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Lion

RDQ:	602	Max Word/Sent	28	Total Words	1695		Diff Words	399
Lex	660	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	1105	65.2%	Hi freq	166	41.6%
AR	3.0	Long Sentences	10.4	Low Freq occurs	34	2%	Low freq	24	6%

Long long ago high up in the sky way
above the clouds there was a white and silver]]
palace. It was called The Animal Factory.
It had three rooms. There was a white fur room
for cold days and a white feather room for hot
days. It had a roof made of silver fish scales.]]
High up just under the roof there was a bright 
light room made of crystal glass and diamond rocks.
It was called THE DRAWING ROOM.
In that room one hundred and four artists sat 
on silver stools behind one hundred and four white 
wooden tables. They sat in rows and drew pictures 
of animals. They worked with sheets of pure white 
paper ermine brushes dipped in gold paint and 
eight-sided boxes of wax crayons.
They made up new names of animals which 
they wrote down in gold letters.
They made up new animals which they drew 
in clear colors.
It was in this way that animals were first 
invented
before they were made
before they were flown to the Planets of 
the Universe.
There was one artist who was boss. His name 
was Foreman.]] 
When he was quite young Artist Foreman won 
a medal for the first animal he made up. It was 
called WORM. Later he grew up and became boss 
and stopped drawing.
But one day he thought of a new word and the 
new word was
LION.
"I HAVE MADE UP A WONDERFUL 
NAME FOR AN ANIMAL!" he shouted.]] 
"I am going to draw an animal and call it LION! 
It will be BEAUTIFUL!" The other artists were 
too busy working to hear him.
The other artists made lots of noise while they 
worked because they made sounds to go with the 
animals they drew. THE DRAWING ROOM was
filled with MOOS MEOWS HOOTS BOW
WOWS TWEETS and WHISTLES.
Artist Foreman went to his closet. He took his 
drawing table and carried it out into THE DRAWING 
ROOM. He put it near the crystal windows. 
He reached for his silver stool. He took a sheet of 
pure white paper a new ermine brush his own 
gold paint and sharp wax crayons.
He sat down took his brush dipped it deep in 
his own gold paint and wrote
LION
He wrote it in big letters. He didn't leave much 
room for his drawing.]] 
"AND NOW I'LL MAKE UP A LION!" he
shouted. He looked at his sheet of paper. He 
scratched his head. He looked some more. He 
blinked his eyes. After a long time of looking
Artist Foreman said to himself "It's a funny thing 
but I do not quite remember how to make up 
animals. It's been FOREVER since I made one up! 
I think I'll look at what the other artists are drawing." 
He took a walk through the rows of tables.]]
In the first row he saw a 
drawing of a terrible animal 
named ALLIGATOR.
In the second row he saw 
a big furry animal which 
looked nicer named BEAR.
The artist drawing BEAR 
was softly growling.]] 
In the third row there 
was a fat animal with feathers 
named CHICKEN.
He walked on looking 
left and right until he 
came to a striped animal 
named ZEBRA which was 
in the last row.]] 
"It's beginning to come back to me now" 
said Artist Foreman. He quickly drew a small fat 
animal. He used every one of his colors.
"The LION is good-looking" said Artist Foreman 
to himself.
He looked at it some more.
He scratched his head and thought "That is 
LION and it will say 'PEEP PEEP.'"
He looked at it some more.
"It's been a long time since I've made up an 
animal. Maybe the LION isn't quite right though 
I'm quite sure that it is.' He looked at it some 
more.
"LION is such a lovely word that maybe I should 
ask just one other artist for just ONE WORD about 
LION. Then I'll know that LION is just right."
He took his drawing to an artist in the fourth 
row and said "TELL ME IN ONE WORD WHAT 
IS WRONG WITH THE LION."]] 
The artist looked at the SMALL FAT BRIGHT 
animal.
He giggled softly.
He looked up and said
"SIZE."
Artist Foreman was happy to hear this.
"LION is beautiful" he thought to himself. 
"LION is so beautiful that it should be much 
bigger."
He took another sheet of pure white paper. He 
wrote LION in smaller gold letters. He drew LION 
much bigger. He said "PEEP PEEP" as he drew 
LION.
"Now it is just right" said Artist Foreman.
He looked at it some more.
"I wonder why that artist giggled?"
He looked at it some more.
"Maybe LION still isn't just right" thought 
Artist Foreman. "I must ask another."]] 
He took his drawing to an artist in the fifth row 
and said "TELL ME IN ONE WORD WHAT IS 
WRONG WITH THE LION."
The artist looked at the BIG FAT BRIGHT 
animal.
He giggled softly.
He looked up and said
"FEATHERS."
Artist Foreman turned red and flew back to his 
drawing table. NO WONDER the artists were 
giggling.
Artist Foreman had made a TERRIBLE 
MISTAKE! He had put FEATHERS and FUR on the 
