
metˆ
mes
I j
ust
f´´l lˆ
ke s
cr´
am
˘,”
said
ˇ
e c
ow
.
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ˇe littl
e kitte
ns g
ot d
ow
n o
n ˇ
e
gro
un
d. ˇ
ey s
lipp
ed a
ro
un
d ˇ
e
ho
un
d. ˇ
e h
ou
nd
sm
ˆled
in h
is
sl´
´p
. just a
s ˇ
e k
itten
s g
ot
past ˇ
e h
ou
nd
, a c
ow
scr´
amed
, “M
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
.”
ˇe k
ittens ju
mp
ed a
nd
scr´
amed
, “O
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OW
.”
ˇe h
ou
nd
jum
ped
and
scr´
amed
, “W
OO
OO
OO
OO
OO
OW
.”
ˇe c
ow
ran
. ˇe k
itten
s r
an
af
t˙ ˇ
e c
ow
. ˇe h
ou
nd r
an
af
t˙ ˇ
e k
itten
s. ˇ
ey a
ll ran
an
d s
cr´
amed
.
55 8
øh, w
´’ll all g
ø o
ut
to g
r´´t
h˙
,ø
h, w
´’ll all g
ø o
ut
to g
r´´t
h˙
,ø
h, w
´’ll all g
ø o
ut
to g
r´´t
h˙
,¸
en ˛
´ c
om
es,
(¸en ˛
´ c
om
es.)
˛´’ll b
´
co
m˘
aro
un
d ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
Fol
kson
gIll
ustr
ated
by
Bra
d M
ancu
so
Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 5
9
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e re
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ced
on
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øh
, w´’ll a
ll gø o
ut to
gr´´t h
˙
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
øh
, w´’ll a
ll gø o
ut to
gr´´t h
˙
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
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˛´’ll b
´ c
om
˘ a
ro
un
d ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
˛´’ll b
´ c
om
˘ a
ro
un
d ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
˛´’ll b´ d
rˆv˘
six
¸ˆ
te
hørses,
˛´’ll b´ d
rˆv˘
six
¸ˆ
t e
hørses,
˛´’ll b´ d
rˆv˘
six
¸ˆ
te
hørses,
¸en ˛
´ c
om
es,
(¸en ˛
´ c
om
es.)
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˛´’ll b
´ c
om
˘ a
ro
un
d ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
,
˛´’ll b
´ c
om
˘ a
ro
un
d ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
,
˛´’ll b
´ c
om
˘ a
ro
un
d ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
,
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
˛´’ll b
´ d
rˆ
v˘
six
¸ˆ
te
hø
rses
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
˛´’ll b
´ d
rˆ
v˘
six
¸ˆ
te
hø
rses
¸en
˛´ c
om
es,
(¸en
˛´ c
om
es.)
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folk
rhy
me
Illus
trat
ed b
y A
rtifa
ct G
roup
Dec
odab
le B
ook
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on 6
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in
a b
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ˇer
e w˙
e 2 in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e littl
e o
ne s
aid
, “rø
ll øv˙
, røll ø
v˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll rø
lled
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e was 1
in ˇ
e b
ed
an
d ˇ
e
little o
ne s
aid
, “go
od n
ˆght.”
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3
ˇer
e w
˙e 4
in a
bed a
nd
ˇe lit
tle
one s
aid
, “røll ø
v˙
, rø
ll ø
v˙
.”
sø ˇ
ey a
ll r
øll
ed ø
v˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e w
˙e 3
in a
bed a
nd
ˇe lit
tle
one s
aid
, “røll ø
v˙
, rø
ll ø
v˙
.”
sø ˇ
ey a
ll r
øll
ed ø
v˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e w
ere 1
0 in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e
litt
le o
ne s
aid
, “rø
ll ø
v˙
, rø
ll
øv˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll r
øll
ed
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e w
˙e 9
in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e lit
tle
on
e s
aid
, “rø
ll ø
v˙
, rø
ll ø
v˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll r
øll
ed
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
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ˇer
e w˙
e 8 in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e littl
e o
ne s
aid
, “rø
ll øv˙
, rø
ll øv˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll rø
lled
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e w˙
e 7 in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e littl
e o
ne s
aid
, “rø
ll øv˙
, rø
ll øv˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll rø
lled
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e w˙
e 6 in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e littl
e o
ne s
aid
, “rø
ll øv˙
, røll ø
v˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll rø
lled
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
ˇer
e w˙
e 5 in
a b
ed
an
d ˇ
e littl
e o
ne s
aid
, “rø
ll øv˙
, røll ø
v˙
.”
sø
ˇey a
ll rø
lled
øv˙
an
d o
ne
fell o
ut.
63 8
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so
ng
s
folk
rhy
mes
Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 6
9
k´´p g
ø˘
. drop a
wo
rd
´
a¯
v˙
se.
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27 64
sam
e s
on
g, n
ext v
˙s
e.
a littl
e bit f
ast˙
an
d a
little
bit w
orse.
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
˚t o
ff . . .
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
˚t o
ff. . .
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
˚t o
ff. . .
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
˚t o
ff. . .
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65 63
ˇe b
ear w
en
t ø
v˙
ˇe
mo
un
tain
ˇe b
ear w
en
t ø
v˙
ˇe
mo
un
tain
,ˇ
e b
ear w
en
t ø
v˙
ˇe
mo
un
tain
,ˇ
e b
ear w
en
t ø
v˙
ˇe
mo
un
tain
,to
s´´ ¸
at
h´ c
ou
ld s
´´
to s
´´ ¸
at
h´ c
ou
ld s
´´,
to s
´´ ¸
at
h´ c
ou
ld s
´´.
sam
e s
ong, next
v˙
se.
a lit
tle b
it f
ast˙
an
d a
lit
tle
bit
worse.
øh, ˇ
e h
ørs
e w
en
t aro
un
d
wiˇ
his
f˚
t off ˇ
e . . .
øh, ˇ
e h
ørs
e w
en
t aro
un
d
wiˇ
his
f˚
t off ˇ
e . . .
øh, ˇ
e h
ørs
e w
en
t aro
un
d
wiˇ
his
f˚
t off ˇ
e . . .
øh, ˇ
e h
ørs
e w
en
t aro
un
d
wiˇ
his
f˚
t off ˇ
e . . .
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45 66
ˇe o
ˇ˙
sˆ
de o
f ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
,ˇ
e o
ˇ˙
sˆ
de o
f ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
,ˇ
e o
ˇ˙
sˆ
de o
f ˇ
e
mo
un
tain
,w
as a
ll ˇat h
´ c
ou
ld s
´´
was a
ll ˇat h
´ c
ou
ld s
´´,
was a
ll ˇat h
´ c
ou
ld s
´´,
ˇe o
ther s
ˆd
e of
ˇe
mo
un
tain
,w
as a
ll ˇat h
´ c
ou
ld s
´´!
ˇe h
ørs
e went a
ro
un
d
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
oo
t off
the
gro
un
d.
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
oo
t off
ˇe
gro
un
d.
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
oo
t off
ˇe
gro
un
d.
øh
, ˇe h
ørs
e wen
t aro
und
w
iˇ h
is f
oo
t off
ˇe
gro
un
d.
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ˇe lit
tle
red
hen
folk
tal
eIll
ustr
ated
by
Art
ifact
Gro
up
Dec
odab
le B
ook
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on 7
4
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e p
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27 68
“n
ø, y
ou
wo
n’t,”
said
ˇe littl
e red
hen
. “you
wo
uld
not p
lan
t ˇ
e ¸
´at. y
ou
wo
uld
no
t tåk
e it to
ˇe m
ill. yo
u w
ou
ld n
ot m
åk
e it in
to b
re
ad. s
o y
ou
will n
ot ´
at the
bre
ad. I
will ´
at it.”
an
d ˛
´ c
all
ed h
er ¯
icks
to h
elp
h
er.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
69 63
¸en ˇ
e b
re
ad w
as b
åk
ed
, ˛
´
said
, “¸
o w
ill ´
at
ˇis
bre
ad
?”
“I
will,” s
aid
ˇe c
at.
“I
will,” s
aid
ˇe d
uc
k.
ˇe lit
tle r
ed
hen
was in
ˇe f
arm
yard
wiˇ
her ¯
icks, ¸
en
˛´
fo
un
d a
¸´
at
s´´d
.
“¸
o w
ill p
lan
t ˇ
is ¸
´at?
” ˛
´
said
.
“n
ot
I,”
said
ˇe c
at.
“n
ot
I,”
said
ˇe d
uc
k.
“ˇ
en
I w
ill,” s
aid
ˇe lit
tle r
ed
h
en
, an
d ˛
´ p
lan
ted
ˇe ¸
´at
s´´d
.
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¸en
ˇe ¸
´at w
as r
ˆp
e ˛´
said
, “¸
o w
ill tak
e ˇis
¸´
at to
ˇe m
ill?”
“n
ot I
,” s
aid
ˇe c
at.
“n
ot I
,” s
aid
ˇe d
uc
k.
“ˇ
en
I w
ill,” s
aid
ˇe littl
e red
h
en
, an
d ˛
´ t˚
k ˇ
e ¸
´at to
ˇ
e m
ill an
d h
ad
it gro
un
d in
to
flo
ur.
¸en
˛´ g
ot ˇ
e f
lou
r h
øm
e ˛´
said
, “¸
o w
ill måk
e bre
ad w
iˇ
ˇis
flo
ur?
”
“n
ot I
,” s
aid
ˇe c
at.
“n
ot I
,” s
aid
ˇe d
uc
k.
“ˇ
en
I w
ill,” s
aid
ˇe littl
e red
h
en
.
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odab
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ˇen
it was ˇ
e s
un
’s
turn
. h´ ˛
øn
e wiˇ
all h
is
b´
ams o
n ˇ
e m
an. a
s it
go
t ho
tt˙ a
nd
hott˙
, ˇe
man
øp
en
ed h
is c
åp
e. ˇen
h
´ b
ru
sh
ed it b
ac
k. at la
st
h´ to
ok it o
ff! ˇ
e s
un
w
as ˇ
e w
inn
˙.
