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Fox Be Nimble

RDQ:	220	Max Word/Sent	26	Total Words	816		Diff Words	293
Lex	480	Ave Word/.Sent	4	Hi Freq occurs	504	61.8%	Hi freq	134	45.7%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	1.2	Low Freq occurs	10	1.2%	Low freq	7	2.4%

Fox the Famous
Fox's mom was on the phone.
"Fox would love to help,"
said Mom.
"I'll send him right over."
"I won't do it," said Fox.
"Whatever it is.
I'm playing rock star."]]
"Mrs. Ling across the street needs
you to sit with her kids," said Mom.
"Why don't you do it?" said Fox.
"This is my quiet time," said Mom.
"Now hurry up."
"No," said Fox.
"And that is that."
"Oh really?" said Mom.]]
And Fox went across the street.
"How nice of you, Fox,"
said Mrs. Ling.
"Mom made me,"
said Fox.]]
Mrs. Ling got into her car.
"I do hope they behave," she said.
"I can handle them," said Fox.
"They're just kids."
Mrs. Ling drove off.]]
"Hot dog!" yelled the Ling kids.
And they went wild.
"Stop that!" cried Fox.
"Come down from there!" cried Fox.
"Quit it!" cried Fox.
"I don't have time for this!"
But the Ling kids would not quit.
They did just what they wanted.
Fox had to get tough.]]
"I'll tell your mom!" he said.
The Ling kids got very still.
"We'll be good," they said.
"Why don't you go play
in the backyard?" said Fox.]]
The kids liked that idea.
"May we play with our new balloons?"
they said.
"I don't see why not,"
said Fox.]]
Fox went back to playing rock star.
"The girls will love this," he said.]]
Suddenly he had an odd feeling.
The Ling kids were up to something.]]
Fox ran into the backyard.
"Come back here this minute!"
he cried.
"Bye-bye!" the Ling kids called out.]]
"Oh, no!" cried Fox.
"Their mom will kill me!
I'll have to catch them!"
He climbed the fence.]]
And he fell right into some mud,
tore his brand-new blue jeans,
tripped and stubbed his toe,
and ran smack into Mrs. O'Hara.]]
Then Fox got a bright idea.
He climbed up
to a very high place.
"I'll grab them when they float by,"
he said.
He tried not to look down.
Fox didn't like high places.]]
But the wind carried the Ling kids
right back home.
"What have you little darlings
been up to?" said Mrs. Ling.
"And just what have you done
with poor Fox?"]]
That night Fox's mom
turned on the TV.
"A fox was rescued from a high
place today," said the newscaster.
"Why that's you, Fox!" said Mom.
"Fox is famous!" cried little Louise.
"Oh, quit it!" said Fox.]]
Fox the Brave
Fox stepped on one of his skates
and went flying.
"Who left that there?" he cried.
And he landed with a bang.]]
Mom and Louise came running.
"I'm dying!" cried Fox.
"It's only a scratch," said Mom.
"Nothing to worry about."]]
"I can't look at all the blood!"
cried Fox.
"There's no blood," said Mom.
"Don't leave me!" cried Fox.
Mom and Louise put Fox to bed.]]
"Call Doctor Ed," said Fox.
"Before it's too late."
"Really, Fox," said Mom.
"You're making such a fuss."
Louise called Doctor Ed to come over.]]
Then she stepped on Fox's other skate,
bounced down the stairs,
flew right out the front door,
and ran smack into Mrs. O'Hara.]]
"Poor Louise must hurt all over,"
said Doctor Ed.
But Louise didn't cry.
She didn't complain.
Not even a peep.
"Very brave," said Doctor Ed.
"Very brave."
"Louise is tough," said Mom.]]
"Now then," said Doctor Ed.
"What's the matter with Fox?"
"Oh, it's just a scratch," said Fox.
"I don't like to make a fuss."
Mom didn't say a word.]]
Fox on Parade
"Fox is showing off!"
said Dexter.
"Quit it, Fox," said Mr. Sharp.
"We don't have time for this.
The big parade is next week."
And the band played on.
"Fox is showing off again!"
said Carmen.
"That does it!" said Mr. Sharp.]]
Fox was told to leave the band room.
"Come back when you have
changed your ways," said Mr. Sharp.
"But I like to show off,"
said Fox.]]
Fox sat in the school yard by himself.
"There are some things
you just can't change," he said.
"Look out! Look out!"
cried a voice.]]
Fox almost got hit.
"Oh, dear!" cried his friend Raisin.
"I'm so clumsy!"
"You should be more careful!"
said Fox crossly.]]
"I'm sorry," said Raisin.
"I'm just not good at this."
"It looks easy to me," said Fox.
"Oh really?" said Raisin.
"Then you try it."]]
Fox gave the baton a twirl.
And he dropped it on his toe.
"Ouch!" he yelled.
"This is harder than it looks."
But soon he got the hang of it
and he got better and better.
Raisin couldn't believe her eyes.
"Wow!" said Dexter.
"Will you look at that!"
"Fox," said Mr. Sharp.
"May I speak to you a moment?"
"What now?" said Fox.]]
On the day of the big parade ]]
the band was great.]]
Fox could show off
to his heart's content.
And the crowd went wild.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Dialog: Unlabeled Speaker

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Table of Contents

Chapters

Features

Character traits

Topic

Accidents

Babysitters

Behaviors

*Feelings, Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

baton	content	jeans	newscaster	raisin
rescued	stubbed