Lester Learns to Listen

¹     Mrs. Larson said to Lester, "Please don't lean back in your chair."

²     But Lester didn't listen and fell on his derrière.

³     "Lester, watch out for that banana peel," warned little Lucy Belle.

⁴     But Lester didn't listen, so Lester slipped and fell.

⁵     Leona passed on a message, "Lester, you're supposed to ride the bus."

⁶     But Lester didn't listen and he missed his Uncle Russ.

⁷     Lester tried playing school basketball. The coach went over all the rules,

⁸     but Lester didn't listen. He made his teammates look like fools.

⁹     When Lester went to painting class, here's what the teacher said,

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 2 to 5
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	3.52

	challenging words:		hallway, feeling, folded, back, lime, ringing, leader, painting, attention, strange, change, message, choose, straight, instead, path
	content words:		Lucy Belle, Uncle Russ, Lester Ledbetter

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