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3
ˇe s
un
an
d ˇ
e w
ind
w
an
ted
to
s´´ ¸
o w
as
str
on
ger. o
ne d
åy ˇ
ey s
aw
a m
an
walk
˘ d
ow
n ˇ
e
rø
ad
. h
´ w
as w
ear˘
a b
ig
cåp
e.
bu
t ˇ
e c
old
˙ it
go
t an
d
ˇe m
ør
e it
rå
ined
, th
e
tˆght˙
ˇe m
an h
eld
his
cåp
e a
rou
nd h
imself
. ˇ
e
win
d c
ou
ld n
ot
get
it o
ff
.
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“n
ow
we c
an
fin
d o
ut
¸i¯
is s
tro
ng
˙,”
said
ˇ
e w
ind
. “le
t us s
´´ ¸
i¯
of
us c
an
måk
e ˇat m
an
tå
ke o
ff
his
cåp
e. ˇe o
ne
¸o
can
do
ˇat w
ill be
call
ed s
tro
ng
˙.”
“ˇ
at’s
¸at w
e w
ill do
,”
said
ˇe s
un
.
sø
ˇe w
ind
beg
an
to b
low
. h
´ p
uf
fed
an
d tu
gg
ed a
t ˇ
e m
an
’s c
åp
e. h´ m
åd
e rå
in b
´at ˇ
e m
an.
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odab
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ook
Less
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4
chic
ken
little
“sto
p, y
ou s
illy
thin
gs,”
sai
d a
rabb
it w
ho h
ad b
een
follo
win
g th
em. “
fox
is
tryi
ng t
o tr
ick
you.
let
me
see
your
tai
l, ch
icke
n lit
tle.”
The
rab
bit
reac
hed
into
chi
cken
litt
le’s
ta
il an
d to
ok o
ut a
n ac
orn.
“chi
cken
litt
le, t
he s
ky is
not
falli
ng.
this
aco
rn fe
ll fr
om a
tre
e an
d la
nded
on
you
r ta
il.”
“oh,
” sa
id c
hick
en li
ttle
. “W
ell,
let’s
ju
st g
o on
hom
e an
d ha
ve s
ome
dinn
er.”
and
the
y di
d.
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They m
et foxy loxy. goosey loosey said, “T
he sky is falling, foxy loxy.”
“how do you know
, goosey loosey?”
“ducky lucky told me.”
“how do you know
, ducky lucky?”
“Turkey lurkey told me.”
“how do you know
, turkey lurkey?”
“henny penny told me.”
“how do you know
, henny penny?”
“chicken little told me.”
“how do you know
, chicken little?”
“I saw it. I heard it. som
e of it fell on m
y tail.”
foxy loxy said, “go into my den, and I
will tell the king.”
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3
The
y m
et g
oose
y lo
osey
. du
cky
luck
y sa
id,
“The
sky
is f
allin
g,
goos
ey lo
osey
.”
“how
do
you
know
, du
cky
luck
y?”
“Tur
key
lurk
ey t
old
me.
”
“how
do
you
know
, tu
rkey
lurk
ey?”
“hen
ny p
enny
tol
d m
e.”
“how
do
you
know
, he
nny
pen
ny?”
“chi
cken
litt
le t
old
me.
”
“how
do
you
know
, ch
icke
n lit
tle?
”
“I s
aw it
. I h
eard
it.
som
e of
it f
ell o
n m
y ta
il.”
“We
mus
t go
and
tel
l the
kin
g,”
goos
ey lo
osey
sai
d.
chic
ken
little
was
in t
he w
oods
whe
n an
aco
rn fe
ll on
his
tai
l. ch
icke
n lit
tle
said
, “T
he s
ky is
falli
ng. I
mus
t go
and
te
ll th
e ki
ng.”
chic
ken
little
met
hen
ny p
enny
. ch
icke
n lit
tle s
aid,
“T
he s
ky is
falli
ng,
henn
y pe
nny.
”
henn
y pe
nny
said
, “ho
w d
o yo
u kn
ow,
chic
ken
little
?”
“I s
aw it
. I h
eard
it. s
ome
of it
fell
on
my
tail.
”
“We
mus
t go
and
tel
l the
kin
g,”
said
he
nny
penn
y.
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They m
et turkey lurkey. henny p
enny said, “The sky is falling,
turkey lurkey.”
“how do you know
, henny penny?”
“chicken little told me.”
“how do you know
, chicken little?”
“I saw it. I heard it. som
e of it fell on m
y tail.”
“We m
ust go and tell the king,” said turkey lurkey.
They m
et ducky lucky. turkey lurkey said, “T
he sky is falling, ducky lucky.”
“how do you know
, turkey lurkey?”
“henny penny told me.”
“how do you know
, henny penny?”
“chicken little told me.”
“how do you know
, chicken little?”
“I saw it. I heard it. som
e of it fell on m
y tail.”
“We m
ust go and tell the king,” ducky lucky said.
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folk
song
Dec
odab
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ook
Less
on 8
9
Thi
s ol
d m
anT
his
old
man
, he
play
ed 1
0,he
pla
yed
knic
k kn
ack
once
aga
in,
With
a k
nick
kna
ck, p
addy
wha
ck,
give
the
dog
a b
one;
Thi
s ol
d m
an c
ame
rolli
ng h
ome.
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This old m
an, he played 8,he played knick knack on m
y gate,W
ith a knick knack, paddy whack,
give the dog a bone;T
his old man cam
e rolling home.
This old m
an, he played 9,he played knick knack, rise and shine,W
ith a knick knack, paddy whack,
give the dog a bone;T
his old man cam
e rolling home.
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3
Thi
s ol
d m
an, h
e pl
ayed
6,
he p
laye
d kn
ick
knac
k w
ith h
is s
ticks
,W
ith a
kni
ck k
nack
, pad
dy w
hack
,gi
ve t
he d
og a
bon
e;T
his
old
man
cam
e ro
lling
hom
e.
Thi
s ol
d m
an, h
e pl
ayed
7,
he p
laye
d kn
ick
knac
k w
ith h
is p
en,
With
a k
nick
kna
ck, p
addy
wha
ck,
give
the
dog
a b
one;
Thi
s ol
d m
an c
ame
rolli
ng h
ome.
Thi
s ol
d m
an, h
e pl
ayed
1,
he p
laye
d kn
ick
knac
k w
ith h
is t
hum
b,W
ith a
kni
ck k
nack
, pad
dy w
hack
,gi
ve t
he d
og a
bon
e;T
his
old
man
cam
e ro
lling
hom
e.
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This old m
an, he played 2,he played knick knack on m
y shoe,W
ith a knick knack, paddy whack,
give the dog a bone;T
his old man cam
e rolling home.
This old m
an, he played 3,he played knick knack on m
y knee,W
ith a knick knack, paddy whack,
give the dog a bone;T
his old man cam
e rolling home.
This old m
an, he played 4,he played knick knack at m
y door,W
ith a knick knack, paddy whack,
give the dog a bone;T
his old man cam
e rolling home.
This old m
an, he played 5,he played knick knack on a hive,W
ith a knick knack, paddy whack,
give the dog a bone;T
his old man cam
e rolling home.
83 8
folk
tale
Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 9
4
The
Hat
S
elle
r an
d th
e M
onke
ysO
ne m
onke
y ju
mpe
d do
wn
from
the
tr
ee, w
alke
d ov
er t
o H
abib
, tap
ped
him
on
the
hea
d an
d sa
id, “
Do
you
thin
k on
ly y
ou h
ad a
gra
ndfa
ther
?”
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“Oh, I can trick these m
onkeys!” said H
abib. “I will m
ake them do w
hat I do, and I w
ill get all my hats back!”
Habib w
aved at the monkeys, and
the monkeys w
aved back at him. H
e rubbed his head, and the m
onkeys rubbed their heads. H
e jumped, and
the monkeys jum
ped. Then, he tossed
his hat on the ground.
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Whe
n H
abib
wok
e up
, he
coul
d no
t se
e an
y of
his
hat
s. H
e st
arte
d lo
okin
g fo
r th
em a
nd fo
und
som
e m
onke
ys
sitt
ing
in t
he t
ree
with
his
hat
s on
. He
was
ups
et a
nd d
id n
ot k
now
wha
t to
do
. The
n he
rem
embe
red
a st
ory
his
gran
dfat
her
told
him
.
Onc
e up
on a
tim
e th
ere
was
a h
at
selle
r na
med
Oza
n. H
e w
ent
from
tow
n to
tow
n se
lling
hat
s.
One
day
, Oza
n fe
lt tir
ed a
nd w
ante
d to
ta
ke a
nap
in t
he w
oods
. He
foun
d a
tree
with
lots
of l
eave
s an
d co
ol s
hade
. H
e pu
t hi
s ba
g of
hat
s be
side
him
self
and
wen
t to
sle
ep.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
45 86
When he w
oke up from his nap, he
found that there were no hats in his
bag! “Oh, no!” he said to him
self and shook his head, “W
ho took my hats?”
Then he looked up and saw
that the tree w
as full of monkeys w
ith hats on. H
e yelled at the monkeys. T
hey scream
ed back. He hopped. T
hey hopped. H
e tossed a rock at them.
They tossed nuts at him
.
“Oh, how
do I get my hats back?”
Ozan asked him
self. Upset, he took
off his hat and tossed it on the ground. T
he monkeys tossed their hats also!
Ozan did not take any tim
e. He
grabbed the hats and went on his w
ay to the next tow
n.
Fifty years later, H
abib, grandson of the hat seller O
zan, was w
alking in the sam
e woods. H
abib felt tired and w
anted to take a nap in the woods.
He found a tree w
ith lots of leaves and cool shade. H
e put his bag of hats beside him
and went to sleep.
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Gin
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Well, the fox had a trick or tw
o. H
e called out to the gingerbread m
an, “Run, run as fast as you can.
