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The Cow That Went Oink

RDQ:	166	Max Word/Sent	22	Total Words	289		Diff Words	90
Lex	210	Ave Word/.Sent	9	Hi Freq occurs	148	51.2%	Hi freq	31	34.4%
AR	1.7	Long Sentences	3.2	Low Freq occurs	1	0.3%	Low freq	1	1.1%

There was once a cow that went oink.
Oink The cows that went Moo laughed at the cow that went oink. Oink? Moo-ha. And the other animals on the farm laughed at her too. Hee-Haw-Ha-Gobble Cock-a-doodle-tweet-quack-cheep nanny baa squeak meow The cow that went oink was very sad. One day she heard a friendly moo. It was a pig that went moo. What a surprise.The pigs that went oink laughed at the pig that went moo. oink And the other animals laughed at her too. The pig that went Moo was very sad. The cow that went oink had an idea. She would teach the pig to oink. Oink Moo So the cow that went oink made a loud oink while the pig that went moo listened carefully. Then the pig that went moo tried to go oink. The horse the donkey and the sheep thought this was very funny. But the pig that went moo didn't listen to them. She listened to the cow. And the pig that went Mooo tried again...and again...and again...until he finally went oink. The pig could oink. Now she would teach the cow to moo. The cow that went oink tried to go moo. The rooster the turkey and the duck laughed and laughed. But the cow didn't listen to them. She listened to the pig. And the cow that went oink tried again...and again...and again...until the cow that oink finally went moo. The cow and the pig were very happy. Each of them could moo and oink. And they were the only animals on the farm that could do both. So they had the last laugh.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Unconventional format

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Concept: Fanciful

Features

Topic

Talking

Teacher/Teaching

Learning

Language

*Animals

Low Frequency Words