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What is an Illegal Alien?


What is an Illegal Alien?
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 2 to 3
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.92

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    alien, illegal, smirk, walkway, backyard, doing, barked, hips, mutter, citizen, shock, kids, country, sneak, track, also


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What is an Illegal Alien?
By Brenda B. Covert
  

1     Sam was playing with Buster, his pet terrier, in the backyard. Taylor called and asked if he could come over.
 
2     "Sure!" Sam told his friend. "I'll be in the backyard. Just come through the side gate."
 
3     Sam heard Taylor coming down the walkway. Taylor hurried up to the gate, swung it open, and entered the backyard. He closed the gate behind him.
 
4     The two friends greeted each other. Then they began to play with Buster. What a shock they had when a third boy jumped the fence into Sam's backyard!
 
5     Buster barked. Taylor looked at Sam. Sam put his fists on his hips and said, "Hey! What are you doing?"

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