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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

RDQ:	216	Max Word/Sent	21	Total Words	292		Diff Words	121
Lex	480	Ave Word/.Sent	11	Hi Freq occurs	143	49%	Hi freq	37	30.6%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	4	Low Freq occurs	5	1.7%	Low freq	4	3.3%

If you give a mouse a cookie 
he's going to ask for a glass of milk. When you give him the milk he'll probably ask you for a straw. When he's finished he'll ask for a napkin. Then he'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache. When he looks into the mirror he might notice his hair needs a trim. So he'll probably ask for a pair of nail scissors. When he's finished giving himself a trim he'll want a broom to sweep up. He'll start sweeping. He might get carried away and sweep every room in the house. He may even end up washing the floors as well! When he's done he'll probably want to take a nap. You'll have to fix up a little box for him with a blanket and a pillow. He'll crawl in make himself comfortable and fluff the pillow a few times. He'll probably ask you to read him a story. So you'll read to him from one of your books and he'll ask to see the pictures. When he looks at the pictures he'll get so excited he'll want to draw one of his own. He'll ask for paper and crayons. He'll draw a picture. When the picture is finished he'll want to sign his name with a pen. Then he'll want to hang his picture on your refrigerator. Which means he'll need Scotch tape. He'll hang up his drawing and stand back and look at it. Looking at the refrigerator will remind him that he's thirsty. So...he'll ask you for a glass of milk. And chances are if he asks for a glass of milk he's going to want a cookie to go with it.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Sharing

Attitudes

Trying to please

Mice

Drawing

Food

Helping

Low Frequency Words

mustache

refrigerator

scissors

scotch