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The Purloined Web Page, Part 1

The Purloined Web Page, Part 1
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 5 to 7
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.57

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    password, hurried, civil, account, better, embarrassment, particularly, immediately, confession, record, friendship, across, logged, report, site, become
     content words:    Carl Jackson, My Place, Jason Pratt

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The Purloined Web Page, Part 1
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     "Hey, Josh," called Carl Jackson across the wide mall concourse, "I see on your My Place page that you are planning to become a bigger porn king than Hefner. Let me know if you need help getting started." He walked away laughing.
 
2     Josh stood still with shock. His whole head turned red with embarrassment. He felt like everyone who had heard turned to look at him. What was Carl talking about?
 
3     Josh didn't take time to hang out with his friends as he had planned. He bought what he needed and hurried home.
 
4     Once he'd booted up his computer, Josh logged on to his My Place account. He sat in shock when the page came up. What was this?
 
5     Most of the copy had been changed, and some of the pictures had obviously been photo-shopped before being uploaded. He immediately began taking down the pictures and deleting the copy. His ears turned red just thinking about who might have seen the page.
 
6     Then Josh began wondering who could have done it. No doubt they thought they were funny, that it was all a big joke. He didn't think it was funny though. Just thinking about it made him angry.
 
7     Whoever it had been knew him well to figure out his password. He'd better change it to something else. Josh took a moment to change it and kept thinking about who could have messed with the site.
 
8     Who knew him that well? Who might wish to hurt him in some way? It only took a moment to think of a name.
 
9     Jason Pratt. They'd been friends until Josh had caught him with some shoplifted items. Josh wished he'd had the strength to report Jason, but he'd let it slide. Now instead of stealing from stores, he was out to steal Josh's good name.

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