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The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat

RDQ:	143	Max Word/Sent	29	Total Words	557		Diff Words	133
Lex	180	Ave Word/.Sent	6	Hi Freq occurs	341	61.2%	Hi freq	61	45.9%
AR	1.6	Long Sentences	2.4	Low Freq occurs	0	0%	Low freq	0	0%

Wilma the witch has a crazy broom.  
It likes to fly around her room.]]  
She also has a fat cat 
and a pet rat.]]  
Wilma loves her pet rat.  
She calls the rat 
""my little brat.""]]  
The rat hates the cat.  
The cat does not care.  
The cat, who is fat,
just lies in the vat 
and stares at the rat.  
The rat hates that.]]  
One night, when Wilma was out, 
the fat cat got out of the vat.  
He went, pit-a-pat, 
and sat on the mat.]]  
""This is my mat!"" said the rat.  
""So what,"" said the cat.  
""So get off!"" said the rat.  
""No I won't,"" said the cat.  
""Then I will go and get my bat,"" 
said the rat.  
""It will get you off the mat.""  
""No it won't,"" said the cat.]]  
""This is the mat of the rat,"" 
said the bat.  
""So what,"" said the cat.  
""So get off!"" said the bat.  
""No I won't,"" said the cat.]]  
""Then I will go and get my hat,"" 
said the bat.  
""It will get you off the mat.""  
""No it won't,"" said the cat.]]  
""This is the mat of the rat,"" 
said the hat.  
""So what,"" said the cat.  
""So get off!"" said the hat.  
""No I won't."" said the cat.]]  
""I am a cat, and I am fat.  
No rat, no bat, no hat 
can move me.  
I shall sit on this mat 
for as long as I wish.""
""We shall see,"" said the hat.]]  
""Look what we have,"" said the hat.  
""Big deal, a dish,"" said the cat.  
""A dish and what else?"" asked the hat.  
""Mmmm a fish!"" said the cat.  
""A fish on a dish,"" said the hat.  
""For me?"" asked the cat.  
""Yes for you,"" said the hat.]]  
""Bring it closer,"" said the cat.  
""Come and get it,"" said the hat.]] 
""You think I am stupid,"" 
said the cat.  
""You want to get me off the mat.  
I won't get off, and that is that!""]]  
Rat-a-tat]]
""What was that?"" asked the bat.  
""I don't know,"" said the hat.  
Rat-a-tat
""It sounds like a rat with a tat,"" 
said the cat.]]  
""It is not me,"" said the rat.  
""What is a tat?"" asked the bat.  
""I don't know,"" said the hat.  
""Look!  The broom!"" cried the bat.]]  
The broom flew into the room.  
It zoomed over the mat, 
over the cat,]] 
over the hat and the bat 
and Wilma's pet rat.
The fish flew off the dish.]]  
It landed on the hat, 
which landed on the bat, 
who landed on the rat, 
who landed on the cat, 
lying flat on the mat.]]  
""Get off!"" said the cat.  
""No he won't"" said the hat 
and the bat and the rat.  
The fish said nothing.]]  
Wilma came home.  
She looked at the room.  
She picked up the broom.  
Then she asked, 
""Why is the fish out of the dish?""]]  
""Because of the cat,"" said the rat.  
""The fat cat sat on my mat!""]]  
""My dear brat,"" said Wilma, 
""what makes you think 
this is YOUR mat?""]]  
The fat cat smiled.]]  
The fat cat got up 
and stretched.  
Off flew the rat, the bat, 
and the hat.]]  
He ate the fish, 
licked the dish 
nd went back to 
lie down in the vat.]]  
""Thank goodness!"" 
said the mat.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

Cats

Mice

Fighting

*Animals

Low Frequency Words