You have run away from
a little old w
oman, a little old m
an, farmers
working, and a cow
, but you’ll not run aw
ay from m
e. I’m the best runner in
the land.”
And the fox did catch that
gingerbread man and ate him
for supper.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill89 6
3
Onc
e up
on a
tim
e th
ere
wer
e a
little
ol
d m
an a
nd a
litt
le o
ld w
oman
who
liv
ed in
the
woo
ds. O
ne d
ay w
hile
th
e w
oman
bak
ed, s
he m
ade
a gi
nger
brea
d ca
ke a
nd c
ut it
into
the
sh
ape
of a
man
. She
put
fros
ting
on
the
cake
and
pop
ped
it in
to t
he o
ven.
Aft
er a
whi
le, s
he o
pene
d th
e ov
en
door
to
see
how
her
gin
gerb
read
ca
ke w
as d
oing
. As
soon
as
the
oven
do
or w
as o
pen,
the
gin
gerb
read
man
ju
mpe
d ou
t an
d ra
n ou
t th
e do
or a
nd
dow
n th
e ro
ad. T
he li
ttle
old
man
and
th
e lit
tle o
ld w
oman
cal
led
afte
r hi
m,
but
he ju
st k
ept
runn
ing.
Not
long
aft
er t
hat
the
ging
erbr
ead
man
cam
e up
on a
fox.
The
fox
saw
hi
m. “
Run
, run
as
fast
as
you
can.
You
ca
n’t
catc
h m
e, I’
m t
he g
inge
rbre
ad
man
. I’v
e ru
n aw
ay fr
om a
litt
le o
ld
wom
an, a
litt
le o
ld m
an, f
arm
ers
wor
king
, and
a c
ow, a
nd I’
ll ru
n aw
ay
from
you
,” h
e sh
oute
d as
he
ran
on.
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“Run, run as fast as you can. You
can’t catch me, I’m
the gingerbread m
an,” he shouted as he ran on.
Soon the gingerbread m
an ran past farm
ers working. T
he farmers saw
him
and tried to catch him.
“Run, run as fast as you can. You
can’t catch me, I’m
the gingerbread m
an. I’ve run away from
a little old w
oman and a little old m
an, and I’ll run aw
ay from you,” he shouted as he
ran on.
The gingerbread m
an ran on till he saw
a cow eating grass along the
road. The cow
saw him
and tried to catch him
.
“Run, run as fast as you can. You
can’t catch me, I’m
the gingerbread m
an. I’ve run away from
a little old w
oman, a little old m
an, and farmers
working, and I’ll run aw
ay from you,”
he shouted as he ran on.
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Gra
ss G
rew
A
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roun
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folk
song
Dec
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egg
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egg)
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as a
bir
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here
was
a b
ird)
The
pre
ttie
st b
ird
(The
pre
ttie
st b
ird)
Tha
t yo
u ev
er d
id s
ee(T
hat
you
ever
did
see
)
Oh,
the
bir
d in
the
egg
And
the
egg
in t
he n
est
And
the
nes
t on
the
bra
nch
And
the
bra
nch
on t
he li
mb
And
the
lim
b on
the
tre
eA
nd t
he t
ree
in a
hol
eA
nd t
he h
ole
in t
he g
roun
dA
nd t
he g
reen
gra
ss g
rew
all
arou
nd
all a
roun
dT
he g
reen
gra
ss g
rew
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And in that nest
(And in that nest)
There w
as an egg(T
here was an egg)
The prettiest egg
(The prettiest egg)
That you ever did see
(That you ever did see)
Oh, the egg in the nest
And the nest on the branch
And the branch on the lim
bA
nd the limb on the tree
And the tree in a hole
And the hole in the ground
And the green grass grew
all around all around
The green grass grew
all around
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3
And
on
that
bra
nch
(And
on
that
bra
nch)
The
re w
as a
nes
t(T
here
was
a n
est)
The
pre
ttie
st n
est
(The
pre
ttie
st n
est)
Tha
t yo
u ev
er d
id s
ee(T
hat
you
ever
did
see
)
Oh,
the
nes
t on
the
bra
nch
And
the
bra
nch
on t
he li
mb
And
the
lim
b on
the
tre
eA
nd t
he t
ree
in a
hol
eA
nd t
he h
ole
in t
he g
roun
dA
nd t
he g
reen
gra
ss g
rew
all
arou
nd
all a
roun
dT
he g
reen
gra
ss g
rew
all
arou
nd
The
re w
as a
tre
e (T
here
was
a t
ree)
All
in t
he w
ood
(All
in t
he w
ood)
The
pre
ttie
st li
ttle
tre
e (T
he p
rett
iest
litt
le t
ree)
Tha
t yo
u ev
er d
id s
ee
(Tha
t yo
u ev
er d
id s
ee)
The
tre
e in
a h
ole
and
the
hole
in t
he
grou
ndA
nd t
he g
reen
gra
ss g
rew
all
arou
nd
all a
roun
dA
nd t
he g
reen
gra
ss g
rew
all
arou
nd
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Oh, the tree in a hole
And the hole in the ground
And the green grass grew
all around all around
The green grass grew
all around
And on that tree
(And on that tree)
There w
as a limb
(There w
as a limb)
The prettiest lim
b(T
he prettiest limb)
That you ever did see
(That you ever did see)
Oh, the lim
b on the treeA
nd the tree in a holeA
nd the hole in the groundA
nd the green grass grew all around
all aroundT
he green grass grew all around
And on that lim
b(A
nd on that limb)
There w
as a branch(T
here was a branch)
The prettiest branch
(The prettiest branch)
That you ever did see
(That you ever did see)
Oh, the branch on the lim
bA
nd the limb on the tree
And the tree in a hole
And the hole in the ground
And the green grass grew
all around all around
The green grass grew
all around
95 8
The
Boy
Who
C
ried
“W
olf”
by A
esop
Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 1
09
The
wol
f gr
owle
d ag
ain
and
got
clos
er a
nd c
lose
r. T
he li
ttle
boy
sc
ream
ed a
gain
, “W
olf!
Wol
f!”
He
kep
t sc
ream
ing,
but
no
one
cam
e to
he
lp h
im.
So
the
little
boy
too
k of
f run
ning
ba
ck t
o th
e ho
use,
all
the
time
telli
ng
him
self,
“I’l
l nev
er li
e ag
ain.
I’ll
neve
r lie
aga
in.”
And
he
didn
’t.
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The brother w
ho was dressed as
a wolf sneaked out from
behind the bush and grow
led. The little boy
looked around. His brother dressed
as the wolf grow
led again and w
alked closer to the little boy and his sheep
. The little boy scream
ed, “W
olf! Wolf! W
olf! Wolf!”
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Onc
e up
on a
tim
e, t
here
was
a li
ttle
bo
y w
ho li
ked
to t
ell l
ies.
Of c
ours
e,
this
mad
e pe
ople
sad
.
To h
elp
his
fath
er, t
he li
ttle
boy
so
met
imes
wat
ched
the
she
ep. I
t w
as
his
job
to k
eep
the
wol
f aw
ay fr
om t
he
shee
p. If
he
saw
a w
olf,
he w
as t
o ye
ll as
loud
as
he c
ould
, “W
olf!
Wol
f!” T
hen
anyo
ne w
ho c
ould
hea
r hi
m w
ould
he
lp h
im c
hase
the
wol
f aw
ay.
Whe
n ev
eryo
ne w
as b
ack
at t
he
farm
er’s
hou
se, t
hey
talk
ed a
bout
the
lit
tle b
oy a
nd h
is ly
ing.
The
y de
cide
d th
at s
omeo
ne s
houl
d te
ach
him
a
thin
g or
tw
o.
A d
ay o
r so
late
r, o
ne o
f th
e br
othe
rs d
ress
ed u
p a
s a
wol
f. T
hen
peo
ple
wen
t ou
t w
here
the
boy
was
w
atch
ing
the
shee
p.
The
y hi
d be
hind
a
bush
to
wat
ch.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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One sunny afternoon, the little
boy decided to have some fun. H
e cried, “W
olf! Wolf!” as loud as he
could. Everyone w
ho could hear him
grabbed big sticks and ran to chase aw
ay the wolf.
When they found the little boy and
the sheep, the little boy was rolling
around on the ground laughing. He
liked to see all those people leave their w
ork and run to help him.
The next afternoon, the little boy
decided to have fun again, so what
do you think he did? He cried, “W
olf! W
olf!” as loud as he could. Everyone
who could hear him
grabbed big sticks and ran to chase aw
ay the wolf.
When they found the little boy and
the sheep, the little boy w
as rolling around on the ground laughing. T
his tim
e the peop
le got mad, and his
father hold him, “L
ying is not right. O
ne day the wolf w
ill come, and you
really will need help
, and no one will
come to help
you.” The little boy
just laughed.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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by W
ashi
ngto
n Ir
ving
reto
ld
Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 1
14
Rip
Van
W
inkl
eP
art
1
Rip
aw
oke
with
the
hot
sun
shi
ning
on
him
. He
was
not
in t
he c
lear
ing,
an
d th
ere
wer
e no
litt
le m
en p
layi
ng
long
pin
s. H
e w
as b
ack
besi
de t
he
rive
r w
here
he
fi rst
saw
the
litt
le o
ld
man
. “O
h, m
y. O
h, m
y,”
he s
aid.
“I
’ve
stay
ed o
ut a
ll ni
ght.
My
wife
will
be
mad
, and
she
’ll n
ever
bel
ieve
my
stor
y. W
hat
will
I te
ll he
r?”
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Rip and the old m
an took dinner from
the sack. As the other m
en played, R
ip gave them dinner. T
hen R
ip sat down w
ith his dinner. He w
as so tired that he soon fell asleep.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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The
y w
alke
d a
long
tim
e. A
t la
st, t
he
two
men
got
to
a cl
eari
ng. T
he m
oon
shon
e do
wn
on li
ttle
men
pla
ying
lo
ng p
ins.
