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The Very Lonely Firefly

RDQ:	211	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	271		Diff Words	99
Lex	470	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	132	48.7%	Hi freq	30	30.3%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	8	3%	Low freq	8	8.1%

As the sun set a little firefly was born.
 It stretched its wings and flew off into the darkening sky. 
It was a lonely firefly and it flashed its light searching for other fireflies. 
The firefly saw a light and flew toward it. 
But it was not another firefly. It was a lightbulb lighting up the night. 
Hear that noise? 
The firefly saw a light and flew toward it. 
But it was not another firefly. It was a candle flickering in the night. 
What's going on? The firefly saw a light and flew toward it. 
But it was not another firefly. It was a flashlight shining in the night. 
Quiet out there! 
The firefly saw a light and flew toward it. 
But it was not another firefly. It was a lantern glowing in the night. 
What is it? 
Hey! Stop fighting! 
The firefly saw several lights and flew toward them. 
But they were not other fireflies. There was a dog and ... Bow wow a cat and  meow hiss an owl their eyes reflecting the lights. Hoot. 
The firefly saw a light and flew toward it. 
But it was not another firefly. It was a car's headlights flooding the night. 
Look! Wow! It's beautiful! The firefly saw many lights and flew toward them. 
But they were not other fireflies. They were fireworks sparkling and glittering and shimmering in the night. 
When all was quiet the firefly flew through the night flashing its light looking and searching again. 
Then the very lonely firefly saw what it had been looking for...
A group of fireflies flashing their lights. Now the firefly wasn't lonely anymore.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Appearances

Searching/Hunting

Light

Insects

*Feelings, Behaviors

Night

Low Frequency Words

flickering	headlights	lantern	lightbulb	lighting
reflecting	shimmering	sparkling