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“Girls!” Rose heard her father calling. She raced to her big sister’s room. “Gina, Dad’s calling us.” The girls ran downstairs. “What is it, Dad?” said Rose. Dad put his arm around Mom. “We’re going on a safari to the Virunga Mountains of Africa. There are three national parks there…
In Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets many curious characters in the strange land she accidentally discovered. The Queen of Hearts is one of those strange characters. In this passage, the Queen has commanded Alice to join a very odd game of croquet. ————————————— ‘Get to your places!’ shouted…
Jerry was excited as the taxi hurtled its way through the city streets. He’d never been in a taxi before, and this one was yellow and black with a TV screen in it. The driver didn’t say much, but he was probably concentrating, because he was going so fast! He…
One spring morning, John looked out his bedroom window. He could see his whole back yard from the second story. John blinked. The grass was always very green, but this morning he could see something else. Something purple. In his backyard was a big purple circle of flowers. John ran…
“Hi, I’m Sandy. What are you doing up there?” A bright orange oriole dangled upside down from a branch. “Hi, I’m Oliver. I’m building my nest.” Sandy flew up to a nearby branch. “Interesting. I’m a Wilson’s snipe. I live down by the marshes. The bushes give me plenty of…
Peter Pan tells the story of a boy from Neverland who has some amazing adventures. In this passage, Peter has left his shadow in the bedroom of the Darling children. He has come to get it back. With him is his best friend, Tinker Bell, a fairy. Peter has not…
Ben opened his book and studied the instructions to build a toy boat. His best friend Isaac raced around the yard. “Isaac! How will you ever learn to do anything if you don’t study and work?” “Phew,” said Isaac. “I don’t like to work. I just want to play and…
One of Ours is the story of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska farmer who joins the U.S. Army during World War I. He is commissioned as a lieutenant, and he and his company head to Europe on a British troop ship Anchises. While on board, the troops are stricken with influenza,…
Today was the day of the big race, and every frog in the first grade at the Pond School wanted to win. Peggy was not happy. She knew she couldn’t jump as far or as fast as the other frogs. Whenever she got excited, her feet twitched. When her feet twitched,…
Ryker Middle School was so small everybody knew everybody there. So when a new boy showed up one Tuesday morning just before the first bell rang, he stood out like a sore thumb. Well, maybe not like a sore thumb. He was too good looking for that. He was more…
