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If You Give a Moose a Muffin

RDQ:	225	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	306		Diff Words	126
Lex	480	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	157	51.3%	Hi freq	40	31.7%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	7	2.3%	Low freq	5	4%

If you give a moose a muffin ]]
he'll want some jam to go with it. ]]
So you'll bring out some of your 
mother's homemade blackberry jam. ]]
When he's finished eating 
the muffin he'll want another. 
And another. ]]
And another. 
When they're all gone 
he'll ask you to make more. ]]
You'll have to go to the store 
to get some muffin mix. 
He'll want to go with you. ]]
When he opens the door and feels how chilly it is 
he'll ask to borrow a sweater. ]]
When he puts the sweater on 
he'll notice one of the buttons 
is loose. 
He'll ask for a needle and thread. ]]
He'll start sewing. 
The button will remind him of the 
puppets his grandmother 
used to make. ]]
So he'll ask for some old socks. ]]
He'll make sock puppets. ]]
When they're done he'll want to 
put on a puppet show. ]]
He'll need some cardboard 
and paints. ]]
Then he'll ask you to help make the scenery.]]
 When the scenery is finished he'll get behind the couch. 
But his antlers will stick out. 
So he'll ask for something to cover them up. ]]
You'll bring him a sheet from your bed. ]]
When he sees the sheet he'll remember 
he wants to be a ghost for Halloween. 
He'll try it on and shout ]]
"Boo!" 
It'll scare him 
so much he'll knock 
over the paints. ]]
So he'll use the sheet 
to clean up the mess. 
Then he'll ask for some soap to wash it out. ]]
He'll probably want to hang the sheet up to dry. ]]
He'll go outside to put it 
on the clothesline. ]]
When he's out in the yard he'll see
 your mother's blackberry bushes. ]]
Seeing the blackberries 
will remind him of 
her jam. ]]
He'll probably ask you for some. ]]
And chances are...]]
if you give him the jam ]]
he'll want a muffin 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

Puppets

Painting

Trying to please

*Animals

Food

Low Frequency Words

borrow

halloween

scenery

sweater

thread