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The Broken Pastry



The Broken Pastry

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Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 1 to 3
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   2.35

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    raccoon, backyard, glaze, hopped, picked, sneak, snack, anything, bright, bush, chair, dark, family, hole, inside, jelly
     content words:    Then Rachel


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The Broken Pastry
By Colleen Messina
  

1     Rachel the raccoon was on snack duty. Her job was to watch the people in the backyard. She watched to see if they were eating anything. Then when the people went inside, the raccoon family could sneak into the yard. They could get some treats! Today the people had left a plate of pastries on the table. Some pastries had frosting. The frosting looked shiny. Two pastries had jelly oozing out of them. One had dark purple jelly. The other had bright red jelly. One pastry had green sprinkles on top. Rachel hopped up on the chair and looked at the pile of sweets. She heard a noise. The people were coming. Quick! Rachel grabbed a pastry with her little black paw. She ran away. She .....
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