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1、Anansi and the Talking WatermelonA Reading AZ Level O Leveled BookWord Count:876Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Retold by Kitty HigginsIllustrated by Patrick Girouardwww.readinga-Anansi and the Talking WatermelonLEVELED BOOK ORetold by Kitty HigginsIllustrated by Patrick Gir

2、ouardwww.readinga-Anansi and the Talking WatermelonLevel O Leveled Book Learning AZRetold by Kitty HigginsIllustrated by Patrick GirouardAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Anansi“the Spider”stories are based on the oral tradition of West Africa.They feature a clever spider who outwits bigger animals t

3、o get out of trouble or just to have fun.Folktales once told around campfires in countries such as Ghana now teach children worldwide about life.Anansi and the Talking WatermelonCorrelationLEVEL OM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAAnansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 34Early one morning,Ana

4、nsi the spider awoke to the sound of Possum hoeing his watermelon patch.Anansi peered down from the peach tree where he lived to watch Possums slow progress.Anansi salivated at the thought of a meal of watermelon,his favorite juicy,red fruit.When Possum set his hoe aside at midday to take a nap,Anan

5、si snuck down his tree for a snack.While Possum snored,Anansi shimmied down his fine,silk web to the ripest watermelon in the garden.He picked up a small,sharp stone to chip away the melons rind.He made a hole that he could just squeeze into.He gorged himself as the juices slid down his eight spider

6、 legs.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 34Early one morning,Anansi the spider awoke to the sound of Possum hoeing his watermelon patch.Anansi peered down from the peach tree where he lived to watch Possums slow progress.Anansi salivated at the thought of a meal of watermelon,his favorite jui

7、cy,red fruit.When Possum set his hoe aside at midday to take a nap,Anansi snuck down his tree for a snack.While Possum snored,Anansi shimmied down his fine,silk web to the ripest watermelon in the garden.He picked up a small,sharp stone to chip away the melons rind.He made a hole that he could just

8、squeeze into.He gorged himself as the juices slid down his eight spider legs.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 56“Just when Anansi about had his fill,he heard Possum stir.“Possum will punish me if I am discovered,”Anansi said to himself.“He waddled to the hole in the rind and one leg at a ti

9、me he tried to pull himself out.He was so slippery he couldnt keep his footing.He braced himself against the edge of the hole,but he was so full of fruit that he no longer fit!“Oh no!I am stuck!”he cried.“Now I have to wait until I shrink back to normal size.”“Anansi laid his head upon a watermelon

10、seed in an attempt to sleep.He tossed and turned restlessly.“This is so boring.What should I do while I wait?”“As he pondered his next plot,he heard Possum at the far end of the row.“I know!I will trick Possum into thinking that his melon talks!”Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 56“Just when

11、 Anansi about had his fill,he heard Possum stir.“Possum will punish me if I am discovered,”Anansi said to himself.“He waddled to the hole in the rind and one leg at a time he tried to pull himself out.He was so slippery he couldnt keep his footing.He braced himself against the edge of the hole,but h

12、e was so full of fruit that he no longer fit!“Oh no!I am stuck!”he cried.“Now I have to wait until I shrink back to normal size.”“Anansi laid his head upon a watermelon seed in an attempt to sleep.He tossed and turned restlessly.“This is so boring.What should I do while I wait?”“As he pondered his n

13、ext plot,he heard Possum at the far end of the row.“I know!I will trick Possum into thinking that his melon talks!”Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 78“Possum came scratching with his hoe,and as he neared Anansis melon he heard a sound,quiet as a mouse.“Who is that?”he asked.“It is I,the wat

14、ermelon!”Anansi now yelled.“How absurd,watermelons cant talk!”Possum said as he cradled the melon to his ear.“Possum,you have never been a good listener.Watermelons have been talking since before you were born!”“Possum could not believe his ears and cried,“Eureka!I must show King Bear the discovery

15、I have made.”“Off he went,carrying the watermelon with Anansi bouncing to and fro inside.He met Raccoon rolling in the dust beside the road.“Whats the hurry,Possum?”Raccoon asked.“I am bringing King Bear a talking watermelon!”Possum answered,very proud of himself.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Le

16、vel O 78“Possum came scratching with his hoe,and as he neared Anansis melon he heard a sound,quiet as a mouse.“Who is that?”he asked.“It is I,the watermelon!”Anansi now yelled.“How absurd,watermelons cant talk!”Possum said as he cradled the melon to his ear.“Possum,you have never been a good listene

17、r.Watermelons have been talking since before you were born!”“Possum could not believe his ears and cried,“Eureka!I must show King Bear the discovery I have made.”“Off he went,carrying the watermelon with Anansi bouncing to and fro inside.He met Raccoon rolling in the dust beside the road.“Whats the

18、hurry,Possum?”Raccoon asked.“I am bringing King Bear a talking watermelon!”Possum answered,very proud of himself.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 910“Now I have heard everything!”Raccoon laughed.“You havent heard me talk!”Anansi replied from inside the melon to Raccoons smart remark.“Huh?Wh

19、at?Who said that?”asked Raccoon.“I did!”said Anansi,really enjoying his trick.“You are silly,Raccoon,for not realizing more than animals have speech.Watermelons are more intelligent than you.”“Do you believe me now?”asked Possum.“Yes,I do,”Raccoon said.“This smart-aleck watermelon is something the k

