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The Bear Scouts

RDQ:	286	Max Word/Sent	18	Total Words	720		Diff Words	276
Lex	530	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	441	61.3%	Hi freq	112	40.6%
AR	2.2	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	15	2.1%	Low freq	8	2.9%

Good-bye Bear Scouts!
Good luck! Have fun!
Isn't Dad going camping
With you Son?]]
Not this time.
We don't need Pa.
We've got the Bear Scout
Guidebook Ma.
It tells us all We need to know
About camping out
And where to go.]]
A guidebook Son?
Now wait a minute!
I know more
Than the book has in it.]]
A smart bear opens
His eyes wide
And never needs
A Bear Scout Guide.]]
Now Son stop.
Right here you'll see
Just why you need
A guide like me!]]
What you do
My fine young scout
To get across
When a bridge is out?]]
The book says first
"In such a spot ...
Tie your rope
With a Boy Scout knot."
Scout knot  - bah!
A smart bear knows
He has no need
For one of those.
He ties his own knot
To the tree
And safely crosses.
Now watch me.]]
We're here Scouts.
But Dad is not!
What has happened 
To his knot?]]
On second thought - 
I'll stay with you.
So I can show you 
What to do.
That camp ground is so far
You see
You really need 
A guide like me.]]
Look here Bear Scouts.
Your book can't show
Which way is
The way to go.
But a bear like me
A bear who's clever
Takes the short way.
The long way? Never!]]
But Papa wait!
Here's a map in the book.
It says to go
The long way. Look!]]
Well you'll find me
At the other end.
A smart bear takes
The short way friend.]]
On second thought
I'll come along.
Just in case 
Something goes wrong.]]
Now that I've brought you
Safely here
We'll get down this river.
Never fear.]]
Yes Papa. Look
Here's a plan in the book.
It shows us all
We need to do ...]]
To build a fine
Bear Scout canoe.]]
Build a canoe?
That takes too long!
A bear who's smart
Will know that's wrong.
It's easy to see
That's much too slow.
I know a faster 
Way to go.]]
So long Bear Scouts!
Toodle-oo!
You can have 
Your slow canoe.]]
I never like
To wait around.
I'll meet you 
At the camping ground.]]
We're coming Dad!
Just grab the rope.
The Guidebook says
There's always hope.]]
On second thought - 
I'll go with you.
Then I can show you
What to do.
If you go on
And I do not
You'll never find 
Your camping spot.]]
You won't need
The Guidebook now.
Here's where I really
Show you how.
For this is where
We set up camp
And I'm the world's
Camp set-up champ!]]
Now watch this.
I'm really good
At starting a fire
By rubbing wood.]]
Excuse me Dad.
That way's not right.
The book says
That will take all night.]]
We'll try it this way.
It ought to light.
Look! Now our fire
Is burning bright.]]
Bear scouts your
Going to have a treat.
I'll cook you something
Good to eat.
A wise bear knows
There's a meal to be found
Wherever he is
If he just looks around.]]
I'll put in some eggs
And fresh green weeds.
Some toadstools. Then
Some roots and leaves.
And presto chango
Ala Kazoo . . .
That's how I make
My favorite stew.]]
Dad your stew
Is stewing will.
But doesn't it have
A funny smell?]]
Besides the book says
"For the best camp dish
Take your rods
And catch some fish."]]
Phooey!]]
On second thought - 
I'll share your meal.
My stew's a bit
Too rich I feel.]]
Now Scouts you'll find
A bear who's bright
Will make his bed
While it's still light.]]
The Guidebook says - 
Page eighty-eight - 
"Put up your tents
Before it's late."]]
Tents are for sissies!
Be smart be brave!
You haven't camped out
Till you've slept
in a cave.]]
Ow! That was quite
A fall I took.
You'd better come
And bring that book!
We're coming Dad.
No need to worry.
We'll have you mended 
In a hurry.]]
First bandage nose
Then thumb then head.
Then put me
On a rescue sled.]]
Well done Bear Scouts!
We're nearly there
Thanks to your
Smart old Papa Bear.
As I have told you 
All along
With a guide like me
You can't go wrong.]]
Dad has show us
Quite a lot
About what's smart
And what is not.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Character traits

Integral Setting - Historical

Topic

Camp/Camping

Fathers

*Family & Friends

Low Frequency Words

guide	guidebook	kazoo	mended	ought
sissies	toadstools	toodle