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Wake Up, Sun!

RDQ:	171	Max Word/Sent	15	Total Words	301		Diff Words	123
Lex	230	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	151	50.2%	Hi freq	54	43.9%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	0	0%	Low freq	0	0%

One night
in the middle of the night
a flea bit Dog on his ear.
Dog woke up.]]
"Woof! Woof!" said Dog.
"It must be time
to get up."]]
Pig woke up too.
"Oink! Oink!" said Pig.
"Be quiet."]]
"It is time to get up"
said Dog.]]
"No it is not"
said Pig.
"The sun is not up."]]
"Where can sun be?"
asked Dog.]]
"Maybe it fell in the well"
said Pig.]]
Dog and Pig ran to the well.
"Sun! Sun!" said Pig.
"Are you down there?"]]
Cow woke up.
"Moo! Moo!" said Cow.
"What are you doing?"]]
"We are looking for the sun"
said Pig.]]
"Maybe the sun
is hiding behind the barn"
said Cow.]]
Dog Pig and Cow
looked behind the barn.
"Come out Sun!:"
shouted Cow.]]
Chicken woke up.
"Cluck! Cluck!"
said Chicken.
"What is wrong?"]]
"We can not find the sun"
said Cow.]]
Chicken said
"Maybe the sun
is sleeping late."
"Then we must 
wake up the sun"
said Dog.]]
All the animals
began to yell.]]
Cluck! Cluck!
Moo! Moo!
Oink! Oink!
Woof! Woof!]]
Farmer and his wife
woke up.]]
"There must be a fox
in the hen house"
Farmer said.]]
Farmer ran to the window.
He fired his gun.
Bang! Bang!]]
The animals stopped yelling.
It was quiet
but not for long.]]
"Wah! Wah! Wah!"
Farmer's baby woke up
just as the sun
came over the barn.]]
"Look!" said Dog.
"Farmer's baby
woke the sun!"]]
From that day on
Dog always played ball
with Farmer's baby.]]
Pig let her chase him
and pull his tail.]]
Cow gave her 
lots of sweet milk
to drink.]]
And Chicken laid eggs
for her one every day.]]
The animals were very nice
to Farmer's baby.
After all they knew
she was the only one
who could wake up the sun!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Sun

*Animals

Animals: Farm

Low Frequency Words