Deer are beautiful creatures.

They are so graceful to watch as

they run through the forest. It's

hard to understand how anyone could do anything to harm these beautiful animals.

What is the author's perspective?

A fox fell into a well and couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat came along. Seeing the fox in the well it asked if the water was good. “Good”, said the fox. “It’s the best water I’ve tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself. “The goat thought of nothing but how thirsty he was. So he jumped into the well. When he had drunk enough he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, “I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then I’ll climb on your back, from there I’ll step on your horns, and I can get out. And when I’m out I’ll help you out of the well.” The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and so out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him out. The fox merely turned to him and said, “If you only has as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard you wouldn’t have jumped into the well without making sure that you could get out again.

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A fox fell into a well and couldn’t get out. By and by a thirsty goat came along. Seeing the fox in the well it asked if the water was good. “Good”, said the fox. “It’s the best water I’ve tasted in all my life. Come down and try it yourself. “The goat thought of nothing but how thirsty he was. So he jumped into the well. When he had drunk enough he looked around but there was no way to get out. Then the fox said, “I have a good idea. You stand on your hind legs and put your forelegs against the side of the well. Then I’ll climb on your back, from there I’ll step on your horns, and I can get out. And when I’m out I’ll help you out of the well.” The goat did as he was asked and the fox got on his back and so out of the well. Then he coolly walked away. The goat called out loudly after him out. The fox merely turned to him and said, “If you only has as much sense in your head as you have hairs in your beard you wouldn’t have jumped into the well without making sure that you could get out again.

How wa the characteristic of the fox in this story?

Weather reporters have to give out a lot of information. That's why they use pictures. The pictures help them tell us about the weather without using so many words. Weather reporters need to know where the cold air is. They need to know where the warm air is. They have to know where it is raining and what types of clouds are in the area. Their reports need to be correct, but they also need to be short. The pictures help weather reporters get the information out in a fast way.

Which sentence best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

Writing that is based on facts and information. Tells about real people, places, and events.

Sully Gomez was known as a nice guy. I just hoped I was also known as a good detective. I stretched my right leg and shook it a little. The leg felt better. "Sit down, LaTosha," I said. "I need to know a few other things before I can get started."

Sully and LaTosha need to ____________.

"Maybe this show can save Duz," Pamela said. "Remember DumWump, the TV clown. His career was at rock bottom before he went on that show. Now he's a star again.

Duz needed ____________.

Dad had been right about the wind. The minute we turned the corner onto Broadway an icy blast roared up the back of my jacket. I didn't care, though. I was too excited.

I did not mind the ________________.

Rayk was a guide to the Near-Star Planets. He had been to Glise many times and watched it grow. It had once been a quiet desert planet. Then factories had sprung up two years ago. They were very modern. And their products were cheap and good.

Gilse had ____________.

My mother, Laurel Clark, is an astronaut. Astronauts go into space. She went to space in January. It was her first time. She went with a crew. My mom had to train hard before she could go into space. She spent a lot of time in a mock, or fake, shuttle. The mock shuttle is just like the real shuttle inside.

She had to ______________.

He could not cross the Pacific alone. He needed five strong men to help. Thor found four of them in Norway. Their names were Knut, Erik, Torstein, and Herman. The other man, Bengt, came from Sweden.

They would go _____________.

Just then he saw Jessie looking up into the tall trees. He looked up, too. The wind was not blowing at all, but one tree was moving. There was a crash, and down came a coconut.

They watched the coconut ______________.

He dreamed they were with the knight again. All three of them riding the black horse through the cool, dark night. Beyond the outer wall of the castle. And up over a moonlit hill.

The dream was ______________.

In 1880, Wilson Bentley took his microscope out in the snow. He loved looking at snowflakes with it. They were beautiful and always different. He tried sketching them. But they melted quickly. So he combined his microscope with a camera. Bentley took snowflake pictures for nearly 50 years.

Bentley liked to _________ snowflakes.

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