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Little Bunny's Sleepless Night

RDQ:	243	Max Word/Sent	21	Total Words	624		Diff Words	219
Lex	500	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	374	59.9%	Hi freq	95	43.4%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	1.2	Low Freq occurs	14	2.2%	Low freq	11	5%

Little Bunny had not brothers or sisters.
He had his very own room with his very own bed.]]
But sometimes he got lonely - so lonely that he couldn't fall asleep.
One night he thought: What I need is the company of a good friend.]]
So he hopped next door to his good friend Squirrel.
"May I sleep here tonight?"]]
"Of course" said Squirrel as he welcomed him in.
Tucked all snug in bed next to Squirrel Little Bunny thought how lucky he was not to be alone.
"Good night Squirrel" said Little Bunny.
"Good night Little Bunny" answered his friend.]]
Falling asleep was easy but staying asleep was not. Little Bunny was soon awakened by crunch crunch crunch.
"What's that noise?" he asked as he sat up in bed.
"It's just me cracking acorns" said Squirrel. "I always have a little snack in the middle of the night."
"Well thanks for having me but I can't sleep with all that noise!"]]
So Little Bunny left and hopped some more until he reached his good friend Skunk.
"May I sleep here tonight?"
"Yes! Yes! A hundred times yes!" shouted Skunk. "No one has ever asked to sleep over before!"
Afraid Little Bunny might change his mind Skunk quickly pulled him inside.
"This is fun" Skunk said as they got into their beds.
Shortly after they fell asleep . . . but not for long.]]
Little Bunny was soon awakened by a terrible smell.
"What smells?" he asked as he jumped up.
"I'm afraid I do" said Skunk. "I forgot someone else was in my room. I got scared and sprayed."
"Well thanks for having me but I can't sleep with that smell!"]]
So Little Bunny left and hopped some more until he reached his good friend Porcupine.
"May I sleep here tonight?"
"Certainly" said Porcupine. "You take my bed and I'll sleep on the floor."
"Yippee!" shouted Little Bunny as he climbed into Porcupine's bed and bounced around with excitement.
"Ouch!" he screamed. "What do you have in here?"
"It's just my quills" said Porcupine. "I lose some every now and then."
"Well thanks for having me but I can't sleep with those prickles."]]
So Little Bunny left and hopped some more until he reached his good friend Bear.
"May I sleep here tonight?"
"Why sure make yourself at home"said Bear.
By now Little Bunny was so tired he just curled up on the floor and went right to sleep.]]
But very soon after Little Bunny was wakened by a loud rumbling noise.
Oh no it's thundering! he thought.
But it wasn't thundering at all. His friend Bear was snoring!
"Well I can't sleep with that snoring!" said Little Bunny.]]
So he left and hopped some more until he reached his good friend Owl.
"May I sleep here tonight?"
"Why yes if you want to" said Owl. "Just follow me."]]
An exhausted Little Bunny went right to sleep but he was soon wakened by a bright light shining in his eyes.
"Put the light out!" he shouted.
"I can't" said Owl. "I stay up reading every night. That's how I got to be so wise."
"Well since you're so wise could you please tell me how I'm ever going to get some sleep?"
"That's easy" said Owl. "Just go back home where you belong."]]
Little Bunny took his wise friend's advice. Too tired to hop he dragged himself home.
His bed never looked so good to him before.]]
He jumped right in.
"How wonderful!" he said to himself as he snuggled down. "No  crunching noise no terrible smell no prickly quills no snoring and no bright lights. Just me by myself and peace and quiet. Now I can fall asleep!"]]
And that's just what Little Bunny did!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Features

Topic

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

advice	awakened	curled	exhausted	peace
porcupine's	prickles	prickly	shortly	thundering
wakened