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The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

RDQ:	662	Max Word/Sent	27	Total Words	1268		Diff Words	325
Lex	670	Ave Word/.Sent	13	Hi Freq occurs	835	65.9%	Hi freq	118	36.3%
AR	3.1	Long Sentences	18.8	Low Freq occurs	61	4.8%	Low freq	41	12.6%

Once upon a time, there were three cuddly little wolves with soft fur and fluffy tails who lived with their mother. The first was black, the second was grey, and the third was white. 
One day the mother called the three little wolves around her and said, "My children, it is time for you to go out into the world. Go and build a house for yourselves. But beware of the big bad pig."
"Don't worry, Mother, we will watch out for him." said the three little wolves, and they set off.]]
Soon they met a kangaroo who was pushing a
wheelbarrow full of red and yellow bricks.
"Please, will you give us some
of your bricks?" asked
the three little wolves.
"Certainly," said the kangaroo, and she gave them
lots of red and yellow bricks.
So the three little wolves built themselves a
house of bricks.]]
The very next day the big bad pig came
prowling down the road and saw
the house of bricks that the
little wolves had built.
The three little wolves were
playing croquet in the garden.
When they saw the big bad pig coming,
they ran inside the house and locked the door.]]
The pig knocked on the door and grunted,
"Little wolves, little wolves, let me come in!"
"No, no, no," said the three little wolves. "By the
hair on our chinny-chin-chins, we will not let you
in, not for all the tea leaves in our China teapot!"]]
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and
I'll blow your house down!"
said the pig.
So he huffed and he puffed
and he puffed and he
huffed, but the house didn't
fall down.]]
But the pig wasn't called big and bad for nothing.
He went and fetched his sledgehammer, and he
knocked the house down.]]
The three little wolves
only just managed to escape before the bricks
crumbled, and they were very frightened indeed.]]
"We shall have to build a stronger house," they said.
Just then they saw a beaver who was mixing
concrete in a concrete mixer.
"Please, will you give us some of your concrete?"
asked the three little wolves.]]
certainly," said the beaver,
and he gave them buckets
and buckets full of messy,
slurry concrete.
So the three little wolves
built themselves a
house of concrete.]]
No sooner had they finished than the big bad pig
came prowling down the road and saw the house of
concrete that the little wolves had built.
They were playing battledore and shuttlecock in
the garden, and when they saw the big bad pig
coming, they ran inside their house and shut the
door.
The pig rang the bell and said, "Little frightened
wolves, let me come in!"
"No, no, no," said the three little wolves. "By the
hair on our chinny-chin-chins, we will not let you
in, not for all the tea leaves in our china teapot."
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your
house down!" said the pig.
So he huffed and he puffed and he puffed and he
huffed, but the house didn't fall down.]]
But the pig wasn't called big and bad for nothing. He went and fetched his pneumatic drill and smashed the house down.]]
The three little wolves managed to escape, but their chinny chin chins were trembling and trembling and trembling.]]
"We shall build an even stronger house," they said,
because they were very determined. Just then
they saw a truck coming along the road carrying
barbed wire, iron bars, armor plates, and heavy
metal padlocks.
"Please, will you give us some of your barbed
wire, a few iron bars and armor plates, and some
heavy metal padlocks?" they said to the rhinoceros
who was driving the truck.
"Sure," said the rhinoceros, and he gave them
plenty of barbed wire, iron bars, armor plates, and
heavy metal padlocks. He also gave them some
Plexiglas and some reinforced steel chains, because
he was a generous and kindhearted rhinoceros.
So the three little wolves built themselves an
extremely strong house. It was the strongest,
securest house one could possibly imagine. They felt
absolutely safe.]]
The next day the big bad pig came prowling along
the road as usual. The three little wolves were playing
hopscotch in the garden. When they saw the big bad
pig coming, they ran inside their house, bolted the
door, and locked all the thirty-seven padlocks.
The pig dialed the video entrance phone and said,
"Little frightened wolves with the trembling chins,
let me come in!"]]
No, no, no!" said the little wolves.
By the hair on our chinny-chin-chins,
we will not let you in, not for all the
tea leaves in our china teapot."
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and
I'll blow your house down!"
said the pig.
So he huffed and he puffed
and he puffed and he 
huffed, but the house 
didn't fall down. 
But the pig wasn't
called big and bad for
nothing. He brought
some dynamite, laid it
against the house,
lit the fuse, and ]]
the house blew up.]]
The three little wolves just managed to escape with their fluffy tails scorched.]]
"Something must be wrong with our building
materials," they said. "We have to try something
different. But what?"
At that moment they saw a flamingo coming along
pushing a wheelbarrow full of flowers.
"Please, will you give us some flowers?"
asked the little wolves.
"With pleasure," said the flamingo, and he gave
them lots of flowers. So the
three little wolves built themselves a house of flowers.]]
One wall was of marigolds, one of daffodils, one of
pink roses, and one of cherry blossoms. The ceiling
was made of sunflowers, and the floor was a carpet
of daisies. They had water lilies in their bathtub,
and buttercups in their refrigerator. It was a rather
fragile house and it swayed in the wind, but it was
very beautiful.
Next day the big bad pig came prowling down the
road and saw the house of flowers that the three
little wolves had built.]]
He rang the bluebell at the door and said, "Little
frightened wolves with the trembling chins and the
scorched tails, let me come in!"
"No, no, no," said the three little wolves. "By the
hair on our chinny-chin-chins, we will not let you
in, not for all the tea leaves in our china teapot!"
"Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your
house down!" said the pig.]]
But as he took a deep breath, ready to huff and puff, he smelled the soft scent of the flowers. It was fantastic. And because the scent was so lovely, the pig took another breath and then another. Instead of huffing and buffing, he began to sniff.
He sniffed deeper and deeper until he was quite filled with the fragrant scent. His heart grew tender, and he realized how horrible he had been. Right then he decided to become a big good pig. He started to sing and to dance the tarantella.]]
At first the three little wolves were a bit worried.
It might be a trick. But soon they realized that the
pig had truly changed, so they came running out of
the house.
They started playing games with him.]]
First they played pig pog and then piggy in the middle, and when they were all tired, they invited him into the house.]]
They offered him tea and strawberries and wolfberries, and asked him to stay with them as long as he wanted. The pig accepted and they all lived happily together ever after.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Little support

Dialog: Two speakers

Dialog: Broken dialogue

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Many descriptive words

Sentences: Some Long/Complex

Text structure: Story/Poem

Features

Simple Plot

Parody

Storybook Language

Topic

Changes

Bullies

Wolves

*Animals

Behaviors

Low Frequency Words

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croquet	daffodils	daisies	determined	dialed
extremely	fetched	flamingo	fragile	fragrant
fuse	generous	grey	grunted	hopscotch
kindhearted	lilies	marigolds	materials	padlocks
pleasure	pneumatic	prowling	refrigerator	scent
scorched	securest	shuttlecock	sledgehammer	slurry
sunflowers	tarantella	truly	wheelbarrow	wolfberries
yourselves