CPS Office of Reading and Language Arts 3rd Grade Summer - RUNNI NG RECORD
MOUSESOUP By Arnold Lobel A mouse
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sat under a tree.
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He was reading a book.
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A weasel
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jumped out
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and caught the mouse.
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The weasel
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took the mouse home.
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“Ah!” said the weasel.
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“I am going to make
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mouse soup.”
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“Oh!” said the mouse.
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“I am going to be mouse soup.”
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The weasel put the mouse
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in a cooking pot.
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“WAIT!” said the mouse.
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“This soup will not taste good.
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It has no stories in it.
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Mouse soup must be mixed
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with stories
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to make it taste really good.”
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“But I have no stories,”
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said the weasel.
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“I do,” said the mouse.
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“I can tell them now.”
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“All right,” said the weasel.
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“But hurry. I am very hungry.”
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“Here are four stories
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to put it in the soup,” said the mouse.
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A mouse was walking
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through the woods
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A nest of bees
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fell from a tree.
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It landed on the top of his head.
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‘Bees,” said the mouse,
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“you will have to fly away. I do not want a nest of bees
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sitting on the top
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of my head.�
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