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Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?

RDQ:	260	Max Word/Sent	26	Total Words	380		Diff Words	187
Lex	520	Ave Word/.Sent	10	Hi Freq occurs	233	61.3%	Hi freq	59	31.6%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	2.7	Low Freq occurs	14	3.7%	Low freq	12	6.4%

Who wants a cheap rhinoceros? 
I know of one for sale 
With floppy ears and cloppy feet 
and friendly waggy tail. 
He's sweet and fat and huggable. 
He's quiet as a mouse. 
And there are lots of things that he 
Can do around your house. 
For instance...You can use him for a coat hanger. 
He is a terrific back scratcher. 
And he makes a lovely lamp. 
He will eat bad report cards before your parents see them. 
But he is not too great at opening doors. 
He makes a good bloody ferocious pirate.
He can open beer cans for your uncle. 
And on Sunday you can read him the comics. 
He will be glad to turn a jump rope...if he gets his turn. He's not too careful about watching where he walks. But he's very handy for collecting extra allowance from your father. He makes an unsinkable battleship. But he is not too interested in taking his bath. It is very comfortable when you sit on his lap but not too comfortable when he sits on your lap. He is terrific at helping your grandmother make donuts. He is good for not letting you mother hit you when you haven't really done anything bad. He is very nice about crawling into bed with you on cold winter nights and he is pretty good at tiptoeing downstairs for a midnight snack. And he'll gladly eat scraps from the table. He is terrific at being Ben and Charlie two desperate crooks. And he loves to surprise you. He will be glad to help your aunt knit a sweater. Especially if it is for him. He is careful about not leaving rhinoceros tracks around the house. He is fun to take care of when he is sick. And he is great for plowing your field if you are a farmer. He is hard to build a house for. But he is lots of fun at the beach because he is great at imitating a shark. He is wonderful for playing records if you have no phonograph. And on Halloween you can dress him up like a girl - but he won't like it. He loves to play hide and seek. He is good for yelling at. And he is easy to love.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Innovation

*Animals

Pets

Relationships

Low Frequency Words

allowance	crawling	ferocious	halloween	imitating
instance	knit	phonograph	sweater	terrific
tiptoeing	unsinkable