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• Mabel didn't want to move to a new city. She was angry with herparents for making her leave her friends, and she yelled at them andslammed the door. She wanted to live with her friend Lisa, at least forthe rest of the school year. Her friend Lisa had a very large room, andthey could live together very comfortably. Lisa even had two beds inher room.
• Mabel's father had a great new job in Colorado, but Mabel didn't wantto leave her friends in Phoenix behind. She tried to convince herparents that she could stay with her friend Lisa for the rest of theschool year, but her parents said she had to move with them toColorado. She was upset about leaving her friends, but she hopedthat she would make some new friends in Colorado.

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• Ruby was an elephant. She learned to paint. Her keeper gave herhay every day. Ruby did not play with the other elephants.
• Ruby was an elephant. She learned to paint. People bought Ruby’s paintings. The money she earned helped save other elephants.
• Ruby was an elephant. She learned to paint. She held the brush inher trunk. Some of the paint splashed on her trunk, but somelanded on the cardboard.

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• Joe goes to the kitchen and mixes his favorite foods together. Hetakes his special casserole back to the table and begins to eat happily. He does not understand why he can’t eat only candy. He thinks it’s great.
• Joe sits down to dinner and sees chicken and broccoli on his plate. He complains about having to eat this kind of food. His mother tells him that he can fix his own meal, and he does.
• Joe does not like the food his mother fixes for dinner. His mother allows him to fix his own meal. Joe makes a casserole with candy and finds out that eating too much candy makes him sick.
• Joe and his brother are very different. Joe does not like chicken and broccoli at all, but his brother loves them. While his brother eats the meal Mom cooked, Joe makes his own dinner.

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• Rhodopis is a housemaid who dances so gracefully that she receives a pair of slippers from the master of the house. The other housemaids become upset. They make her do extra work so that she can’t go to the pharaoh’s feast. Rhodopis sits by the Nile River with her beautiful slippers. She cries because she can’t go to the feast with the other housemaids.
• Rhodopis is a housemaid who dances so gracefully that she receives a pair of slippers from the master of the house. The other housemaids become upset. They make her do extra work so that she can’t go to the pharaoh’s feast. As Rhodopis sits alone with her slippers, a falcon takes one and drops it onto the lap of Amasis, the prince. Amasis searches for Rhodopis and finds her.
• Rhodopis is a housemaid who dances so gracefully that she receives a pair of slippers from the master of the house. The other housemaids become upset. They make her do extra work so that she can’t go to the pharaoh’s feast. Amasis finds a slipper at the pharaoh’s feast. He has many different women try on the slipper,but it fits none of them.

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• Brianna spends some vacation time with her family on an island. She learns interesting facts about the island. She hopes to return there again.
• At first Brianna is not sure about her vacation. After spending a little time with her cousin and uncle, she starts to enjoy herself more. Her aunt cooks lobster for dinner.
• Brianna walks around a small island. She does this many times because the island is small and she is bored. Brianna does not want to spend time with her cousin.
• At first Brianna doesn’t want to spend a month on an island. Soon she is surprised to find herself enjoying many things there with her cousin. Brianna hopes to return next summer.

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• Rosie comes home from school. She sees that her father hasn’t found a job yet. She becomes upset and goes to her room instead of helping with dinner. After the fire she eats sandwiches at the Hemingways’.
• Rosie’s father lost his job when the shop he worked for closed down. Since then he has been looking for a new job, but he hasn’t had any luck. Because Rosie’s mother is now working two jobs, her father must take Rosie with him to help fight the fire.
• Rosie is worried because her father has lost his job. When he must go fight a fire with the volunteer fire department, she is reminded that he is a hard worker and has helped many people. She starts to feel more hopeful.

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• Carl doesn’t like standing in front of people. He wishes he hadn’t let his friend persuade him to try out for a part in the play. He thinks he isn’t good enough to get even a small part.
• Carl spends the weekend memorizing his lines for a play. His mother helps him practice for the tryout. He hopes to get a part as a guard. He wonders how his friend Neil can try out without practicing at all.
• Carl tries out for a part in a play after his friend Neil talks him into it. He is nervous at first but then forgets about the people watching. The next day he is surprised to find out he has been given the role of Sir Trawood instead of Neil.
• Carl’s mother helps him memorize his lines for a play that he wants to try out for. They spend the weekend practicing. Carl notices that his teacher and his mother sound alike when they read the lines of the queen.

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• After winning an essay contest, Enrique travels with his parents to a rain forest in Costa Rica. They ride a tram through the treetops and see many different animals and plants. Enrique gains a new understanding of some of the facts he used in his essay.
• Enrique writes an essay and wins a trip to a rain forest. After arriving in Costa Rica, he and his parents check into a lodge in the rain forest. The next morning they ride in a canopy tram, and the guide tells them many new things about the animals that live there.
• Enrique and his parents travel to a rain forest in Costa Rica and stay at a lodge. When they ride in a canopy tram, they see a three-toed sloth that looks green because algae grows on its fur. They also see some sleeping bats.
• While traveling in a canopy tram, Enrique and his parents listen to the tour guide. They learn about many different animals. They learn how to look for animals that are hiding in the trees. Enrique laughs when he sees a tree that looks like a bunch of broccoli.

Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. When he went outside in the morning for his daily walk, he discovered that it was raining. But when he turned around to go back inside, the front door wouldn’t open. Mr. Jingles ran around in the rain for a few minutes before he was completely soaked. Next he went searching in the bushes for a snack. But all of the sparrows in the bushes pecked at him and drove him away. Finally Mr. Jingles let out a long sad howl.“Oh Mr. Jingles!” Betsy Bemire opened the front door and found her poor cat, Mr. Jingles, soaking wet and hungry on the front steps. “Come inside and have some food. You can curl up by the fire and take a nap.”
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• Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. He was rained on, locked outside, and couldn’t catch a bird. When he couldn't take it anymore, he let out a long, sad howl. Then, his owner, Betsy, let him back inside for some food and a nap.
• Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. When he went outside in the morning for his daily walk, he discovered that it was raining.
• Mr. Jingles is a cat. He was having a bad day, but then things turned around for him.
• Mr. Jingles was locked out in the rain and couldn't find anything to eat. Finally, after a sad howl at the door, Betsy, his owner, let him in. She said that he could curl up by the fire and take a nap.

Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. When he went outside in the morning for his daily walk, he discovered that it was raining. But when he turned around to go back inside, the front door wouldn’t open. Mr. Jingles ran around in the rain for a few minutes before he was completely soaked. Next he went searching in the bushes for a snack. But all of the sparrows in the bushes pecked at him and drove him away. Finally Mr. Jingles let out a long sad howl.“Oh Mr. Jingles!” Betsy Bemire opened the front door and found her poor cat, Mr. Jingles, soaking wet and hungry on the front steps. “Come inside and have some food. You can curl up by the fire and take a nap.”
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• Mr. Jingles was soaking wet in the rain.
• Mr. Jingles takes a walk every day.
• All of the sparrows in the bushes pecked at him.
• Finally, Betsy opened the door to let Mr. Jingles inside.