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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

RDQ:	255	Max Word/Sent	25	Total Words	402		Diff Words	147
Lex	510	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	161	40%	Hi freq	57	38.8%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	1.6	Low Freq occurs	15	3.7%	Low freq	7	4.8%

Farmer Brown has a problem.
His cows like to type. 
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
Clickety, clack, moo.]]
At first, he couldn't believe his ears.
Cows that type?
Impossible.
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
Clickety, clack, moo.]]
Then he couldn't believe his
eyes.]]
Dear Farmer Brown,
The barn is very cold
at night.
We'd like some electric
blankets.
Sincerely,
The Cows]]
It was bad enough the cows had
found the old typewriter in the 
barn, now they wanted electric
blankets! ""No way,"" said Farmer
Brown. ""No electric blankets.""
So the cows went on strike.
They left a note on the
barn door.]]
Sorry.
We're closed.
No milk 
today.]]
""No mile today!"" cried Farmer
Brown. In the background, he
heard the cows busy at work:]]
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
Clickety, clack, moo.]]
The next day, he got another 
note:
Dear Farmer Brown,
The hens are cold too.
They'd like electric
blankets.
Sincerely,
The Cows]]
The cows were growing impatient
with the farmer. They left a new
note on the barn door.
Closed. No milk.
No eggs.]]
""No eggs!"" cried Farmer Brown.
In the background he heard 
them.
Click, clack, moo.
Click, clack, moo.
Clickety, clack, moo.]]
""Cows that type. Hens on strike!
Whoever heard of such a thing?
How can I run a farm with no milk
and no eggs!"" Farmer Brown was 
furious.]]
Farmer Brown got out his own
typewriter.
Dear Cows and Hens:
There will be no electric blankets.
You are cows and hens.
I demand milk and eggs.
Sincerely,
Farmer Brown]]
Duck was neutral party, so he
brought the ultimatum to the 
cows.]]
The cows held an emergency
meeting. All the animals gathered
around the barn to snoop, but non 
of them could understand Moo.
All night long, Farmer
Brown waited for an
answer.]]
Duck knocked on the door early
the next morning. He handed 
Farmer Brown a note:]]
Dear Farmer Brown,
We will exchange our typewriter
for electric blankets.
Leave them outside the barn door
and we will send Duck over
with the typewriter.
Sincerely,
The cows]]
Farmer Brown decided this was
a good deal. He left the blankets]]
next to the barn door and waited for
Duck to come with the typewriter.]]
The next morning he got a note:
Dear Farmer Brown,
The pond is quite boring.
We'd like a diving board.
Sincerely,
The ducks
Click, clack, quack.
Click, clack, quack.
Clickety, clack, quack.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Simple problem/solution

Topic

Writing

Trading/Swapping

Letters (mail)

*Animals

Fair play/Fairness

Animals: Farm

Machines

Low Frequency Words

emergency	furious	impatient	neutral	sincerely
typewriter	ultimatum