CPS Office of Reading and Language Arts 3rd Grade Summer - RUNNI NG RECORD
JAMAICA’SFIND By Juanita Havill When Jamaica arrived at the park, there was
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no one there. It.
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was almost supper time, but she still had a few
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minutes to play.
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She sat in a swing, pushed off with her toes, and
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began
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pumping. It was fun not to have to watch out for
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the little ones
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who always ran in front of the swings.
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Then she climbed up the slide. There was a red sock
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hat on the
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ladder step. Jamaica took it for a ride. She slid down
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so fast that
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she fell in the sand and lay flat on her back.
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When she rolled over to get up, she saw a stuffed dog
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beside
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her. It was a cuddly gray dog, worn from hugging. All
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over it
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were faded food and grassstains. Its buttons nose must 134 have fallen
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off. There was a round white spot in its place. Two black
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ears hung
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from its head.
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Jamaica put the dog in her bicycle basket.
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She took the hat into the park house and gave it to the
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young
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man at the counter.
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The first thing her mother said when Jamaica came in
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the door
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was: “Where did that dog come from?”
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“The park. I stopped to play on the way home,” Jamaica 203