SAME ANIMAL! He had given LION a crown of 
feathers around his head and neck.
He looked at it some more.
ARTIST FOREMAN TURNED RED AGAIN!
LION had a tail like a FISH!
"Feathers fur and fish scales!"]]
He quickly took his thumb and pushed it down 
hard on the drawing of LION. He rubbed all the 
bright-colored feathers together until they became 
a YELLOW- BROWN color. He took a DARK-
BROWN crayon and covered the head and tail 
with DARK-BROWN fur. "PEEP PEEP!" he 
shouted. "Now it is right."
He looked at it some more.
"LION is such a lovely name" he thought. "I 
must ask another artist about LION." He took 
his drawing to an artist in the sixth row.
"TELL ME IN ONE WORD WHAT IS 
WRONG WITH THE LION."
The artist looked at the BIG FAT BRIGHT 
ALL-FUR animal and said
"COLOR."
Artist Foreman was rather happy to hear this.
It was right for a tiny animal to be all in bright 
colors but wrong for a bigger animal.]]
He took his thumb and pushed it down hard
on the drawing of LION. He rubbed it until the]]
body and legs were all yellow-brown.
"Peep Peep!" he shouted.]]
He looked at it some more.
"The next artist will surely tell me that LION 
is right" he said to himself. He took the drawing 
to an artist in the seventh row and said "TELL
ME IN ONE WORD WHAT IS WRONG WITH 
THE LION."
The artist looked quickly at the BiG FAT 
YELLOW- BROWN ALL-FUR animal and said
"LEGS."
This made Artist Foreman angry. "I have given 
LiON four legs" he thought. "That's USUALLY 
right for furry animals!"
He looked at it some more.
"Well maybe the legs are a little thin for such 
a fine fat animal." He made them stronger. 
"There now PEEP PEEP!" he said. "I'll ask one 
more artist though this time LION is right."
He took the drawing to an artist in the eighth 
row and said "TELL ME IN ONE WORD WHAT 
IS WRONG WITH THE LION."]] 
The artist whose turn it was looked at the BIG
FAT YELLOW- BROWN ALL-FUR STRONG
LEGGED animal and said
"HAIRCUT."
Artist Foreman didn't like this at all. He took 
the drawing back to his table. He was now VERY 
angry! "PEEP PEEP!" he shouted. He looked at 
it some more.]] 
"Well maybe the fur is too shaggy for such a 
GREAT animal." He took an eraser and rubbed 
some of it away. He rubbed it off around the body.
He rubbed it off around the legs. He rubbed fur off 
part of the tail. He didn't dare touch the head or the 
tip of the tail because he was afraid the feathers 
and the fish tail might show through.
"LION is now beautiful." He sighed. "BEAUTIFUL!" 
he shouted. "I am sure LION is right."
He looked at it some more.
"I KNOW LION IS RIGHT PEEP PEEP!"
He ran with his drawing to an artist in the 
ninth row and said "TELL ME IN ONE WORD W
HAT IS WRONG WITH THE LION."
The artist looked at the BIG THIN WELL
TRIMMED YELLOW-BROWN ALL-FUR 
STRONG-LEGGED animal with the BUSHY MANE
and the TASSELED TAIL. He looked at it closely 
and from far away. He looked at it upside down. 
He looked at it sideways.]]
He looked at it through little holes he made 
with his fists.
He finally looked up at Artist Foreman smiled a
nd said
"NOTHING!"
"AHA!" shouted Artist Foreman "I KNEW 
IT!" He tried another artist. "TELL ME IN ONE 
WORD WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE LION."
"NOTHING!"
He tried another artist.
"NOTHING!"
Jumping with joy and laughing and shouting 
Artist Foreman hurried off with his drawing to see 
his boss who was the Chief Designer. He flew 
through the great windows.
"Yes Foreman?"
"Oh Sir" said Artist Foreman "please please 
TELL ME IN ONE WORD-I mean excuse me- 
I have made up an animal.]] 
"Its name is LION. I bring it to you."
"LION is a nice name" said the Chief Designer.
"Let us look at LION. LION is handsome. LION
is well drawn.
"I will make two LIONS Foreman and send 
them at once to Planet Earth. I wouldn't be 
surprised if LION were welcomed there as THE KING 
OF BEASTS. What sort of noise does LION make? 
Does LION roar like THUNDER?"
"LION goes 'PEEP PEEP'" said Artist Foreman. 
"I mean NO! You are right. LION ROARS 
LIKE THUNDER! Thank you Sir. You are too 
kind TOO KIND!"
"Good day Foreman."
Artist Foreman bowed his head turned quickly 
and flew back to THE DRAWING ROOM. He 
sat down on his silver stool behind his white 
wooden table. He looked at the heavenly view 
through the crystal windows. He was feeling VERY 
HAPPY. He smiled leaned back and
ROARED LIKE A LION!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Some Long/Complex

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Inferences: Some implications

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Designs

Lions

Drawing

*Animals

Artists

Inventions/Inventors

*Arts & Crafts

Low Frequency Words

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medal	meows	ninth	pure	seventh
shaggy	sided	sideways	surely	tasseled
tweets	universe	whistles	wows