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Turkey Trouble

RDQ:	203	Max Word/Sent	16	Total Words	434		Diff Words	154
Lex	460	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	188	43.3%	Hi freq	61	39.6%
AR	2.0	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	13	3%	Low freq	8	5.2%

Turkey was in trouble. Bad trouble. The kind of trouble where it's almost Thanksgiving and you're the main course. But Turkey had an idea.]]
What if he didn't look like a Turkey? What if he looked like a horse? Surely farmer Jake wouldn't eat a horse for Thanksgiving. His costume wasn't bad. In fact, Turkey looked just like a horse almost.]]
Moo said the cow. Stop horsing around, Turkey. How'd  you know it was me? moaned Turkey. Too short, said cow. Gobble, gobble, grumbled Turkey.]]
But looking at cow gave Turkey a new idea. Surely farmer Jake wouldn't eat a cow for Thanksgiving.]]
His costume wasn't bad. In fact, Turkey looked just like a cow almost.]]
Oink oink oink snorted pig. Holy cow! Is that you, Turkey? How'd you know it was me? Groomed Turkey. Too skinny said pig very good gobble, gobble, grumbled Turkey. ]]
But looking at pig gave Turkey a new idea. Surely farmer Jake wouldn't eat a pig for Thanksgiving.]]
His costume wasn't bad. In fact, Turkey looked just like a pig almost.]]
Baaa baaa Bleated sheep. Quit being a ham, Turkey. How'd  you know it was me? Wailed Turkey. Too clean, said sheep. Gobble, gobble, grumbled Turkey.]]
But looking at sheep gave Turkey a new idea. Surely farmer Jake wouldn't eat a sheep for Thanksgiving. ]]
His costume wasn't bad. In fact, Turkey looked just like a sheep almost.]]
Cock a doodle doo. Crowed rooster. Bad idea, Turkey. How'd you know it was me? howled Turkey. Two brown, squawked rooster. Gobble, gobble, grumbled Turkey.]]
But looking at rooster gave Turkey a new idea. In fact, it was his best idea yet. He already looked a lot like rooster. This costume would be easy. Surely farmer Jake wouldn't eat a rooster for Thanksgiving.]]
Or would he? Brewster might be his next choice, Turkey worried, since Roosters and turkeys look so much alike. Oh, gobble gobble.]]
Farmer Jake came into the barn. Turkey, Turkey, Turkey? Come out, come out, wherever you are.]]
Where's the Turkey? Ask farmer Jake's wife. I don't know, he said. I looked everywhere. Oh, dear. What will we do without a Turkey for Thanksgiving? Well we could eat the rooster, I guess.]]
Oh, no, not rooster. Thought Turkey. He looked around desperately for one more idea. Then, he found it.]]
His costume wasn't bad. In fact, it was Turkey's best yet! Ding Dong. Happy Thanksgiving.]]
Did you order a pizza? Asked farmer jake's wife. Nope he said but it's a good idea.]]
So they all sat down and gobbled up the pizza.]]
And it was Turkey's best Thanksgiving ever!]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Simple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Simple problem/solution

Topic

Thanksgiving

Danger

*Animals

Costumes

*Holidays, Events, Cele

Low Frequency Words

crowed	desperately	gobbled	groomed	horsing
surely	turkey's	turkeys