20、ing would want to see.”Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 910“Now I have heard everything!”Raccoon laughed.“You havent heard me talk!”Anansi replied from inside the melon to Raccoons smart remark.“Huh?What?Who said that?”asked Raccoon.“I did!”said Anansi,really enjoying his trick.“You are sil

21、ly,Raccoon,for not realizing more than animals have speech.Watermelons are more intelligent than you.”“Do you believe me now?”asked Possum.“Yes,I do,”Raccoon said.“This smart-aleck watermelon is something the king would want to see.”Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 1112Along the path to Kin

22、g Bears grand den,Possum and Raccoon came upon Gopher,Rat,and Squirrel.They each,in turn,laughed and pointed fingersuntil they heard the melons strange little voice themselves.Before long they all wanted to hear what the king would say about the oddity,so off they went.“When they arrived,the king,a

23、very grizzly-looking bear,had just woken from his afternoon slumber and was a bit grumpy.“What is it?”he growled as the animals bowed before him.“Possum placed the watermelon on a tree stump before King Bear.“What am I to do with this?”the king asked,continuing before anyone had a chance to answer.“

24、I do not need any watermelons;I have acres of my own.”“This one talks!”they chimed in unison.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 1112Along the path to King Bears grand den,Possum and Raccoon came upon Gopher,Rat,and Squirrel.They each,in turn,laughed and pointed fingersuntil they heard the mel

25、ons strange little voice themselves.Before long they all wanted to hear what the king would say about the oddity,so off they went.“When they arrived,the king,a very grizzly-looking bear,had just woken from his afternoon slumber and was a bit grumpy.“What is it?”he growled as the animals bowed before

26、 him.“Possum placed the watermelon on a tree stump before King Bear.“What am I to do with this?”the king asked,continuing before anyone had a chance to answer.“I do not need any watermelons;I have acres of my own.”“This one talks!”they chimed in unison.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 1314“

27、I would be a fool to waste more time waiting to see your treacherous trickery,”he snarled at the frightened animals.“You would be a fool not to wait,”piped up Anansi from inside the melon.“Only a fool thinks watermelons cant talk!”“Fool?Fool!”King Bear roared.“How dare you call the king foul names!”

28、“And with that,King Bear picked up the melon in his paws and chucked it as hard and as far as he could.“King Bear refused to believe he had subjects from a garden patch.He demanded that the melon pay respects to him if the animals spoke the truth.“The watermelon just sat there,mum for the first time

29、 all day.“What kind of joke is this?”the king grumbled.“The melon remained silent.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 1314“I would be a fool to waste more time waiting to see your treacherous trickery,”he snarled at the frightened animals.“You would be a fool not to wait,”piped up Anansi from

30、inside the melon.“Only a fool thinks watermelons cant talk!”“Fool?Fool!”King Bear roared.“How dare you call the king foul names!”“And with that,King Bear picked up the melon in his paws and chucked it as hard and as far as he could.“King Bear refused to believe he had subjects from a garden patch.He

31、 demanded that the melon pay respects to him if the animals spoke the truth.“The watermelon just sat there,mum for the first time all day.“What kind of joke is this?”the king grumbled.“The melon remained silent.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 1516“Possum returned later that day with a sour

32、 look on his face.He picked up his hoe and started digging furiously.“Melons!”he cried.“Next year I will grow something else in this patch;you watermelons are nothing but trouble.”“Perhaps you should grow more peaches!”Anansi said with a mouth full of fuzzy fruit.“The king is sure to listen to a pea

33、ch!”“The melon flew through the air and landed with a crack and a thud,splitting wide open.Anansi was free!He skittered as fast as he could back to the peach tree where his morning started.“What a great day!”Anansi rejoiced.“All of this fun has made me hungry again.”“He began nibbling at a large,rip

34、e peach above Possums patch.Anansi and the Talking Watermelon Level O 1516“Possum returned later that day with a sour look on his face.He picked up his hoe and started digging furiously.“Melons!”he cried.“Next year I will grow something else in this patch;you watermelons are nothing but trouble.”“Pe

35、rhaps you should grow more peaches!”Anansi said with a mouth full of fuzzy fruit.“The king is sure to listen to a peach!”“The melon flew through the air and landed with a crack and a thud,splitting wide open.Anansi was free!He skittered as fast as he could back to the peach tree where his morning st

36、arted.“What a great day!”Anansi rejoiced.“All of this fun has made me hungry again.”“He began nibbling at a large,ripe peach above Possums patch.Retold by Kitty HigginsIllustrated by Patrick Girouardwww.readinga-Anansi and the Talking WatermelonLevel O Leveled Book Learning AZRetold by Kitty Higgins

37、Illustrated by Patrick GirouardAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Anansi“the Spider”stories are based on the oral tradition of West Africa.They feature a clever spider who outwits bigger animals to get out of trouble or just to have fun.Folktales once told around campfires in countries such as Ghana n

38、ow teach children worldwide about life.Anansi and the Talking WatermelonCorrelationLEVEL OM2028Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAAnansi and the Talking WatermelonA Reading AZ Level O Leveled BookWord Count:876Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Retold by Kitty HigginsIllustrated by Patrick Girouardwww.readinga-Anansi and the Talking WatermelonLEVELED BOOK O