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The Horse in Harry's Room

RDQ:	171	Max Word/Sent	19	Total Words	425		Diff Words	150
Lex	230	Ave Word/.Sent	8	Hi Freq occurs	243	57.2%	Hi freq	59	39.3%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	3	0.7%	Low freq	2	1.3%

harry had a horse in his room. nobody knew. he could ride him in a 
circle without knocking over the chair or the dresser. he could jump 
him over the bed without hitting his head on the ceiling. "oh, it's 
great to have a horse," said harry. "i hope i will always have him. i 
hope he will always stay." his mother looked into harry's room to see 
what he was doing . she did not see the horse. his father looked 
into harry's room to see what he was doing. he did not see the horse. 
"giddyyap," they heard him say when he wanted his horse to go. "whoa," 
they heard him say when he wanted his horse to stop. but they did not 
see a horse in harry's room. "let's take harry to the country." said 
father. "let's show him some real horses." harry did not care if he 
ever went to the country. he had his own horse in his room. every 
night when harry went to sleep, he knew his horse would stay and watch 
over him. every day when harry went to school, he knew his horse would 
wait for him to come home. one day the teacher said, "let us all tell 
about something today." one girl told about a dress she wore to a 
party. one boy told about a glove he used for baseball. "i have a 
horse in my room, " said harry. "i can ride him in a circle without 
knocking over the chair or the dresser. I can jump him over the bed 
without hitting my head on the ceiling . " the children laughed. " 
sometimes thinking about a thing as the same as having it," said the 
teacher. it was sunday. harry's mother and father took him for a 
drive. they rode out of the city. far out into the country. Harry saw 
cows and chickens and green grass. and he saw horses. " look at the horses, harry," said mother. harry saw horses running. harry saw horses kicking. harry saw horses nibbling. "horses should always be free to run and kick and nibble," said father. when they got home, harry ran right into his room."horses should always be free to run and kick and nibble," harry said to his horse. "if you want to go, you may go." harry's horse looked to the right. harry's horse looked to the left. then he stayed right where he was. "oh, i'm glad," said harry. and he knew he would have his horse as long as he wanted him.

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Simple

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Character traits

Simple problem/solution

Simple Plot

Topic

Freedom

Horses

Imagination

*Feelings, Behaviors

Pretend

Low Frequency Words

giddyyap

knocking