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Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move

RDQ:	255	Max Word/Sent	26	Total Words	601		Diff Words	216
Lex	510	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	336	55.9%	Hi freq	100	46.3%
AR	2.1	Long Sentences	2.4	Low Freq occurs	12	2%	Low freq	8	3.7%

Henry and Henry's big dog Mudge
always like visits from Henry's
cousin Annie.
She was very careful about things,
like her frilly dresses and her shiny shoes.
But she was fun.]]
She liked Henry,
she liked Mudge,
and she could throw
a mean Frisbee.]]
So when Henry's mother
said one day that ANnie was 
moving, and that she was
moving next door to Henry,
Henry was thrilled.]]
""We have to help Annie move,""
Henry told Mudge.
""You know how careful she is,""
Henry said.  ""I bet she'll
be nervous.""
Henry imagined Annie packing
up her things.
""I bet she wraps those shiny
shoes a million times,""
Henry told Mudge.
Mudge wagged.]]
""And those frilly dresses
a zillion times,""
said Henry.
Mudge wagged again.]]
""Her house is probably
a mess right now,""
said Henry.
Mudge wagged and drooled
all over Henry's shoes.]]
""But not as much of a mess
as I am,"" said Henry,
looking down.]]
When Henry and Mudge and
Henry's parents
got to Annie's house
on moving day,
Uncle Ed was carrying boxes,
and Annie was breaking out.]]
""Hi, Annie,"" said Henry.
""You're all blotchy.""
""I know,"" said Annie.
""I break out when I'm nervous.""]]
""Are you nervous about
leaving friends?"" asked Henry.
Annie nodded.]]
""Are you nervous about
changing schools?"" asked Henry.
Annie nodded again.]]
""Are you nervous about all
your frilly dresses
and shiny shoes and
lace hankies being on that truck?""
asked Henry.
Annie nodded really hard.
Three new blotches came out
on her nose.]]
""Hmmm,"" said Henry.
""Do you know what I do when
I get nervous?""
""What?"" asked ANnie.
""I crawl under the covers
with Mudge,"" said Henry.
""Do you have
any covers left?""]]
""No."" Annie shook her head.
""They're all on the truck.""
""Hmmm,"" said Henry.
""There are some blankets
on the backseat of our 
car.  Do you want to use them?""]]
Annie nodded and smiled.
Henry opened the car door
and ANnie got under
the covers.
Mudge wagged and disappeared
under the covers, too.]]
Henry rolled down the windows
and closed the door.
""Good-bye, blotches!"" he called.
And he went to help Uncle Ed.]]
Annie and Mudge stayed under
the covers all morning long.
Henry brought them food.]]
He brought them drinks.]]
He even brought them
a moving man.]]
The moving man told Annie he
would be very careful with her
shoes and dresses and lace hankies.
A few of her blotches went away.]]
WHen the truck was loaded
everyone drove to Annie's 
new house: next door to Henry's house!]]
Then the movers started carrying
the boxes in.]]
Annie was still under the covers
in the car.
Henry peeked inside.
She was sleeping on a lace hanky
on Mudge's head.]]
When all of the boxes were
unloaded, the movers went away.
Then Henry woke up Annie, and
everyone went into the new house.]]
Annie held onto Mudge and
tried not to break out.]]
""Before we unpack,"" said
Henry's mother, ""we have to make
a new-house wish.  We'll wish
for something good for Annie
and Uncle Ed.  Something good
for them in their new house.""
Annie smiled.
""Great!"" said Henry.]]
Henry's father lit a candle.
""Everyone make a secret wish,""
he said, ""then Annie will blow
out the candle.""]]
One by one they wished.
Some wishes were bog.
Some were small.
Some looked like T-bone steak.
But they were all good wishes.]]
Annie blew out the candle.
""Welcome home, Cousin,"" said Henry.
""Welcome home, Annie,"" said
Henry's parents.]]
Mudge gave Annie a great big kiss.
And all of Annie's blotches
went away.]]
The next morning
Henry had breakfast 
at her house!]]

Subjective Criteria

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Inferences: Some implications

Complexity: Several ideas - closely related

Concepts: Concrete/Simple Social

Table of Contents

Bold/Italicized Words

Chapters

Headings

Sequence of Events: Chronological

Features

Character traits

Simple problem/solution

Clear cause/effect

Simple Plot

Topic

*Animals

Helping

Moving

*Family & Friends

Pets

Low Frequency Words

blotches	blotchy	drooled	frisbee	hankies
imagined	unloaded	zillion