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That's Good! That's Bad!

RDQ:	261	Max Word/Sent	22	Total Words	482		Diff Words	193
Lex	520	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	272	56.4%	Hi freq	56	29%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	1.5	Low Freq occurs	10	2.1%	Low freq	10	5.2%

One day a little boy went to the zoo with his mother
and father. They bought him a shiny red balloon.]]
It lifted him high up into the sky, Wow!]]
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad.]]
The balloon drifted fore miles and miles until it came
to a hot, steamy jungle.  It broke on the branch of a
tall, prickly tree, Pop!]]
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good!]]
The little boy fell into a muddy river, Splat!
He climbed up onto a roly-poly hippopotamus
and rode to shore, Giddyap!
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad!]]
Ten noisy baboons were squabbling in the grass 
by the river.  They chased the little boy up in a tree
until he was out of breath, Pant, Pant!]]
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good!]]
The baboons wanted to play
vine-swing with the little boy,
What fun! The little boy
grabbed a vine and swung out 
of their reach, Wheeee!]]
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad!]]
The fine was a big, scary snake that wiggled and
jiggled and hissed, SSSS!]]
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good.]]
The little boy lost his grip, Whoops! and
landed on the back of a giraffe, Hooray!
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad!]]
The giraffe leaned over to drink
the swampy water, Glug! Glug!
The little boy slid down its neck and fell
into some quicksand next to an elephant, Slop!]]
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good!]]
The elephant grabbed the little boy with its trunk
and lifted him up, up, up onto its shoulders, Whoosh!]]
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad!]]
The elephant thumped bumpily along
to a grassy plain where it stopped 
to feed. The little boy climbed down
its trunk and woke up a daddy lion
snoring in the grass, ZZZZ!]]
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good!]]
When the lion saw the little boy, it purred, RRRR!
and licked the little boy's face, Slurp!]]
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad!]]
The little boy got all wet and sticky, Yuck! and ran 
deeper into the jungle. It was as dark as night, OOOO!
and the little boy was afraid. He sat down and started to
cry. Boo-hoo!]]
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good!]]
His tears made such a big puddle that a stork came along
to have a drink, Sip! It picked up the little boy
with it's beak, Whish!]]
Oh, that's good.
No, that's bad!]]
The stork flew the little boy across the dark, windy sky, 
Flap, Flap! The little boy thought he would never see his
parents again, Sob!
Oh, that's bad.
No, that's good!]]
The stork knew where it was going. It took the little
boy back to the zoo and dropped him into his parents' arms,
Plop! His mother and father were so happy to see him,
they gave him a big hug and a big kiss, Smack!
Oh, that's good.
No, that's Great!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Several repetitions of phrases or refrains

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Features

Onomatopoeia

Topic

Flight/Flying

*Animals

Adventures

Animals: Jungle

Low Frequency Words

bumpily	fore	giddyap	prickly	quicksand
slurp	squabbling	swampy	whish	whoops