Name Frindle Read the selection. Then answer the questions that follow. ‘The Fox and the Rooster ‘One morning, a hungry fox trotted along looking for his breakfast. As he passed. a farm, he heard a rooster crow. The fox licked his chops and looked around, hoping to sight the rooster. Finally he spied the bird sitting high in a tree. “Good moming, friend!” the fox called out. “Come down and have a friendly chat with me!” “Oh, I can’t do that,” replied the rooster. “You would eat me for sure.” “You haven’t heard the news, then,” the fox said in a surprised tone. “All of us animals have agreed to live peacefully from now on. We aren’t allowed to eat one another anymore.” ‘The rooster did not answer. Instead, he began to look into the distance with great interest. He cocked his head as if he heard something, but the fox heard nothing. As a result, the fox became curious. “What's going on?” asked the fox. “What do you see? What do you hear?” “Why, it’s a pack of wolves running this way. They must be coming for a friendly visit, just as you did,” said the rooster. “Oh!” said the fox nervously. “Now that I've told you the news, I'll just move along.” “Why not stay and visit with all of us,” asked the rooster, “if what you say is true and all the animals are living in peace?” “The word may not have gotten around to the wolves!” the fox said as he hurried away. Turn the page. Fresh Reads Unit 1 Week 1 OL 3Answer the questions below. 4 Why did the fox become curious? A He heard the wolves. B He was looking for something to eat © The rooster looked into the distance. D_ The rooster was in a tree. 2 What was the m: conflict in the story? F The fox wanted to eat the rooster G The rooster wanted to escape the wolves. H__ The wolves wanted to eat the fox. J The rooster wanted the fox to stay. 3 The rooster thought the fox was A smart B friendly © angry. D dishonest 4 Which word best describes the rooster? F clever G wusting H_ foolish J proud 5 Doyoutl Kk wolves were real coming toward the rooster and the fox? Explain your answer. Fresh Reads Unit 1 Week 1 OLName Frindle Read the selection. Then answer the questions that follow. ‘The Old Gentleman and the Doctor ‘Once there was an old gentleman who suddenly lost his sight. He lived in a very large house on a hill. By moving from tree to tree, he made his way carefully down and into town. He asked the first person he met to lead him to Dr. Brown’s office. Dr. Brown was not a very good physician. He loved to read and was distracted by books. He talked often about novels instead of a patient's problem. He was, however, the only town doctor. “If you restore my sight,” the old gentleman said, “I will be able to read again and I will talk to you about books. If you talk about books instead of helping me, I will remain blind, and you will have no one to really listen to yo ‘The doctor was surprised. In truth, he did not realize how much his talk of books got in the way of helping people. Nor did he realize how lonely he was for someone to really listen to him. And so he turned from novels to medical books and found a way to cure the old gentleman. While gathering this medical information, the doctor kept seeing his other patients. He was astonished by how much happier they seemed when he had no new books to talk about. It occurred to him that they needed someone to listen to them too. And so everything changed. The old gentleman's sight was restored, and the two readers exchanged books and sometimes talked late into the evening. You might say that the old gentleman cured the doctor's blindness too. Turn the page. Fresh Reads Unit 1 Week 1 A 5