The
men
had
long
hai
r an
d lo
ng b
eard
s. T
hey
wor
e bi
g ha
ts, l
ong
coat
s, a
nd s
hort
pan
ts.
The
gam
e st
oppe
d. T
he m
en lo
oked
at
Rip
. The
n th
ey w
ent
back
to
thei
r lo
ng p
ins.
The
re w
as n
o so
und
but
the
rolli
ng b
alls
cra
shin
g in
to t
he p
ins,
like
th
unde
r in
the
mou
ntai
ns.
A lo
ng t
ime
ago,
Rip
Van
Win
kle
lived
in a
litt
le t
own.
Eve
ryon
e lo
ved
Rip
. H
e w
as a
kin
d m
an w
ho lo
ved
to la
ugh
and
pla
y w
ith
the
child
ren.
H
e al
way
s ha
d ti
me
to h
elp
oth
ers
or
tell
stor
ies.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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A little m
an carrying a big sack w
alked slowly to R
ip. He asked R
ip to help him
carry the sack. As they w
ent along, R
ip could hear a strange sound, like thunder in the m
ountains. He grew
m
ore afraid.
One day, R
ip and W
olf, his dog, w
ere walking along the river in the
mountains. Late in the afternoon,
they stopp
ed under a tree to watch
the river.
Clouds piled up over the m
ountains and the sky turned gray. R
ip turned to head hom
e. Then som
eone called, “R
ip Van Winkle. R
ip Van Winkle.” R
ip stopped. H
e looked around. Maybe it
was the w
ind.
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Rip
Van
W
inkl
eP
art
2
by W
ashi
ngto
n Ir
ving
reto
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Dec
odab
le B
ook
Less
on 1
19
Judi
th t
ook
Rip
hom
e. S
oon
Rip
was
ba
ck t
o hi
s ol
d w
ays.
And
to
this
day
w
hen
the
thun
der
rolls
, peo
ple
say,
“R
ip’s
litt
le fr
iend
s ar
e bo
wlin
g ag
ain.
”
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“Rip Van W
inkle. But he left over 20
years ago.”
“And w
ho is that under the tree?”
“That is m
y brother, Rip Van W
inkle.”
Then R
ip told his story, and most
people didn’t believe it. But it didn’t
matter because it w
as a good story.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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“I d
on’t
know
who
I am
,” a
nsw
ered
R
ip. “
I bel
ieve
I am
Rip
Van
Win
kle,
bu
t yo
u te
ll m
e th
at R
ip V
an W
inkl
e is
sl
eepi
ng u
nder
tha
t tr
ee.”
Just
the
n a
wom
an a
nd h
er b
aby
pass
ed. “
Hus
h, R
ip,”
she
sai
d to
her
ba
by.
Rip
tur
ned
to h
er. H
e sa
id, “
Wha
t is
yo
ur n
ame?
”
“Jud
ith,”
she
ans
wer
ed.
“And
you
r fa
ther
? W
hat
is h
is
nam
e?”
aske
d R
ip.
Rip
tri
ed t
o ge
t up
, but
he
was
sor
e so
he
got
up v
ery
slow
ly. H
e ca
lled
for
Wol
f, bu
t W
olf d
idn’
t co
me.
And
wha
t ha
d ha
ppen
ed t
o th
e pa
th t
hat
led
to
the
tow
n? It
was
ove
rgro
wn
with
gra
ss
and
tree
s. S
low
ly, R
ip w
orke
d hi
s w
ay
to t
he t
own.
He
coul
dn’t
unde
rsta
nd
why
he
felt
so o
ld.
© SRA/McGraw-Hill
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As R
ip got near town, he m
et many
people, but they just looked at him.
He didn’t know
them, and they didn’t
know him
. Rip stopped and looked
and rubbed his chin. His chin? O
n his chin w
as a long, white beard. R
ip was
scared. What w
as the matter? H
ow
could this be the town he just left?
In fear, Rip w
alked to his farm. H
e hoped to hear his children playing in the yard. H
e hoped to hear his wife
yelling at him to get to w
ork. There
was nothing but an old house.
Rip ran back to tow
n. People stood around him
. At last, R
ip asked, “Does
anyone here know R
ip Van Winkle?”
“Yes, we do,” som
eone said. “There he is sitting under that tree in the park.”
The m
an under the tree looked just as R
ip had when he w
ent to the m
ountains. The m
an turned back to R
ip and asked, “Who are you, old
man? W
here did you come from
?”
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Sill
y M
onke
ys
A J
atak
a st
ory
Dec
odab
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ook
Less
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24
Whe
n th
e ga
rden
er c
ame
back
the
ne
xt d
ay, t
he li
ttle
tre
es w
ere
all d
ead.
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Then those silly m
onkeys pulled
up all the little trees to see w
hich trees had long roots and w
hich had short roots.
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Whe
n th
e su
n w
ent
dow
n, t
he
mon
keys
too
k th
e w
ater
ing
cans
and
be
gan
to w
ater
the
litt
le t
rees
. “S
ee
that
eac
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tle t
ree
has
enou
gh w
ater
,”
said
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bos
s m
onke
y.
“How
will
we
know
whe
n ea
ch li
ttle
tr
ee h
as e
noug
h?”
they
ask
ed. T
he
boss
of t
he m
onke
ys h
ad n
o go
od
answ
er, s
o he
sai
d, “
Pull
up e
ach
little
tr
ee a
nd lo
ok a
t its
roo
ts. G
ive
a lo
t of
w
ater
to
thos
e w
ith lo
ng r
oots
, but
onl
y a
little
to
thos
e tr
ees
with
sho
rt r
oots
.”
Onc
e up
on a
tim
e a
king
gav
e a
holid
ay t
o al
l the
peo
ple
in o
ne o
f his
ci
ties.
The
kin
g’s
gard
ener
sai
d to
him
self:
“A
ll m
y fr
iend
s ar
e ha
ving
a h
olid
ay
in t
he c
ity. I
cou
ld g
o in
to t
he c
ity a
nd
have
fun
with
the
m if
I di
d no
t ha
ve t
o w
ater
the
litt
le t
rees
in t
his
gard
en. I
kn
ow w
hat
I’ll d
o. I’
ll ge
t th
e m
onke
ys
to w
ater
the
tre
es fo
r m
e.”
In t
hose
da
ys, m
onke
ys li
ved
in t
he k
ing’
s ga
rden
.
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So the gardener w
ent to the boss m
onkey, and said: “You are lucky m
onkeys to be living in the king’s garden. You have a fi ne place to play in. You have the best food. You have no w
ork at all to do. You can play all day, every day. Today m
y friends are having a holiday in the city, and I w
ant to have fun w
ith them. W
ill you water
the little trees so that I can go away?”
“Oh, yes!” said the boss m
onkey. “W
e will be glad to do that.”
“Don’t forget to w
ater the trees w
hen the sun goes down. S
ee they have enough w
ater, but not more than
enough,” said the gardener. Then he
showed them
where the w
atering cans w
ere kept, and he went aw
ay.
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Tale
sThe
Ant
and
the
G
rass
hopp
er
&The
Lio
n an
d th
e M
ouse
by A
esop
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odab
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ook
Less
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29
The
oth
er a
nim
als
coul
d he
ar t
he
lion,
and
the
y ra
n to
him
. But
no
one
coul
d th
ink
of w
hat
to d
o.
The
litt
le m
ouse
ran
to
him
. S
he
ran
up t
he t
ree
and
out
onto
the
ne
t. S
he c
hew
ed o
n th
e ro
pes
. In
no
tim
e, s
he c
hew
ed t
he r
opes
, an
d th
e lio
n w
as f
ree.
The
lion
was
ver
y ha
ppy.
He
told
the
m
ouse
, “Yo
u’re
a v
ery
brav
e m
ouse
. T
hank
you
for
help
ing
me.
I w
ill n
ever
la
ugh
at y
ou a
gain
.”
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“Wait!” she shouted. “D
on’t eat me,
please. If you w
ill let me go, I w
ill help
you.”
The lion laughed. H
ow could a
mouse help a lion? W
ell, he was not
hungry, so he let her go and went back
to sleep.
The little m
ouse ran away as fast as
her legs would carry her.
Many days later the lion fell into a
net and was trapped. N
o matter how
hard he tried, he couldn’t get out. T
he lion began to roar. H
e roared and he roared and he roared.
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3
The
Ant
and
the
Gra
ssho
pper
Onc
e up
on a
tim
e, a
gra
ssho
pper
w
as h
oppi
ng a
roun
d, c
hirp
ing
and
sing
ing,
sin
ging
and
chi
rpin
g. A
n an
t pa
ssed
by,
car
ryin
g a
big
seed
of c
orn.
“Ant
,” s
aid
the
gras
shop
per,
“res
t a
min
ute.
Let
’s t
alk
a w
hile
.”
“No
time
for
chit-
chat
,” s
aid
the
ant
as s
he r
ushe
d on
. “N
o tim
e at
all.
I m
ust
get
food
put
aw
ay fo
r th
e w
inte
r. Yo
u sh
ould
do
the
sam
e.”
“Oh,
win
ter
is a
long
way
off
, an
d th
ere
is lo
ts o
f foo
d,”
said
the
gr
assh
oppe
r.
The
Lio
n an
d th
e M
ouse
A lo
ng t
ime
ago,
the
re w
as a
mea
n lio
n. O
ne d
ay, h
e at
e a
big
lunc
h. T
hen
he w
ent
to h
is d
en t
o ta
ke a
nap
.
As
the
lion
was
sle
epin
g, a
litt
le
mou
se w
as lo
okin
g fo
r se
eds.
She
ran
sm
ack
into
the
lion
’s n
ose
and
wok
e hi
m. T
he m
ouse
tri
ed t
o ru
n aw
ay, b
ut
the
lion
got
her
by t
he t
ail.
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The next day as the grasshopper w
as hopping around, chirping and singing, singing and chirping, the ant passed by again. T
his time she w
as carrying a grain of w
heat.
