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Bad, Bad Bunny Trouble

RDQ:	581	Max Word/Sent	40	Total Words	1015		Diff Words	417
Lex	660	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	640	63.1%	Hi freq	168	40.3%
AR	2.9	Long Sentences	7.3	Low Freq occurs	39	3.8%	Low freq	35	8.4%

Ralph was a bunny who love soccer more than
anything else in the whole wide world.  He could play
all day long, and  he never wanted to stop.
""Ralph, come inside now,"" his mother called.
""You have to do get dressed for your sister's 
birthday party.""
""Rats!""  said Ralph.
It was the last thing he wanted to do.]]
""Look how dirty you are!""  scolded his mother.
""Quick, go upstairs and change.  The guests 
will be here any minute.""
Ralph saw that his mother was putting the candles 
on the birthday cake for Liza.  She had also bought 
a coffee cake.  Ralph wondered how it tasted.]]
Ralph was still angry at having
to leave his soccer game.
""This party would be more fun 
if we could just play soccer instead 
of sing stupid songs,"" he grumbled.
""We'll probably plays stupid musical 
chairs or pin the stupid tail on the 
stupid donkey.""
Ralph took his time getting ready.
He was the last one to join the party.]]
After everyone saying ""Happy Birthday,"" 
Ralph's mother was ready to cut cakes.
Ralph said, ""I want a piece of coffee cake.""]]
""No, you can't have coffee cake,"" said his mother.
""It's for the grown-ups.  The birthday cake is 
for the children.""
""But I don't want birthday cake!  I want coffeecake!""  
Ralph cried and stomp his feet.
""No!""  His mother said again.
Ralph was so angry, he could not control himself.  
He did something awfully horrible.
""If I can't have it, then nobody can,"" he said
-and he spent on the cake!
That did it!  Now Ralph was in bad, bad trouble.]]
""Ralph, how could you!""  His mother gasped.
""Up to the attic this instant!  I'll deal with you later!""
Ralph's cheeks were burning as he stomped up to 
the attic.  But he really didn't mind.  The attic was 
the workshop where their rabbits decorated Easter eggs.
It was a nice big room, just perfect for working on 
his fancy footwork.]]
suddenly Ralph heard 
horrifying screams outside, and from the distance 
came the terrifying chant:]]
""Tasty bunnies, hop, hop, hot,
are delicious in the pot.
Simmered, boiled, or as a stew!
Watch out!  Here we come for you!""
Looking out the window, Ralph saw
three large, savage foxes.
Now everyone was in bad, bad trouble!]]
Downstairs there was great trembling 
and crying.  The rabbits locked the windows 
and bolted the doors.
Then they always down into the cellar, 
which was the safest place.
In all the commotion, 
everyone forgot about Ralph.]]
Ralph had to think fast.
He picked up a big basket of eggs
and threw them out the window.]]
When the attacking foxes came running, 
they slipped and slid and skidded and toppled 
and crashed into each other on the gooey mess 
of broken eggs.
The foxes were not ready for this.  Badly 
bruised and covered with slimy egg whites, 
they looked up and saw Ralph laughing 
in the attic window.  They whispered among 
themselves and then disappeared into 
the bushes.]]
Assumed the three foxes returned with a long, long ladder.
They started to climb up to the attic window.
But Ralph was prepared.  He had lined up all of the pails 
of Easter egg dye, and one by one he dumped 
them all over the foxes - first yellow,
then blue, then violet, and finally a big pail
of bright red dye.
This was too much for the foxes.
Grumbling, they slunk back 
into the bushes.
""Victory!""  cried Ralph,
and he kicked his soccer ball
across the room.]]
But in the next moment,
Ralph heard and felt heavy thumps.
Everything in the room started shaking.
Now what was happening?]]
The foxes were back!  And they 
were still trying to get in.
"" Thump!  Thump!  Thump!
We're coming through
To have a bunny barbecue.""
Ralph knew that now he needed
some help. He thought of Brutus, 
the bull, inside the barn. But the 
barn was so far away.
There's just one chance, he thought.]]
Ralph placed his soccer ball 
on the windowsill. This would be 
the most important kick he had 
ever made
Ralph gave it all he had.
The ball arced and soared
and disappeared into the
open window of the barn.
""Ha, Ha, Ha! You missed us!""
laughed the foxes and they gave 
the door at another big thump.]]
Inside the barn, the animals were enjoying 
their afternoon snooze when the ball sailed through 
the window.
It bounced off the rooster's tail.
""Yike-a-doodle-doo!"" he cried as the ball
headed for the hen.
""Squawk!"" cried the startled hand,
who accidentally laid an egg]]
  which dropped on pig and made
her little piglets squeal with laughter.
They giggled so hard that they 
knocked over the milk can.
Milk splashed all over 
the billy goat.]]
Shaking and trying to kick himself dry, 
the goat woke up the sheep and scared them so much
  they fell against the ladder, which toppled over
and knocked down the bales of hay
which fell on]]
Brutus the bull!
Brutus had a terrible temper
and he didn't like to have
his nap interrupted.
He broke through the pen 
and crashed out the barn door.
He was so mad that nothing 
could have stopped him.
There was only one thing 
Brutus hated more than being 
disturbed when he was napping:
the color red!
And that was precisely what 
he saw when he stormed 
out into the yard -]]
three fire engine red foxes!
Brutus galloped after them 
and made them howl and run 
for their lives.
Ralph knew that now the 
foxes were gone for good.
""Atta boy, Brutus!""
he called from the window.
""We did it!""]]
The danger was over. The rabbits climbed out of the cellar.
When they found what Ralph had done, they gave him 
a big cheer. Then the happy rabbits celebrated not only 
Liza's birthday but also their good fortune.
Liza told everybody, ""Ralph must be the greatest 
soccer player in the world area nobody else could have made 
a kick like that.""]]
After everyone had a piece of birthday cake, 
they all played a great game of soccer.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: More decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Story/Poem

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Character traits

Topic

Foxes

Danger

*Animals

Soccer

Low Frequency Words

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cellar	coffeecake	commotion	delicious	disturbed
easter	fortune	gooey	grumbling	horrifying
instant	interrupted	laughter	musical	napping
piglets	precisely	ralph's	rooster's	savage
skidded	slunk	soared	startled	terrifying
toppled	whites	windowsill	workshop	yike