94. 1st Grade SSR: Big Red Barn

“I see a big cart, but it may be old,” said Joe. Mark ran to him.

“It is old,” said Mark, “and it is a mess! It has lots of dust on it.”

“That’s funny,” said Joe. “I see words in that dust. Do you see them?”

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The words say, “Go that way.” “Well, let’s go that way!” said Mark. “This gives me the creeps,” said Joe. “Just stick with me,” Mark told him.

Mark and Joe went past hay bales to the back of Gram’s big red barn.

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“Is this new?” asked Joe.

“No,” Mark told him. “That is an old ox yoke. Gram once had an ox team. They pulled that old cart. That yoke fit on their necks. Gram can tell you about them. She has snapshots, too.”

Then Joe yelled, “What is that?” He clamped his hands on Mark’s arm.

“It’s your face! See it in that bit of glass?” asked Mark.

“Yes, now I can see myself,” said Joe. He made some funny faces.

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“I see a note on that pole,” said Mark. “It tells us to go right.”

“Go right?” asked Joe. “Star is on my right. I like Star, but she is not new.”

Mark and Joe went to pet Star. Star swished her tail and sighed.

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That’s when Mark and Joe saw a brown foal with a few white spots.

“Star has a new foal!” said Mark. “I bet Gram wrote those notes.”

Star’s foal gave a sneeze as if to say, “Yes, she did!”

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