Once there were three billy goats.

There was Little Billy Goat Gruff.

There was Big Billy Goat Gruff.
And there was
Great Big Billy Goat Gruff.

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The goats' home was by a bridge.
Over the bridge was a hillside.
There was grass on the hillside.
The billy goats wanted the grass. Great Big Billy Goat said,
They wanted to eat it. "A big troll is under the bridge.
They wanted to get fat. Trolls eat billy goats."

Little Billy Goat Gruff said, Little Billy Goat Gruff said,
"I will go over the bridge." "The troll will not eat me.
Trolls do not eat little billy goats."

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 "I want to eat the grass
on the hillside."

"You shall not trip over my bridge.

I will eat you."

"Do not eat me.

Big Billy Goat Gruff will come.
Little Billy Goat Gruff went You can eat him."
on the bridge.
The bridge said, "Trip-trip." "Go on, then," said the troll.

The troll said, "Trip-trip, trip-trip, trip-trip."

"Who trips over my bridge?" And little Billy Goat Gruff went
to the hillside.
"Little Billy Goat Gruff trips
over the bridge." Big Billy Goat Gruff said,
"The troll did not eat little Billy.
"Why do you trip over my bridge?" I will go over the bridge."

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 "I want to eat the grass
on the hillside."

"You shall not eat the grass.

I will eat you."

"Do not eat me.

Great Big Billy Goat Gruff is big.
He will come over the bridge.
Big Billy Goat Gruff went
You can eat him."
on the bridge.
"Trip-trip, trip-trip," said the bridge.
"Go on, then," said the troll.
The troll said,
"Trip-trip, trip-trip, trip-trip."
"Who trips over my bridge?"
And Big Billy Goat Gruff went
to the hillside.
"Big Billy Goat Gruff trips
over the bridge."
Great Big Billy Goat Gruff said,
"I will go over the bridge.
"Why do you trip over my bridge?"
I can make the troll run."

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 "I want to eat the grass
on the hillside."

"You shall not trip over my bridge.

I will eat you."

Great Big Billy Goat Gruff said,

Great Big Billy Goat Gruff went
"Come from under the bridge.
on the bridge.
I want to see you.
I want you to see me.
The bridge said,
I want you to see my big horns."
"Trip-trip, trip-trip, trip-trip."

The troll said,

"Who trips over my bridge?"

"Great Big Billy Goat Gruff trips

over the bridge."

"Why do you trip over my bridge?"

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The troll came from under the Then Great Big Billy Goat Gruff
bridge. went to the hillside.
He saw Great Big Billy Goat Gruff.
He saw his big horns. The billy goats ate the grass.
And they got fat.
Great Big Billy Goat Gruff ran
at the troll with his horns.
The troll fell into the water.

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Once there were three billy goats. The billy goats wanted the grass.
Little Billy Goat Gruff said,
"I will go over the bridge."

Little Billy Goat Gruff said, "Do not eat me.

"The troll will not eat me. Big Billy Goat Gruff will come.
Trolls do not eat little billy goats." You can eat him."

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Big Billy Goat Gruff went Great Big Billy Goat Gruff said,
on the bridge. "Come from under the bridge.
"Who trips over my bridge?" I want to see you.

Great Big Billy Goat Gruff ran The billy goats ate the grass.
at the troll with his horns. And they got fat.
The troll fell into the water.

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The billy goats wanted the
grass. The troll fell into
the water. The billy goats
ate the grass.
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and and goat goat
was was over over
big big will will
eat eat come come
get get grass grass
fat fat bridge
who who bridge
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Circle the nouns (person, place, thing). Circle the verbs (action words).

1. Over the bridge was a hillside. 1. I will go over the bridge.

2. There was grass on the hillside. 2. Trolls eat billy goats.

3. A troll is under the bridge. 3. Why do you trip over my bridge?

4. I want to eat the grass. 4. I want to eat the grass.

5. The troll did not eat Little Billy. 5. The troll did not eat Little Billy.

6. I will go over the bridge. 6. I will go over the bridge.

7. You shall not eat the grass. 7. You shall not eat the grass.

8. I can make the troll run. 8. I can make the troll run.

9. The troll fell into the water. 9. The troll fell into the water.

10. The billy goats ate the grass. 10. The billy goats ate the grass.

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Number the words in alphabetical The first letter of a sentence is always
order: capitalized.
Names are always capitalized.
_____ little
If the sentence is correctly capitalized
_____ big
mark a √ on the line. If it is incorrect
mark an x on the line and circle the
_____ great
letter that needs to be capitalized.
_____ troll
___ once there were three billy goats
_____ eat
___ the billy goats wanted the grass
_____ bridge

_____ hill
___ A troll is under the bridge.
_____ water
___ i can make the troll run.
_____ grass

___ The troll fell into the water.

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The copytext for this on-line edition is READING-LITERATURE THE PRIMER,
adapted and graded by Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free,
illustrated by Frederik Richardson, Evanston: Row, Peterson & Company,
1910. It is in the public domain in the United States.

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