“Ant,” said the grasshopper, “rest a
minute. Let’s talk a w
hile.”
“No tim
e for chit-chat,” said the ant as she rushed on. “N
o time at all. I
must get food put aw
ay for the winter.
You should do the same.”
“Oh, w
inter is a long way off,
and there is lots of food,” said the grasshopper.
And so it w
ent, day after day. The
ant worked. T
he grasshopper played.
Winter cam
e, as it always does. T
he plants died, and the grasshopper could not fi nd any food.
The ant w
as snug in her home w
ith a lot to eat. A
nd the grasshopper? Well,
the grasshopper got colder and colder because it w
as not ready for winter.
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Rat said nothing. H
e bent down and
grabbed a rope and pulled on it. Then
he stepped into a little boat which
Mole had not seen. It w
as painted blue outside and w
hite inside. And it w
as just the size for tw
o animals. M
ole’s heart w
ent out to it at once, even if he didn’t know
what it w
as for.
Rat row
ed across and made fast.
Then he held up a paw
as the Mole
stepped down. “Lean on m
e!” he said. “N
ow then, step carefully!” M
ole found him
self seated in the rear of a real boat.
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3
Mol
e ha
d be
en w
orki
ng v
ery
hard
all
mor
ning
. He
was
cle
anin
g hi
s lit
tle
hom
e. S
prin
g w
as m
ovin
g in
the
air
an
d in
the
gro
und
and
all a
roun
d hi
m. S
udde
nly
he fl
ung
his
brus
h to
th
e fl o
or. H
e sa
id “
O b
low
!” a
nd a
lso
“Han
g sp
ring
cle
anin
g!”
The
n he
ran
ou
t of
the
hou
se w
ithou
t pu
ttin
g on
hi
s co
at. S
omet
hing
was
cal
ling
him
. S
o he
dug
and
dug
till
at
last
, pop
! H
is s
nout
cam
e ou
t in
to t
he s
unsh
ine.
H
e fo
und
him
self
rolli
ng in
the
war
m
gras
s.
“Thi
s is
fi ne
!” h
e sa
id t
o hi
mse
lf. T
he
suns
hine
str
uck
hot
on h
is fu
r. A
sof
t w
ind
touc
hed
his
face
. Aft
er a
long
, lo
ng w
inte
r in
the
gro
und,
he
ran
acro
ss t
he g
rass
to
the
road
.
A b
row
n lit
tle fa
ce, w
ith w
hisk
ers.
A
roun
d fa
ce, w
ith a
tw
inkl
e in
its
eye.
S
mal
l nea
t ea
rs a
nd t
hick
sof
t ha
ir.
It w
as W
ater
Rat
!
The
n th
e tw
o an
imal
s st
ood
and
look
ed a
t ea
ch o
ther
.
“Hel
lo, M
ole!
” sa
id W
ater
Rat
.
“Hel
lo, R
at!”
sai
d M
ole.
“Wou
ld y
ou li
ke t
o co
me
over
?” a
sked
R
at.
“Oh,
wel
l, th
at’s
eas
y fo
r yo
u to
say
,”
said
Mol
e.
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“Hold up!” said an old rabbit. “O
ne dim
e to pass on this road!” “Onion-
sauce! Onion-sauce! O
nion-sauce!” M
ole said. He w
as off before the rabbits could think w
hat to say. Then
they said to each other: “How
silly you are! W
hy didn’t you tell him—
” and so on. B
ut, of course, it was m
uch too late.
Suddenly M
ole stood beside a river. N
ever in his life had he seen a river. B
y the side of the river he ran. And
when he w
as tired at last, he sat on the bank, w
hile the river still chattered to him
.
He saw
a dark hole in the bank on the other side of the river. “W
hat a nice hom
e that hole would be,” he said to
himself. S
omething sm
all seemed to
twinkle dow
n in the hole. It went aw
ay. T
hen it twinkled once m
ore like a little star. T
hen, as he looked, it winked
at him. A
n eye. A sm
all face grew
up around it, like a frame around a
window
.
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Mole never heard a w
ord he was
saying. He trailed a paw
in the water
and dreamed long w
aking dreams.
Water R
at, like the good little fellow he
was, row
ed on and let Mole dream
.
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“Thi
s is
a w
onde
rful
day
!” s
aid
Mol
e,
as R
at s
tart
ed r
owin
g ag
ain.
“D
o yo
u kn
ow, I
’ve
neve
r be
en in
a b
oat
befo
re
in a
ll m
y lif
e.”
“Wha
t?”
crie
d R
at. “
Nev
er b
een
in a
—yo
u ne
ver—
wel
l, w
hat
have
you
bee
n do
ing,
the
n?”
“Is
it so
nic
e as
all
that
?” a
sked
Mol
e.
“Nic
e? It
’s t
he o
nly
thin
g,”
said
Wat
er
Rat
. “B
elie
ve m
e, m
y fr
iend
, the
re is
no
thin
g as
muc
h fu
n as
mes
sing
abo
ut
in b
oats
.”
“Loo
k ah
ead,
Rat
!” c
ried
Mol
e.
“Put
tha
t un
der
your
feet
,” h
e sa
id t
o M
ole.
The
n he
unt
ied
the
rope
and
ro
wed
off
aga
in.
“Wha
t’s in
side
it?”
ask
ed M
ole.
“The
re is
col
d ch
icke
n in
side
it,”
an
swer
ed R
at. “
Col
d ha
m, c
old
beef
, pi
ckle
s, r
olls
, wat
er—
”
“O s
top,
sto
p,”
crie
d M
ole.
“T
his
is t
oo
muc
h!”
“Do
you
real
ly t
hink
so?
” as
ked
Rat
. “I
t’s o
nly
wha
t I a
lway
s ta
ke o
n th
ese
little
tri
ps.”
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It was too late. T
he boat struck the bank. R
at lay on his back at the bottom
of the boat, his heels in the air.
Rat w
ent on, picking himself up
with a laugh. “In or out of them
, it doesn’t m
atter. Nothing seem
s really to m
atter. Whether you get aw
ay or w
hether you don’t; whether you
reach your goal or whether you reach
somew
here else, or whether you never
get anywhere at all, you’re alw
ays doing som
ething. But you never really
do anything. And w
hen you’ve done it, there’s alw
ays something else to do.
And you can do it if you like, but you
are better off not doing it. Look here! If you’ve really nothing else to do this m
orning we can go dow
n the river and have a long day of it?”
Mole leaned back into the soft pillow
s. “W
hat a day I’m having!” he said. “Let
us start at once!”
“Hold on a m
inute, then!” said Rat.
He tied the rope through a ring in
his dock. Then he disappeared into
his home. A
fter a time, he cam
e out carrying a big basket.
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“And on past the W
ild Wood?” he
asked.
“On past the W
ild Wood com
es the W
ide World,” said R
at. “And that’s
something that doesn’t m
atter, either to you or m
e. I’ve never been there, and I’m
never going. You won’t either
if you’ve got any brains at all. Don’t
ever speak of it again, please. Now
then! H
ere is our backwater at last,
where w
e are going to lunch.”
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“I l
ike
your
coa
t, o
ld c
hap,
” R
at s
aid
afte
r so
me
time
had
pass
ed. “
I’m
goin
g to
get
a b
lack
coa
t m
ysel
f som
e da
y.”
“I’m
sor
ry,”
sai
d M
ole.
“B
ut a
ll th
is is
so
new
to m
e. S
o—th
is—
is—
a—R
iver
!”
“The
Riv
er,”
sai
d R
at.
“And
you
rea
lly li
ve b
y th
e ri
ver?
Wha
t a
happ
y lif
e!”
“By
it an
d w
ith it
and
on
it an
d in
it,”
sa
id R
at. “
It’s
brot
her
and
sist
er t
o m
e.
And
food
and
dri
nk a
nd w
ashi
ng. I
t’s
my
wor
ld, a
nd I
don’
t w
ant
any
othe
r. O
h! T
he t
imes
we
have
had
! Any
tim
e of
the
yea
r, th
e ri
ver
is fu
n.”
“Why
, who
sho
uld
mes
s w
ith h
im?”
as
ked
Mol
e.
“Wel
l, of
cou
rse—
ther
e—ar
e ot
hers
,”
answ
ered
Rat
. “F
oxes
and
so
on. T
hey
are
all r
ight
in a
way
. I’m
ver
y go
od
frie
nds
with
the
m. P
ass
the
time
of
day
whe
n w
e m
eet.
But
the
y ac
t ou
t so
met
imes
, and
the
n yo
u ca
n’t
real
ly
trus
t th
em, a
nd t
hat’s
the
fact
.”
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“But is it a bit boring at tim
es?” Mole
asked. “Just you and the river, and no one else to pass a w
ord with?”
“No one else to—
well, I m
ust not be hard on you,” said R
at. “You’re new to
it, and you don’t know. T
he bank is so crow
ded now days that m
any people are m
oving away. O
h no, it is not what
it used to be, at all. Alw
ays someone
wanting you to do som
ething. As if a
fellow had nothing else to do!”
“What lies over there?” asked M
ole, w
aving a paw at a w
oodland on one side of the river.
“That? O
h, that’s just the Wild W
ood,” said R
at. “We don’t go there very
much, w
e river-bankers.”
“Are the people in there not very
nice?” said Mole.
“W…
e…ll,” answ
ered Rat, “let m
e see. M
ost of them are all right. A
nd the rabbits—
some of them
. But rabbits are
a mixed lot. A
nd then there is Badger,
of course. He lives right in the m
iddle of it; w
ouldn’t live anywhere else,
either, if you paid him to do it. D
ear old B
adger! Nobody m
esses with him
. T
hey had better not,” he added.
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“That’s just the sort of fellow
he is!” said R
at. “Hates to be around others!
Now
we w
on’t see any more of him
today. W
ell, tell us, who is out on the
river?”
“Toad’s out, for one,” answered O
tter. “In his brand new
racing boat!”
