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Where does the butterfly go when it rains

RDQ:	181	Max Word/Sent	20	Total Words	294		Diff Words	120
Lex	300	Ave Word/.Sent	7	Hi Freq occurs	159	54.1%	Hi freq	45	37.5%
AR	1.8	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	2	0.7%	Low freq	2	1.7%

Rain, rain, rain, rain. Where does the butterfly go when it rains.]]
And the mole and the bee and the bird in the tree 
where do they go when it rains?
A mole can stay in his hole.]]
A bee can fly back to her hive.]]
I've heard that a bird tucks its head under its wing.
But where does the butterfly go when it rains?]]
I know that my cat goes scat under the porch. I've seen him do that when it rains.]]
A snake, I suppose, can slide between rocks.]]
A grasshopper can hide in tall grass.]]
A rabbit can dash whoosh into a bush.
But where does the butterfly go when it rains?]]
The cows I see in the field just stand in the rain and get wet.
They eat and get wet and eat and get wetter. Don't cows mind the rain?]]
I know a duck doesn't mind the rain. Someone told me.
A duck's feathers are oily and slick, so the rain doesn't stick. Water slides off a duck's back. Quack. Quack.]]
But what about minnows and how about trout? Where do fish go when it rains? 
Pooh! That's silly. It doesn't rain under water.]]
What does a turtle do in the rain?
If I were a turtle with a shell over me, I would know what to do in the rain. Wouldn't you?]]
As soon as the rain stops raining so hard, I'll go quietly up to a tree. And maybe I'll find a bird in the tree, and I'll see what it does in the rain.
Maybe I'll find a butterfly, too. Then I'll know what it does when it rains.]]
But where can I look? I've never seen a butterfly out in the rain. Have you?]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Little support

Vocabulary: Easy

Language: Simple language

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Oral/Natural

Features

First Person

Topic

*Weather

Questions

Nature

*Animals

Rain

Low Frequency Words

minnows

trout