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Too Many Puppies

RDQ:	207	Max Word/Sent	22	Total Words	480		Diff Words	184
Lex	470	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	273	56.9%	Hi freq	77	41.8%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	3.1	Low Freq occurs	2	0.4%	Low freq	2	1.1%

Millie is getting fat. 
She is having puppies. ]]
I can't wait. 
It won't be long. 
I can feel the puppies 
kicking in Millie's tummy. ]]
I can't wait to have 
so many puppies. 
Mommy says she has homes 
for all the puppies. 
We will only have them 
while they are small. 
I want to keep all the puppies. 
Mommy says that would be 
too many puppies. ]]
While I sleep one night, 
Millie has seven tiny puppies. 
They cannot even open their eyes. 
I've never seen puppies so small. 
I love, love, love these puppies. ]]
I tell Mommy I have to keep them all. 
Says Mommy, ""That would be 
too many puppies."" ]]
The puppies grow fast. 
They are fuzzier now. 
They are trying to open their eyes. 
The puppies are very 
hungry and sleepy. 
Milly is a good mommy. 
She feeds them and 
keeps them clean. ]]
I watch them all day because 
I'm keeping all the puppies. 
""No way,"" says Mommy. 
""That would be too many puppies."" ]]
Now the puppies 
are fluffy and fat. 
Their eyes are open. ]]
I give each puppy a name. 
There's Fatty, Floppy, 
Flower, Scaredy, Happy, 
Shiny, and George. 
They yip and yap. 
They roll and flop. ]]
Millie loves the puppies. 
I love the puppies. ]]
Mommy loves the puppies. 
I'm keeping all the puppies! ]]
Now these puppies are 
really big! I help feed 
them now so Milly can 
take a rest. ]]
I also have to clean up after them. 
They are too much work for Milly. 
I can tell Millie thinks 
maybe she has too many puppies! 
Not me! I don't mind helping. 
I am keeping all these puppies. ]]
Yikes, now these puppies bark loudly 
and they make a mess!
It seems as if I am always 
cleaning up after them. ]]
They are always hungry. 
Millie doesn't feed the puppies anymore. 
They are too big. 
It seems as if I'm feeding them 
every minute. ]]
These puppies are a lot of work. 
They all pile on top of me 
when I feed them 
or when I want to play 
with just one puppy. ]]
It's time to take the puppies to the vet. 
It takes a long time to get 
one, two, three, four, 
five six, seven puppies 
into the car. 
And then one, two, three, 
four, five, six, seven puppies 
into the vet's office, and 
back into the car, 
and back home. 
Mommy and Millie are right! 
We have too many puppies! ]]
Today the people came for their puppies. ]]
I give each person a perfect puppy. 
The people are happy 
and each puppy is happy 
to have its very own family 
to play with. 
There are a lot of 
puppy kisses today. ]]
At first I feel sad. ]]
Then I remember the day 
I got Milly. ]]
I hug her. 
I tell her, 
""Seven puppies were really, really, really fun. 
But, one puppy ... 
one grown-up, wonderful puppy ... 
is just right!""]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Simple

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Character traits

Character development

Topic

Dogs

Babies

*Animals

Birth

Numbers

Pets

Low Frequency Words

fuzzier

scaredy