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You Have a Telegram


You Have a Telegram
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 2 to 3
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.82

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    late, dice, electrical, gizmo, grams, impulse, meaning, telegram, telegraph, white-haired, afternoon, inventor, holding, sounds, blank, mattress
     content words:    Great Aunt Ruth, Samuel F., Morse Code


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You Have a Telegram
By Jane Runyon
  

1     It was late on a Sunday afternoon in autumn. Wendy had curled up in front of a roaring fire with her favorite book. She heard voices on her front porch. When she opened her front door, she found her friends Tim and Tess in a heated discussion.
 
2     "Hi, Tim," she said. "Hi, Tess."
 
3     "Oh, hi, Wendy," said Tess. "We can't agree on something."
 
4     "What's the problem?" said Wendy.
 
5     "We just had a family dinner," answered Tim. "Our Great Aunt Ruth was there."
 
6     "She is a very good story teller," added Tess.
 
7     "We love to hear her tell stories about when she was a little girl," said Tim.
 
8     "She told us a really funny story today," continued Tess.
 
9     "There's just one thing we didn't understand," said Tim.

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