Dog and His Bone

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Dog and His Bone

Title

The Dog and His Bone

Reading Text

One day, a dog finds a big bone in a trash can. He is very happy and runs home. On his way, he crosses a bridge. He looks down into the water and sees his own reflection. However, he thinks it is another dog with a bigger bone! The dog is greedy. He decides to leap into the water to steal the other bone. SPLASH! When he opens his mouth to bark, his bone falls and starts to sink. The dog swims to the shore with nothing.

Activities

Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: A hard white piece inside the body that dogs love to eat.
Text: A container where we put garbage or rubbish.
Text: A structure built to cross over a river or road.
Text: The image of yourself that you see in a mirror or water.
Text: When someone wants more than they need.
Text: To jump a long distance.

Items:

Label: Bone
Answer: A
Label: Trash can
Answer: B
Label: Bridge
Answer: C
Label: Reflection
Answer: D
Label: Greedy
Answer: E
Label: Leap
Answer: F

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: The dog found a delicious
Answer: bone
After: in the trash can.
Before: He walked across the
Answer: bridge
After: to go back to his home.
Before: He looked in the water and saw his
Answer: reflection
After: looking back at him.
Before: The dog was
Answer: greedy
After: and wanted the bigger bone.
Before: The bone fell from his mouth and started to
Answer: sink
After: to the bottom.