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 Pierce Waits in the Pumpkin Patch

Pierce Waits in the Pumpkin Patch
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 4
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   1.92

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    mothers, nights, time, shoulder, Good-bye, okay, patch, either, short, patient, dear, wide, left, fill, pumpkin, cool

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Pierce Waits in the Pumpkin Patch
By Mary Lynn Bushong 		  
1     "Is it time yet?" Pierce impatiently asked his mother. "It seems like it should be time now."
 
2     "Almost, Pierce. Just be patient. The time will come," Pierce's mother said.
 
3     "But, Mother," Pierce protested, "I have just about all of my orange color now. There is only a little green left. I have gotten very big. The nights are getting very cool now. You said it would be time when it becomes fall and the leaves start to turn color."
 
4     "Yes, dear, and the leaves have started to turn color," said his mother. "It will not be very long."

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