Text Leveling System

Two Crazy Pigs

RDQ:	235	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	299		Diff Words	128
Lex	490	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	145	48.5%	Hi freq	45	35.2%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	1	0.3%	Low freq	1	0.8%

We are two crazy pigs. We lived on the Fenster farm. We tickled the hens while they were laying eggs. ""Stop that, you crazy pigs,"" yelled Mr. Fenster. We tied the cows' tails together while they were giving milk. ""Stop that, you crazy pigs,"" yelled Mrs. Fenster. Instead of rolling in the mud, we threw it at each other. ""Stop that you crazy pigs!"" yelled Mr. and Mrs. Fenster. Oops! ""Pack you bags and leave!"" yelled Mr. and Mrs. Fenster. All the animals cried, ""We'll miss you, crazy pigs!"" We went down the road to Mr. and mrs. Henhawk's farm. ""Do you have room here for two crazy pigs?"" we asked. Mr. Henhawk made us a new pigpen. He laughed when we dipped the sheep's tail in ink. Mrs. Henhawk let us make mud pies in her stove. One day the Fensters' cow, Shirley, came to visit. ""Will you come back to the far?"" Shirley asked. ""The hens are not laying eggs. The cows have stopped giving milk."" ""No,"" we said. ""Mr. and Mrs Henhawk love us for who we are - crazy pigs."" We pulled Shirley's tail and said good-bye. Then she went back to the Fenster Farm. One week later, all of the Fensters' animals came to the Henhawk farm. Shirley spoke. ""The fensters have moved to the city. Do you have room for us here?"" Mr. and Mrs. Henhawk asked all the animals to live on their farm. We are very happy to have our friends back. We rubbed everybody's faces in mud. We jumped on the Henhawks' feather bed for two hours. We were so happy! ""Let's visit the Fensters in the city for old time's sake,"" we said. ""Are you kidding?"" asked Shirley. ""Are you sure?"" asked Mr. Henhawk. ""No,"" we said, ""we're crazy!""

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Little support

Dialog: Multiple speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Concept: Fanciful

Features

First Person

Topic

Actions

Teasing

Tricks

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

sake