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Henry And Mudge in Puddle Trouble

RDQ:	195	Max Word/Sent	24	Total Words	410		Diff Words	144
Lex	410	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	225	54.9%	Hi freq	63	43.8%
AR	1.9	Long Sentences	3.3	Low Freq occurs	6	1.5%	Low freq	2	1.4%

In April it rained day after day after day after day. ]]
Henry was getting bored. Mudge was chewing up everything in the house. 
So Henry said "Let's play outside anyway." 
He put on his raincoat and sneakers and went outside with Mudge. 
Henry forgot to ask his father if it was all right. ]]
When Mudge stepped into the wet grass he lifted his paws and shook them. 
"Too bad you don't have sneakers" Henry said. 
And he walked in a circle around Mudge Squish squish squish squish. ]]
Mudge listened and looked at Henry. 
Then he got closer to Henry and wagged his tail and shook the water from his big wet furry body all over Henry. Henry wiped the water from his face. "
Aw Mudge" he said. ]]
The two of them went walking. And down the road they found a big puddle. 
A giant puddle. A lake puddle. An ocean puddle. 
And Henry said "Wow!" ]]
He started running. Mudge got there first. Splash! Muddy water all over Mudge. ]]
Splash! Muddy water all over Henry. It was the biggest deepest puddle they had ever seen. 
And they loved it. ]]
When Henry's father called for Henry and didn't find him he went outside. 
He looked down the road. Splash! he heard. He put on his raincoat and went walking. ]]
Splash! he saw. 
Henry's father saw Mudge with a muddy face and muddy tail and muddy in between. ]]
Henry's father saw Henry with a muddy face and muddy sneakers and muddy in between. And he yelled "Henry!" 
No more splashes. Just a boy and a dog dripping. 
"Hi Dad" Henry said with a little smile. Mudge wagged his tail. 
"Henry you know you should have asked me first" Henry's father said. 
"I know" said Henry. ]]
"I am surprised at you" Henry's father said. 
"I'm sorry" said Henry. 
"I don't know what to do with you" Henry's father said. 
Henry looked sad. Then Mudge wagged his tail licked Henry's hand and shook the water from his big wet furry body all over Henry and Henry's father. ]]
"Mudge!" Henry yelled. 
Henry's father stood there with a muddy face and muddy shoes and muddy in between. 
He looked at Mudge he looked at Henry he looked at the big puddle. ]]
Then he smiled. "Wow" he said. And he jumped in. ]]
He splashed water on Mudge. 
He splashed water on Henry. 
He said "Next time ask me along!" 
Henry said Sure Dad." 
And Henry splashed him back.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Chapters

Features

Topic

Water

*Weather

Fathers

Friendship

*Family & Friends

Pets

Low Frequency Words

furry

squish