HORACE

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HORACE THE HARE

• By Marty Davis
• Beth Frontino
• Louise Molnar
• Summersville Elem.
• 1999

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Horace the Hare was hurrying up the hill to his
hole. It was Halloween and he hoped that he had
enough time to get ready to go Trick-or-Treating.
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Horace hopped into his house. He hung his
hat, covered with hearts, on the hook in the
hallway.
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He then hopped into the kitchen and called,
Hello, to Harry the Hedgehog, who had come over
to fix hamburgers for their supper.
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Harry, said Horace, Im so hungry that I
can eat a huge hamburger! Ill be happy to
heat one up for you, replied Harry. Do you
want hay on it?
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Heck yes, said Horace. While you heat up the
hamburgers I have to put some of my toys
away. Maybe I should just hide them in the hall
closet.
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Horace had a bad habit of not putting his toys
away properly. Lying on the floor near the
hearth were his horn, his hobby horse, his
helicopter, and his harmonica.
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Harry said, Horace, it may seem harder, but put
them away in the toy box near the honey pot.
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Halfway through their meal, Horace and Harry
heard a terrible howl! Was it a hobgoblin out to
haunt on this Halloween night?
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No, it was only their hairy friend, Hubert, who
had hurt his hoof on the hammer that Horace had
left outside his house. Poor Hubert!
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THE END
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COMPREHENSION

• 1. Is this a real story or a make-believe story?
  How do you
• know?
• 2. What special day was it?
• 3. Who was in the kitchen? What was he doing?
• 4. Why is not putting ones toys away a bad
  habit?
• 5. Is it harder to put them away than to leave
  them scattered
• about?
• 6 Do you think that Harry usually put his toys
  away?
• 7. What can happen if one doesnt put ones toys
  away?
• 8. Will Hubert be okay?
• 9. Do you think that Hubert getting hurt will
  change Horaces
• mind about putting things way in the proper
  place?
• 10. What do you think will happen next?

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VOCABULARY
hare another name for a rabbit hallway
another word for hall habit the usual way of
doing something bad habit the usual way of
doing something that isnt good for the person
doing it hedgehog a small animal that looks
like a porcupine. They do not live in
America. hearth the floor of a fireplace that
often comes out into a room.
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hobby horse a toy that is a horses head on a
stick howl a long, loud cry hobgoblin a
scary, pretend creature hoof the hard
covering on a horses foot

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PHONICS
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1. Which picture begins with the /h/ sound?
hamburger
balloons
corn
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2. Which picture begins with the /h/ sound?
popcorn
turkey
hammer
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3. Which picture does not begin with the /h/
sound?
roses
house
hedgehog
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4. Which picture does not begin with the /h/
sound?
bananas
hearth
helicopter
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5. Which picture begins with the /h/ sound and
makes sense in the sentence?
I would like to ride a ____________ when I get
older.
helmet
helicopter
train
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6. Which picture begins with the /h/ sound and
makes sense in the sentence?
My brother ate a _____________ for lunch.
hamburger
head
corn