The tw
o animals looked at each other
and laughed.
“Once, it w
as nothing but sailing,” said R
at. “And a nice m
ess he made of it.
Last year it was house-boating. W
e all had to go and stay w
ith him in his
house-boat. He w
as going to spend the rest of his life in a house-boat. It’s all the sam
e, whatever he takes
up; he gets tired of it, and starts on som
ething new.”
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Leav
ing
the
mai
n st
ream
, the
y no
w
pass
ed in
to w
hat
seem
ed li
ke a
litt
le
lake
. Gre
en g
rass
slo
ped
dow
n on
ea
ch s
ide,
bro
wn
tree
roo
ts s
how
ed
unde
r th
e st
ill w
ater
. Ahe
ad o
f the
m
was
a d
ripp
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mill
whe
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nd m
ill
hous
e an
d lit
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lear
cha
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ing
voic
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t w
as s
o ve
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rett
y th
at M
ole
coul
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ly h
old
up h
is fr
ont
paw
s an
d sa
y, “
Oh
my!
Oh
my!
Oh
my!
”
“Pro
ud t
o m
eet
you,
” sa
id O
tter
, and
th
e tw
o an
imal
s w
ere
frie
nds.
“So
muc
h go
ing
on!”
sai
d O
tter
. “A
ll th
e w
orld
see
ms
to b
e ou
t on
the
riv
er
toda
y. I
cam
e up
thi
s ba
ckw
ater
to
try
and
get
a lit
tle p
eace
. The
n I m
et y
ou
fello
ws.
”
The
re w
as a
sou
nd b
ehin
d th
em.
Com
ing
from
a b
ush
a st
ripe
d he
ad
and
a bi
g ne
ck, s
tare
d at
the
m.
“Com
e on
, old
Bad
ger!
” sh
oute
d R
at.
The
Bad
ger
trot
ted
turn
ed h
is b
ack
and
disa
ppea
red.
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Rat took the boat to the bank, tied
it, helped Mole safely on shore, and
swung out the lunch basket. M
ole begged to take it out all by him
self. R
at was very pleased to let him
and to lie on the grass and rest.
When all w
as ready, Rat said, “N
ow,
give me a hand, old fellow
!” Mole w
as very glad to obey, for he had started his spring-cleaning very early that m
orning. And he had not had a bite to
eat from that tim
e that seemed to be
so many days ago.
“What are you looking at?” said R
at after they had a bit to eat.
“I am looking,” said M
ole, “at a streak of bubbles that I see along the top of the w
ater. That is a thing that strikes
me as funny.”
“Bubbles? O
h, oh!” said Rat, and
chirped.
A w
ide shining nose showed over the
bank. Then O
tter pulled himself out
and shook the water from
his coat.
“Did you eat all the food?” he said,
going for the food. “Why didn’t you
ask me to com
e, Ratty?”
“We didn’t know
we w
ere going to do it,” answ
ered Rat. “B
y the way, this is
my friend M
r. Mole.”
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Mole w
as still for a minute or tw
o. B
ut he began to feel more and m
ore jealous of R
at. His pride began to
think that he could do it every bit as w
ell. He jum
ped up and grabbed the oars. R
at was taken by surprise and
fell back off his seat with his legs in
the air. And M
ole took his place and grabbed the oars. H
e knew that he
could row the boat.
“Stop it, you silly thing!” cried R
at, from
the bottom of the boat. “You
can’t do it! You’ll turn us over!”
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The
aft
erno
on s
un w
as g
ettin
g lo
w
as R
at r
owed
hom
e. H
e w
as d
ay
drea
min
g an
d no
t w
atch
ing
Mol
e. B
ut
Mol
e w
as v
ery
full
of lu
nch,
and
pri
de.
And
he
was
alr
eady
at
hom
e in
a b
oat.
S
oon
he s
aid,
“R
atty
! Ple
ase,
I w
ant
to
row
, now
!”
Rat
sho
ok h
is h
ead
with
a s
mile
. “N
ot
yet,
my
frie
nd,”
he
said
. “W
ait
till
you’
ve h
ad a
few
less
ons.
It’s
not
so
easy
as
it lo
oks.
”
Fro
m w
here
the
y sa
t, M
ole
and
Rat
co
uld
just
see
the
mai
n st
ream
acr
oss
the
land
. Jus
t th
en a
rac
ing
boat
ap
pear
ed. T
he r
ower
was
spl
ashi
ng
badl
y an
d ro
lling
a g
ood
deal
, but
w
orki
ng h
is h
arde
st. R
at s
tood
up
and
calle
d hi
m, b
ut T
oad
shoo
k hi
s he
ad
and
got
to h
is w
ork.
“He’
ll be
out
of t
he b
oat
in a
min
ute
if he
rol
ls li
ke t
hat,
” sa
id R
at, s
ittin
g do
wn
agai
n.
“Of c
ours
e he
will
,” la
ughe
d O
tter
.
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A M
ayfl y fl ashed over the river. A sw
irl of w
ater and a “cloop!” and the Mayfl y
was gone.
So w
as Otter.
Mole looked dow
n. The voice was still in
his ears, but Otter w
as not to be seen.
But again there w
as a streak of bubbles on the river.
“Well, w
ell,” said Rat, “I think w
e should be m
oving. I wonder w
hich of us had better pack the lunch basket.”
“O, please let m
e,” said Mole. S
o, of course, R
at let him.
Putting things back into the basket w
as not such fun as taking them out.
It never is. But M
ole liked everything. Just w
hen he had got the basket packed and strapped up, he saw
a plate staring up at him
from the grass.
And w
hen the job had been done again, R
at showed the M
ole a spoon that anybody should have seen. A
nd last of all, the jam
pot, which he had
been sitting on without know
ing it. S
till, somehow
, the thing got fi nished at last, w
ithout anyone getting mad.
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Mole w
as so touched by his kind manner
of speaking that he could not answer him
. H
e had to brush away a tear or tw
o with
the back of his paw. B
ut Rat looked the
other way. Soon M
ole felt better again. H
e was even able to give som
e backtalk to som
e hens who w
ere laughing to each other about the w
ay he looked.
When they got hom
e, Rat m
ade a fi re in the den, and planted the M
ole in an arm
chair in front of it. He gave him
a robe and slippers and told him
river stories until dinner tim
e. They w
ere very thrilling stories, too. S
tories about leaping fi sh and about fl ights dow
n drains and night fi shing w
ith Otter or
trips with B
adger. Dinner w
as a most
cheerful meal; but very shortly after that
a sleepy Mole had to be taken upstairs
to the best bedroom. H
e soon laid his head on his pillow
in peace, knowing
that his new friend the river w
as lapping at his w
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Mol
e fl u
ng h
is o
ars
back
with
a g
rand
sh
ow a
nd m
ade
a di
g at
the
wat
er. H
e m
isse
d th
e w
ater
. His
legs
fl ew
up
over
hi
s he
ad, a
nd h
e fo
und
him
self
lyin
g on
top
of t
he R
at. V
ery
upse
t, h
e m
ade
a gr
ab a
t th
e si
de o
f the
boa
t, a
nd
then
—S
ploo
sh!
Ove
r w
ent
the
boat
, and
he
foun
d hi
mse
lf fi g
htin
g in
the
riv
er.
Whe
n al
l was
rea
dy fo
r a
star
t on
ce
mor
e, M
ole,
sag
ging
and
wet
, too
k hi
s se
at in
the
rea
r of
the
boa
t. A
s th
ey
set
off,
he s
aid
in a
low
voi
ce, “
Rat
ty,
my
good
frie
nd! I
am
ver
y so
rry
for
the
way
I ac
ted.
My
hear
t st
ops
whe
n I t
hink
how
we
mig
ht n
ot h
ave
foun
d th
at lu
nch
bask
et. I
hav
e be
en a
sill
y th
ing,
and
I kn
ow it
. Will
you
ove
rloo
k it
this
onc
e an
d fo
rgiv
e m
e, a
nd le
t th
ings
go
on a
s be
fore
?”
“Tha
t’s a
ll ri
ght!”
ans
wer
ed R
at.
“Wha
t’s a
litt
le w
et t
o a
Wat
er R
at?
I’m
mor
e in
the
wat
er t
han
out
of it
mos
t da
ys. D
on’t
you
thin
k an
ymor
e ab
out
it. I
real
ly t
hink
you
had
bet
ter
com
e an
d st
ay w
ith m
e fo
r a
little
tim
e. It
’s
very
pla
in, y
ou k
now
—no
t lik
e To
ad’s
ho
use
at a
ll—bu
t yo
u ha
ven’
t se
en
that
yet
. Stil
l, I c
an m
ake
you
feel
at
hom
e. A
nd I’
ll te
ach
you
to r
ow a
nd t
o sw
im, a
nd y
ou’ll
soo
n be
as
good
on
the
wat
er a
s an
y of
us.
”
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Oh m
y, how cold the w
ater was, and
oh, how very w
et it felt. How
it sang in his ears as he w
ent down, dow
n, dow
n! How
bright the sun looked as he rose to the top, gagging! H
ow he
lost hope when he felt him
self sinking again! T
hen a strong paw gripped him
by the back of his neck. It w
as Rat,
and Rat w
as laughing. Mole could feel
him laughing, right dow
n his arm and
through his paw, and so into his—
Mole’s—
neck.
Rat got hold of an oar and put it under
Mole’s arm
. Then he did the sam
e to the other side of him
. Then sw
imm
ing behind M
ole, Rat got M
ole to shore. He
pulled him out and set him
down on
the bank, a lump of gloom
.
Rat rubbed him
down a bit and got
some of the w
et out of him. T
hen he said, “N
ow old fellow
! Trot up and dow
n the path as hard as you can, till you’re w
arm and dry again. I’ll dive for
the lunch basket.”
So M
ole trotted about until he was
fairly dry, while R
at dived into the w
ater again. He got the boat, turned
it right side up, and tied it up
. Then
he little by little he got his fl oating things to shore. A
t last, he got the lunch basket and got to land w
ith it.
