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Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present

RDQ:	203	Max Word/Sent	26	Total Words	792		Diff Words	138
Lex	460	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	426	53.8%	Hi freq	58	42%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0.6	Low Freq occurs	13	1.6%	Low freq	9	6.5%

"Mr. Rabbit" said the little girl "I want help."
"Help little girl I'll give you help if I can" said Mr. Rabbit.
"Mr. Rabbit" said the little girl "it's about my mother."
"Your mother?" said Mr. Rabbit.
"It's her birthday" said the little girl.
"Happy birthday to her then" said Mr. Rabbit.  "What are 
you giving her?"]]
"That's just it" said the little girl.  "That's why I want help.
I have nothing to give her."
"Nothing to give your mother on her birthday?"  said Mr.
Rabbit.  "Little girl you really do want help."
"I would like to give her something that she likes" said the 
little girl.
"Something that she likes is a good present" said Mr. Rabbit.]]
"But what?"  said the little girl.
"Yes what?" said Mr. Rabbit.
"She likes red" said the little girl.
"Red" said Mr. Rabbit.  "You can't give her red."
"Something red maybe" said the little girl.
"Oh something red" said Mr. Rabbit.
"What is red?" said the little girl.
"Well" said Mr.  Rabbit "there's red underwear."
"No" said the little girl  "I can't give her that."]]
"There are red roofs" said Mr. Rabbit.
"No we have a roof" said the little girl.  "I don't want to give
her that."
"There are red birds" said Mr. Rabbit "red cardinals."
"No" said the little girl  "she likes birds in trees."]]
"There are red fire engines" said Mr. Rabbit.
"No" said the little girl "she doesn't like fire engines."
"Well" said Mr. Rabbit "there are apples."
"Good" said the little girl.  "That's good.  She likes apples.
But I need something else."]]
"What else does she like?" said Mr. Rabbit.
"Well she likes yellow" said the little girl.
"Yellow" said Mr. Rabbit.  "You can't give her yellow."
"Something yellow maybe" said the little girl.
"Oh something yellow" said Mr. Rabbit.
"What is yellow?" said the little girl.]]
"Well" said Mr. Rabbit "there are yellow taxicabs."
"I'm sure she doesn't want a taxicab " said the little girl.
"The sun is yellow" said Mr. Rabbit.
"But I can't give her the sun" said the little girl "though I 
would if I could."
"A canary bird is yellow" said Mr. Rabbit.
"She likes birds in trees" the little girl said.]]
"That's right you told me" said Mr. Rabbit.  "Well butter is 
yellow.  Does she like butter?"
"We have butter" said the little girl.
"Bananas are yellow" said Mr. Rabbit.
"Oh good.  That's good" said the little girl.  "She likes bananas.
I need something else though."]]
"What else does she like?" said Mr. Rabbit.
"She likes green" said the little girl.
"Green" said Mr. Rabbit.  "You can't give her green."
"Something green maybe" said the little girl.
"Emeralds" said the rabbit.  "Emeralds make a lovely gift."
"I can't afford an emerald" said the little girl.
"Parrots are green" said Mr. Rabbit "but she likes
birds in trees."
"No" said the little girl "parrots won't do."]]
"Peas and spinach" said Mr. Rabbit.  "Peas are green.  Spinach
is green."
"No" said the little girl.  "We have those for dinner all the 
time."
"Caterpillars" said Mr. Rabbit.  "Some of them are very green."
"She doesn't care for caterpillars" the little girl said.
"How about pears?" said Mr. Rabbit.  "Bartlett pears?"
"The very thing" said the little girl.  "That's the very thing.
Now I have apples and bananas and pears but I need some
thing else."]]
"What else does she like?"  said Mr. Rabbit.
"She likes blue" the little girl said.
"Blue.  You can't give her blue" said Mr. Rabbit.
"Something blue maybe" said the little girl.
"Lakes are blue" said the rabbit.
"But I can't give her a lake you know" said the little girl.]]
"Stars are blue."
"I can't give her stars." the little girl said "but I would
if I could."
"Sapphires make a lovely gift" said Mr. Rabbit.
"But I can't afford sapphires either" said the little girl.
"Bluebirds are blue but she likes birds in trees"
said Mr. Rabbit.
"Right" said the little girl.
"How about blue grapes?" said Mr. Rabbit.]]
"Yes" said the little girl.  "That is good very good.  She likes
grapes.  Now I have apples and pears and bananas and grapes."
"That makes a good gift" said Mr. Rabbit.  "All you need now 
is a basket."
"I have a basket" said the little girl.
So she took her basket and she filled it with the green pears and 
the yellow bananas and the red apples and the blue grapes.
It made a lovely present.]]
"Thank you for your help Mr. Rabbit" said the little girl.
"Not at all" said Mr. Rabbit.  "Very glad to help."
"Good-by now" said the little girl.
"Good-by" said Mr. Rabbit "and a happy birthday and a 
happy basket of fruit to your mother."]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Birthdays

Colors

Gifts

Food

Helping

*Family & Friends

*Holidays, Events, Cele

Low Frequency Words

cardinals	emerald	emeralds	engines	sapphires
spinach	taxicab	taxicabs	underwear