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I Can Read with My Eyes Shut

RDQ:	210	Max Word/Sent	24	Total Words	392		Diff Words	156
Lex	470	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	216	55.1%	Hi freq	51	32.7%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	4	Low Freq occurs	8	2%	Low freq	7	4.5%

I can read 
in red. 
I can read 
in blue. 
I can read in 
pickle color 
too. ]]
I can read in bed. 
And in purple. 
And in brown.]]
I can read in a circle and upside down!]]
I can read 
with 
my 
left eye. 
I 
can 
read 
with 
my right. ]]
I can read 
Mississippi 
with my eyes shut tight! ]]
Mississippi 
Indianapolis 
and 
Hallelujah 
too! ]]
I can read them 
with my eyes shut! 
That is 
very hard 
to do! ]]
But it's bad for my hat 
and makes my eyebrows 
get red hot. 
so... 
reading with my eyes shut 
I don't do an awful lot. ]]
And when I keep them open 
I can read with much more speed. 
You have to be a speedy reader 
'cause there's so so much to read! ]]
You can read about trees ... 
and bees ... 
and knees. ]]
And knees on trees! 
And bees on threes! ]]
You can read about anchors. 
And all about ants. ]]
You can read 
about ankles! 
And crocodile pants. ]]
You can read about hoses ... 
and how 
to smell roses ... ]]
and what 
you should do 
about owls on noses. ]]
Young cat! If you keep 
your eyes open enough 
oh the stuff you will learn! 
The most wonderful stuff! 
You'll learn about ... ]]
fishbones ... and wishbones. 
You'll learn 
about trombones 
too. ]]
You'll learn 
about Jake 
the pillow Snake 
and all about 
Foo-Foo the Snoo. ]]
You can learn about ice. 
You can learn about mice. 
Mice on ice. 
And 
ice 
on 
mice.]] 
You can learn about 
the price of ice. 
Nice ice 
for sale. 
Ten cents a pail. ]]
You can learn about sad ... 
and glad ... 
and mad! ]]
There are 
so many things 
you can learn about. 
But ... you'll miss 
the best things 
if you keep 
your eyes shut. ]]
The more that you read 
the more things you will know. 
The more that you learn 
the more places you'll go. ]]
You might learn 
a way to earn 
a few dollars. ]]
Or how to make doughnuts 
or kangaroo collars. ]]
You can learn to read music 
and play a Hut-Zut 
if you keep your eyes open. 
But not with them shut. ]]
If you read with your eyes shut 
you're likely to find 
that the place where you're going 
is far far behind.]]
So ...
that's why I tell you
to keep your eyes wide.
Keep them wide open ...
at least on one side.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Unconventional format

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Features

First Person

Rhyming

Topic

Books

Rhyme

Learning

*Fictional Ideas/Charac

Reading

Low Frequency Words

anchors	hallelujah	hoses	indianapolis	likely
mississippi	trombones