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The Genie in the Bottle

RDQ:	166	Max Word/Sent	14	Total Words	188		Diff Words	103
Lex	210	Ave Word/.Sent	5	Hi Freq occurs	95	50.5%	Hi freq	37	35.9%
AR	1.7	Long Sentences	0	Low Freq occurs	7	3.7%	Low freq	3	2.9%

This story is about a fisherman, a bottle]]
and a big bad genie.]]
Once Upon a time, a fisherman went fishing.]]
He threw his Nets again and again.]] 
He caught slimy seaweed, shiny shells,]]
and a smelly sock. Yuck.]]
Then he caught something else. 
A fish. He cried.]]
But it wasn't. It was an old bottle.]] 
He pulled out the stopper and looked in.]]
Empty, he sighed. And he threw it away.]]
Suddenly, smoke poured out. The smoke turned into a huge face.]]
Help, cried the fisherman. A genie.]]
The genie’s tummy rumbled.]]
I'm hungry, he growled. I'm going to eat you.]]
That's not very kind, said the fisherman.]]
I don't care. I'm hungry, shouted the genie. I've been in that bottle for a long, long time.]]
The fisherman thought fast. I have to get him back in the bottle.]]
You were inside this bottle? he asked. Yes, snapped the genie.]]
The fisherman laughed. You'd never fit, he said. Watch, said the genie. He whooshed back in]]
and the fisherman pushed the stopper in hard.]]
Then the fisherman went on fishing.]]
And caught a tasty fish for dinner.]]

Subjective Criteria

Illustrations: Some support

Speech Bubbles

Dialog: Two speakers

Vocabulary: Few decoding/definition issues

Language: Few descriptive words

Sentences: Multiple phrases

Text structure: Blend of written/oral

Features

Topic

Magic

Tricking

*Fictional Ideas/Charac

Low Frequency Words

genie

genie's

whooshed