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Rou
ndin
g a
bend
in t
he r
iver
, the
y ca
me
in s
ight
of a
han
dsom
e, o
ld
hous
e of
old
red
bri
ck, w
ith w
ell-
kept
ya
rds
reac
hing
dow
n to
the
wat
er.
“The
re is
Toa
d H
all,”
sai
d R
at; “
and
that
cre
ek o
n th
e le
ft, w
here
the
sig
n sa
ys, “
Kee
p ou
t. N
o la
ndin
g,”
lead
s to
his
boa
t ho
use.
We’
ll le
ave
the
boat
th
ere.
The
bar
ns a
re o
ver
ther
e to
the
ri
ght.
Tha
t’s t
he d
inne
r ha
ll. V
ery
old,
th
at is
. Toa
d is
rat
her
rich
, you
kno
w.
Thi
s is
rea
lly o
ne o
f the
nic
est
hous
es
in t
hese
par
ts, b
ut w
e ne
ver
say
so t
o To
ad.”
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“Why, of course,” said R
at, jumping
to his feet. His song w
as gone from his
mind for the day. “G
et the boat out, and w
e’ll row up there at once. It’s
always the right tim
e to call on Toad. E
arly or late he is always the sam
e fellow
. Alw
ays glad to see you, always
sorry when you go!”
“He m
ust be a very nice animal,”
said Mole. H
e got into the boat and took the oars, w
hile Rat seated him
self in the rear.
“He is the best of anim
als,” answered
Rat. “S
o simple, so good, and so kind.
Maybe he is not very sm
art—w
e can’t all be sm
art. And m
aybe that he brags a lot. B
ut he is a good friend.”
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3
“I d
on’t
know
that
I th
ink
so v
ery
muc
h of
that
littl
e so
ng, R
at,”
sai
d M
ole.
“The
duc
ks d
on’t
eith
er,”
ans
wer
ed
Rat
che
erfu
lly. “
The
y th
ink
I sho
uld
leav
e th
em a
lone
to
do w
hat
they
w
ant.
The
y th
ink
I sho
uldn
’t m
ake
fun
of t
hem
. Tha
t’s w
hat
the
duck
s th
ink.
”
“Tha
t’s t
rue.
Tha
t’s t
rue,
” sa
id M
ole.
“No,
it’s
not
!” c
ried
Rat
.
“Wel
l the
n, it
’s n
ot, i
t’s n
ot,”
an
swer
ed M
ole.
“B
ut w
hat
I wan
ted
to a
sk y
ou w
as, w
on’t
you
take
me
to
call
on M
r. To
ad?
Eve
ryon
e ha
s sa
id
so m
uch
abou
t hi
m, a
nd I
do s
o w
ant
to m
eet
him
.”
“R
atty
,” s
aid
Mol
e su
dden
ly, o
ne
brig
ht s
umm
er m
orni
ng. “
If yo
u pl
ease
, I w
ant
to a
sk y
ou t
o do
so
met
hing
for
me.
”
Rat
was
sitt
ing
on th
e riv
er b
ank,
si
ngin
g a
little
son
g he
had
just
mad
e up
. He
was
sin
ging
and
not
list
enin
g to
Mol
e or
any
thin
g el
se. F
rom
ear
ly
mor
ning
he
had
been
sw
imm
ing
in
the
river
with
the
duck
s. A
nd w
hen
the
duck
s st
ood
on th
eir
head
s su
dden
ly,
as d
ucks
will
, he
wou
ld d
ive
dow
n an
d tic
kle
thei
r ne
cks,
just
und
er w
here
th
eir
chin
s w
ould
be
if du
cks
had
chin
s.
The
n th
e du
cks
had
to c
ome
up a
gain
fa
st. T
hey
wer
e m
ad a
nd s
haki
ng th
eir
feat
hers
at h
im, f
or it
is im
poss
ible
to
say
all y
ou fe
el w
hen
your
hea
d is
und
er
wat
er. A
t las
t the
y be
gged
him
to g
o aw
ay a
nd le
ave
them
alo
ne. S
o R
at
wen
t aw
ay a
nd s
at o
n th
e riv
er b
ank
in th
e su
n. H
e m
ade
up a
son
g ab
out
them
, whi
ch h
e ca
lled
“DU
CK
S’ D
ITT
Y.”
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All along the backw
ater, T
hrough the rushes tall, D
ucks are a-dabbling, U
p tails all! D
ucks’ tails, drakes’ tails, Yellow
feet a-quiver, Yellow
bills all out of sight F
eeding in the river! S
oft green weeds
Where the roach sw
imH
ere we keep our store,
Cool and full and dim
.
Everyone for w
hat he likes! W
e like to be H
eads down, tails up,
Dabbling free!
Up in the blue sky
Birds sw
irl and call—W
e are down a-dabbling
Up tails all!
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He led the w
ay to the barn yard. And
there, they saw a cart, painted yellow
and green w
ith red wheels.
“There you are!” cried Toad. “T
here is real life for you in that little cart. T
he open road, the dusty paths, cam
ps, tow
ns, cities! Here today, up and off
to somew
here else the next day! The
whole w
orld before you. And m
ind you, this is the very fi nest cart of its sort that w
as ever built. Com
e inside and look at it. Planned it all m
yself, I did!”
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“It’s
abo
ut y
our
row
ing,
I th
ink,
” sa
id
Rat
. “Yo
u’re
get
ting
on fa
irly
wel
l, th
ough
you
spl
ash
a go
od b
it st
ill. W
ith
a lo
t of
wor
k, a
nd a
lot
of t
each
ing,
yo
u m
ay .
. .”
“O
, poo
h! B
oatin
g!”
said
Toa
d. “
I gav
e th
at u
p lo
ng a
go. A
bad
way
to
use
time,
tha
t’s w
hat
it is
. It
mak
es m
e do
wnr
ight
sor
ry t
o se
e yo
u fe
llow
s,
who
sho
uld
know
bet
ter,
spen
ding
all
your
tim
e in
tha
t w
ay. N
o, I’
ve fo
und
the
real
thi
ng. I
pla
n to
giv
e th
e re
st
of li
fe t
o it.
Com
e w
ith m
e, d
ear
Rat
ty,
and
your
frie
nd a
lso,
just
as
far
as t
he
barn
yar
d. Y
ou w
ill s
ee w
hat
you
will
se
e!”
The
y ro
wed
up
the
cree
k, a
nd M
ole
slip
ped
his
oars
as
they
pas
sed
near
th
e bo
at h
ouse
. Her
e th
ey s
aw m
any
hand
som
e bo
ats,
hun
g fr
om t
he
cros
s be
ams,
but
non
e in
the
wat
er.
It se
emed
the
no
one
used
the
pla
ce
anym
ore.
Rat
look
ed a
roun
d hi
m. “
I und
erst
and,
” sa
id R
at. “
Boa
ting
is p
laye
d ou
t. H
e is
tir
ed o
f it
and
done
with
it. I
won
der
wha
t ne
w fa
d he
has
tak
en u
p no
w?
Com
e al
ong
and
let’s
look
him
up.
We
will
hea
r al
l abo
ut it
soo
n.”
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They got out and w
alked across the yard looking for Toad. T
hey found him
resting in a wicker garden chair, w
ith a strange look on his face, and a big m
ap spread out on his lap.
“Hooray!” he cried, jum
ping up on seeing them
. “This is w
onderful!” He
shook their paws. “H
ow kind of you!”
he went on, dancing round them
. “I w
as just going to send a boat down
the river for you, Ratty. I w
ant you badly—
you and your friend. Now
what
will you take? C
ome inside and have
something! You don’t know
how lucky
it is, your turning up just now!”
“Let’s sit a bit, Toady!” said Rat,
throwing him
self into an easy chair. M
ole took another by the side of him
and said something about Toad’s
home.
“Finest house on the w
hole river,” cried Toad. “O
r anywhere else, for that
matter,” he could not help adding.
Here R
at bumped M
ole. Toad saw him
do it, and turned very red. H
e said nothing. T
hen Toad started laughing. “A
ll right, Ratty,” he said. “It’s only
my w
ay, you know. A
nd it’s not such a very bad house, is it? You know
you rather like it yourself. N
ow, look here.
You are the very animals I w
anted. You’ve got to help m
e!”
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“No,
no,
we’
ll se
e it
out,
” an
swer
ed
Rat
. “T
hank
s, b
ut I
shou
ld s
tick
by
Toad
till
thi
s tr
ip is
end
ed. I
t w
ould
n’t
be s
afe
for
him
to
be le
ft t
o hi
mse
lf. It
w
on’t
take
ver
y lo
ng. H
is fa
ds n
ever
do
. Goo
d ni
ght!”
The
end
was
nea
rer
than
eve
n R
at
thou
ght.
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Late in the evening, they stopped and turned the horse out to eat. T
hey ate their sim
ple dinner sitting on the grass beside the cart. Toad talked big about all he w
as going to do in the days to com
e. The stars grew
bigger all around them
. A yellow
moon
appeared suddenly to listen to their talk. A
t last they turned in to their little bunks in the cart. Toad, kicking out his legs, said, “W
ell, good night, you fellow
s! This is the real life! Talk about
your old river!”
“I don’t talk about my river,”
answered R
at. “You know I don’t,
Toad. But I think about it,” he added.
“I think about it all the time!”
Mole reached out for R
at’s paw and
gave it a squeeze. “I’ll do whatever
you like, Ratty,” he said. “S
hould we
run away in the m
orning and go back to our dear old hole on the river?”
