Ride for the Gold

¹     Nan sat on her pony. Her back was straight. Her eyes looked ahead into the arena.

²     Her pony, Ben, tossed his head. He did not like to stand still.

³     The riding arena was empty. Only Nan's mom was watching.

⁴     Nan pressed her heels on Ben's sides. The brown pony began to walk.

⁵     Inside the arena were some small jumps. Nan asked Ben to go faster. He began to trot. Then he began to canter.

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	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 1 to 2
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	0.75

	challenging words:		faster, flying, heels, trot, back, ahead, also, barn, brave, empty, fence, friend, gold, gray, great, head
	content words:		Then Nan

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