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Zomo the Rabbit

RDQ:	302	Max Word/Sent	20	Total Words	511		Diff Words	182
Lex	540	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	270	52.8%	Hi freq	70	38.5%
AR	2.2	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	16	3.1%	Low freq	8	4.4%

Zomo! Zomo the rabbit. 
He is not big. He is not strong. But he is very clever. Time was Zomo wanted more than cleverness - he wanted wisdom! He went to Sky God and asked for it. "Zomo it is not so simple" said Sky God. "To get wisdom you must earn it." "How?" asked Zomo. "You must do three impossible things" answered Sky God. "First bring me the scales of Big Fish in the sea. Second bring me the milk of Wild Cow. Third bring me the tooth of Leopard." "I will try" said Zomo. Zomo went to the edge of the sea. He began to play his drum. He played so loud his drumbeats went down to the bottom of the sea. Deep below Big Fish heard the music of the drum. Big Fish came up out of the water. He danced on the sand. Faster and faster Zomo beat his drum. Faster and faster Big Fish danced. Big fish danced so fast his scales fell off. Big Fish was naked. Splash! He jumped back into the sea. Quickly Zomo scooped up the fish scales in his hat and hopped into the forest. In the forest Zomo climbed a palm tree. He looked all around. Then he saw Wild Cow. "Ha!" laughed Zomo. "You are not big! You are not strong!" "Who is that laughing at me?" asked Wild Cow. "It is me" called Zomo. "I say you are not even strong enough to knock down this little tree." Wild Cow got angry. She ran at the tree to knock it down. Thump! She hit that tree. But the palm tree was soft. Her horns got stuck. Quickly Zomo slid down the tree. He turned his drum upside down and filled it with milk. But the time Wild Cow got unstuck Zomo was far away. Zomo took the path to the top of the high hill.  It was the hill where Leopard walked every day. Zomo tipped his hat and sprinkled a few fish scales on the path. Zomo tipped his drum and spilled a few drops of milk on the path. Then Zomo went to the bottom of the hill. He hid behind a rock. Soon Leopard came walking over the hill. He slipped on the slippery scales and milk. He rolled down the hill. Bump! Leopard hit the rock. His tooth popped out. Up jumped Zomo. He caught that tooth. Quickly he hopped away. Zomo took the scales of Big Fish the milk of Wild Cow and the tooth of Leopard to Sky God. Sky God smiled upon Zomo. "You are clever enough to do the impossible" he said. Sky God spoke. Zomo listened.  "Three things in this world are worth having: courage good sense and caution" said Sky God. "Little rabbit you have lots of courage a bit of sense but no caution. So next time you see Big Fish or Wild Cow or Leopard...better run fast!" Zomo is not big. Zomo is not strong. But now Zomo has wisdom. And he is very very fast.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

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Simple problem/solution

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Teacher/Teaching

Wishes

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Innovation

Values

Cats

Dance/Dancing

Legends

*Music

Low Frequency Words

caution	cleverness	courage	leopard	naked
unstuck	wisdom	worth