Short Passages

​Reading passages-Funny.

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​By: The screaming avocado 'o'

​This time the turtle is very shaken up, but that doesn't stop her. She climbs all the way up to the highest branch on the tree. When the turtle reaches the end of the branch, she looks over and waves at two birds watching her.

The birds look at one another and one of them says, "I think it's time that we told her that she is adopted!"

​A young turtle lives by a big tree in the forest. Every day, the turtle climbs up the tree and crawls along the branches.

One day, the little turtle crawls out to the end of a low branch. The turtle stops, looks down, and jumps. With her legs flapping around, the turtle lands on the ground with a thump.

The turtle is a little dazed, but she gets up and starts climbing the tree again. The turtle crawls along a higher branch. Once again, she pauses and looks down. Then she jumps off the branch, waves around her legs and crashes into the ground.

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Multiple Choice

1. Why is this story funny?

• Two birds sit in a tree.

• A turtle thinks she is a bird.

• A turtle falls from a tree.

Multiple Choice

In the story, how many times does the turtle jump from the tree?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Multiple Choice

Why does the turtle keep jumping from the tree?

• to pounce on a bug on the ground

• to make the birds laugh

• to try to fly

Multiple Choice

Why do the birds think it's time to tell the turtle she's adopted?

• so the turtle will know she's not a bird and can't fly

• so the turtle will leave the forest forever

• so the turtle will try harder to fly

The wise goat lay down on the bridge and the other goat walked lightly over him. They passed each other and went on their ways.

​One day a goat was crossing a very narrow bridge over a river. At the middle of the bridge he met another goat. There was no room for them to pass.

"Go back," said one goat. "There is no room for both of us."

"Why should I go back?" asked the other goat. "You go back!"

"No way," said the first goat. "I am stronger than you."

"You are not!" said the second goat.

The first goat huffed and puffed and got ready to fight.

"Stop!" said the second goat. "If we fight, we will both fall into the river. Instead I will lie down and you can walk over me."

Multiple Choice

Why was there a problem on the bridge?

• The bridge was too narrow for two goats

• The bridge was falling.

• The goats were making the bridge swing.

Multiple Choice

What is the setting of this story?

• A mountain path

• A hiking path

• A bridge

Multiple Choice

How can you tell that this is not a true story?

• Goats don't cross rivers.

• Animals can't really talk.

• No bridge would be that narrow

• Animals can't fight.

Fill in the Blank

What is the opposite of narrow?