© SRA/McGraw-Hill149 6
3
Whe
n th
ey w
ere
read
y, T
oad
led
his
frie
nds
to t
he b
arn
yard
to
get
the
old
hors
e. T
he h
orse
did
not
wan
t th
e du
sty
job
of p
ullin
g th
e ca
rt. S
o it
took
a
lot
of c
hasi
ng t
o ge
t hi
m. M
eant
ime
Toad
pac
ked
the
boxe
s w
ith t
hing
s th
ey n
eede
d, a
nd h
ung
feed
bag
s, n
ets
of o
nion
s, h
ay, a
nd b
aske
ts fr
om t
he
bott
om o
f the
car
t. A
t la
st t
he h
orse
w
as r
eady
, and
the
y se
t of
f. T
hey
wer
e al
l tal
king
at
once
. Eac
h an
imal
ei
ther
wal
king
by
the
side
of t
he c
art
or s
ittin
g on
the
sea
t. It
was
a g
olde
n af
tern
oon.
The
sm
ell o
f the
dus
t th
ey
kick
ed u
p w
as r
ich.
Bir
ds c
alle
d to
th
em. O
ther
ani
mal
s w
aved
or
stop
ped
to s
ay n
ice
thin
gs a
bout
the
ir c
art.
R
abbi
ts, s
ittin
g at
the
ir fr
ont
door
s,
held
up
thei
r pa
ws,
and
sai
d, “
O m
y!
O m
y! O
my!
”
Mol
e w
as t
hrill
ed, a
nd fo
llow
ed T
oad
up t
he s
teps
and
insi
de t
he c
art.
Rat
on
ly s
niff
ed a
nd p
ut h
is h
ands
dee
p in
to h
is p
ocke
ts, s
tayi
ng w
here
he
was
.
It w
as v
ery
hand
som
e. L
ittle
sle
epin
g bu
nks—
a lit
tle t
able
tha
t fo
lded
up
by
the
wal
l. A
coo
king
-sto
ve, l
ocke
rs,
book
s, a
bir
dcag
e w
ith a
bir
d in
it, a
nd
pots
, pan
s, a
nd ju
gs o
f eve
ry s
ize
and
kind
.
“All
done
!” s
aid
Toad
, pul
ling
open
a
lock
er. “
You
see,
eve
ryth
ing
you
can
wan
t. S
oda-
wat
er h
ere—
note
pap
er,
jam
, car
ds,”
he
said
, as
they
wen
t do
wn
the
step
s ag
ain.
“Yo
u’ll
fi nd
that
I d
idn’
t fo
rget
any
thin
g, w
hen
we
star
t th
is a
fter
noon
.”
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“I’m sorry,” said R
at slowly, “but did
I overhear you say something about
“we” and “start” and “this afternoon”?”
“Now
, you dear good old Ratty,”
said Toad. “Don’t begin talking in that
way, because you know
you’ve got to com
e. I can’t do it without you. You
really don’t mean to stick to your old
river all your life, and just live in a hole in a bank, and boat? I w
ant to show
you the world! I’m
going to make an
animal of you, m
y boy!”
“I don’t care,” said Rat. “I’m
not com
ing, and that’s fl at. And I am
going to stick to m
y old river, and live in a hole, and boat, as I’ve alw
ays done. A
nd what’s m
ore, Mole w
ill stick m
e and do as I do, won’t you, M
ole?”
“Of course I w
ill,” said Mole. “I’ll alw
ays stick w
ith you, Rat, and w
hat you say is to be. A
ll the same, it sounds as if it m
ight have been fun, you know
!” he added. Oh,
Mole! This life w
as so new to him
, and so thrilling. A
nd he did fall in love at fi rst sight w
ith the yellow cart.
Rat saw
what w
as going on in Mole’s
mind. H
e hated upsetting people. He really
liked Mole and w
ould do almost anything
for him. Toad w
as watching them
.
“Com
e along in, and have some lunch,”
he said. “We’ll talk it over. You don’t have
to make up your m
ind right now. O
f course, I don’t really care. I only w
ant to please you fellow
s.”
While they ate lunch, Toad let him
self go. H
e talked about living on the road in such glow
ing colors that Mole could hardly sit still.
Soon it seemed that they w
ould take the trip. R
at didn’t want to upset his tw
o friends. Toad and M
ole were already planning out
each day in the weeks to com
e.
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“You
see
wha
t it
is?”
Rat
sai
d to
Mol
e. “
I gi
ve u
p. W
hen
we
get
to t
he t
own,
we’
ll ge
t a
trai
n to
tak
e us
bac
k to
the
riv
er t
onig
ht.”
The
follo
win
g ev
enin
g, M
ole
was
sitt
ing
on
the
bank
fi sh
ing,
whe
n R
at c
ame
alon
g.
“Did
you
hea
r th
e ne
ws?
” he
ask
ed. “
The
re
is n
othi
ng e
lse
bein
g ta
lked
abo
ut a
ll al
ong
the
rive
r ba
nk. T
oad
wen
t up
to
tow
n th
is
mor
ning
. And
he
is b
uyin
g a
big
mot
or-
car.”
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27 152
“But w
hat about Toad?” asked Mole. “W
e can’t leave him
here, sitting in the middle
of the road by himself. It’s not safe. W
hat if another T
hing comes along?”
“Oh, forget Toad,” said R
at. “I’ve done w
ith him!”
They had not gone very far w
hen there was
a tapping of feet behind them.
“Now
, look here, Toad!” said Rat. “A
s soon as w
e get to the town, you’ll have to go to
the police. See if they know
anything about that m
otor-car. And then you’ll have to fi nd
someone to get the cart and fi x it. It w
ill take tim
e, but it can be fi xed. Mole and I
will go fi nd room
s where w
e can stay till the cart’s ready.”
“Police! Police!” said Toad. “Fix the cart!
I’m done w
ith carts forever. I never want
to see the cart, or to hear of it, again. Oh,
Ratty! You can’t think how
happy I am that
you came on this trip! I w
ouldn’t have gone w
ithout you, and then I might never have
seen that that motor-car!”
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Rat
sho
ok h
im. “
Are
you
com
ing
to h
elp
us,
Toad
?” h
e as
ked.
“Won
derf
ul s
ight
!” s
aid
Toad
. “Th
e re
al w
ay to
tr
avel
! The
onl
y w
ay to
trav
el! O
h po
op-p
oop!
O
h m
y! O
h m
y!”
“Oh
stop
bei
ng s
o si
lly, T
oad!
” cr
ied
Mol
e.
“And
to th
ink
I nev
er k
new
!” w
ent o
n To
ad.
“All
thes
e ye
ars,
I ne
ver k
new
! But
now
that
I k
now
. Oh
wha
t a ro
ad li
es b
efor
e m
e! W
hat
dust
clo
uds
will
spr
ing
up b
ehin
d m
e as
I sp
eed
on m
y w
ay!”
“Wha
t are
we
to d
o w
ith h
im?”
Mol
e as
ked
Wat
er R
at.
“Not
hing
at a
ll,”
answ
ered
Rat
. “B
ecau
se
ther
e is
real
ly n
othi
ng to
be
done
. You
see
, I k
now
him
from
of o
ld. H
e ha
s a
new
fad,
an
d it
alw
ays
take
s hi
m th
at w
ay a
t fi rs
t. H
e’ll
cont
inue
like
that
for d
ays
now
. Nev
er m
ind
him
. Let
’s s
ee w
hat w
e ca
n do
abo
ut th
e ca
rt.”
The
car
t w
ould
go
no lo
nger
. Rat
too
k th
e ho
rse.
“C
ome
on!”
he
said
to
the
Mol
e. “
It’s
fi ve
or s
ix m
iles
to t
own.
We
will
just
hav
e to
wal
k it.
”
Not
hing
cou
ld g
et T
oad
out
of b
ed t
he n
ext
mor
ning
. So
Mol
e an
d R
at g
ot t
o w
ork.
R
at s
aw t
o th
e ho
rse
and
star
ted
a fi r
e an
d cl
eane
d th
e cu
ps a
nd p
late
s. M
ole
wen
t to
the
nea
rest
tow
n fo
r m
ilk a
nd e
ggs
and
othe
r th
ings
Toa
d fo
rgot
. The
tw
o an
imal
s w
ere
rest
ing
by t
he t
ime
Toad
wok
e up
.
The
y ha
d a
nice
rid
e th
at d
ay a
nd c
ampe
d as
bef
ore.
Thi
s tim
e M
ole
and
Rat
saw
tha
t To
ad d
id h
is p
art
of w
ork.
Whe
n th
e tim
e ca
me
to t
rave
l nex
t m
orni
ng, T
oad
wan
ted
to s
tay
in h
is b
unk,
but
Rat
and
Mol
e pu
lled
him
out
.
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Toad and Water R
at walked behind the cart
talking. Well, Toad w
as talking. Then far
behind them they could hear a faint hum
, like a faraw
ay bee. Looking back, they saw
a small cloud of dust. F
rom the dust a faint
“Pop-pop!” cry, like an animal in pain.
The anim
als went back to talking. T
hen a gust of w
ind and a swirl of sound m
ade them
jump for the nearest ditch, It w
as on them
! The “Pop-pop” shouted in their ears.
They had a look at glass and m
etal. Then
the motor-car, w
ith its driver hugging his w
heel, fl ung a cloud of dust at them.
The old horse had been dream
ing as he w
alked along. The m
otor-car sent him
rearing. He drove the cart back into the
deep ditch at the side of the road. It shook, and then it crashed. T
he yellow cart lay on
its side in the ditch.
Rat danced up and dow
n in the road. “You m
onster!” he shouted, shaking his paws,
“You—you—
road hogs! I’ll have the law
after you!”
Toad sat down in the m
iddle of the dusty road, his legs out before him
, and stared at the disappearing m
otor-car. At tim
es he sm
iled and said, “Pop-pop!”
Mole tried to help the horse. T
hen he went
to look at the cart on its side in the ditch. It w
as a sorry sight.
Rat w
ent to help him, but they could not
right the cart. “Toad!” they cried. “Com
e and give us a hand, can’t you!”
The Toad never answ
ered or moved from
his seat in the road. T
hey went to see w
hat w
as the matter w
ith him. T
hey found him
with a happy sm
ile on his face. His eyes on
the dust of the motor-car. F
rom tim
e to time
they could still hear him say “Pop-pop!”
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