Owl At Home: The Strange Bumps

Owl At Home

By Arnold Lobel

The Strange Bumps

Vocabulary

Bumps

Pleasant

Darkness

Covers

Draw

Draw one thing that could make a bump on your forehead.

The strange bumps

Owl was in bed. “It is time to blow out the candle and go to sleep,” he

said with a yawn. Then Owl saw two bumps under his blanket at the

bottom of his bed. “What can those strange bumps be?” asked Owl.

Owl lifted up the blanket. He

looked down into the bed. All he

could see was darkness. Owl

tried tosleep, but he could not.

“What if those two strange

bumps grow bigger and bigger

while I am asleep?” said Owl.

“That would not be pleasant.”

Multiple Choice

Which one is NOT pleasant ?

Owl moved his right foot up and

down. The bump on the right

moved up and down. “One of

those bumps is moving!” said

Owl. Owl moved his left foot up

and down. The bump on the left

moved up and down. “The other

bump is moving!” cried Owl.

Owl pulled all of the covers off his bed. The bumps

were gone. All Owl could see at the bottom of the

bed were his own two feet. “But now I am cold,” said

Owl. “I will cover myself with the blankets again.”

As soon as he did, he saw

the same two bumps. “Those

bumps are back!”

shouted Owl. “Bumps, bumps,

bumps! I will never

sleep tonight!”

Owl jumped up and down on top of his bed.

“Where are you? What are

you?” he cried. With a

crash and a bang the bed

came falling down.

Owl ran down the stairs. He sat

in his chair near the fire. “I will let

those two strange bumps sit on

my bed all by themselves,” said

Owl. “Let them grow as big as

they wish. I will sleep right here

where I am safe.”

And that’s what he did.

Open Ended

What are those bumps the Owl was afraid of?