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The central message or moral 2

Read the passage.

“Mom”, said Miku, a little mouse, “I just saw a soft, white, kind-looking animal. I was going to ask it to be my friend, but there was a big, mean-looking bird nearby. The bird suddenly screamed, and the animal ran away.”

“Oh, Miku”, her mother said, “don’t be fooled by appearances! That kind-looking animal was a cat! Cats eat mice like you. The mean-looking bird was a rooster. I know he looks scary, but the rooster won’t hurt you. Roosters just say, ‘cock-a-doodle-doo!’”

Which detail from the story best supports the lesson that Things aren’t always the way they look?

(Choice A)
“‘Cats eat mice like you.’”
(Choice B)
“‘The bird suddenly screamed, and the animal ran away.’”
(Choice C)
“‘I know he looks scary, but the rooster won’t hurt you.’”
(Choice D)
“‘Roosters just say, “cock-a-doodle-doo!”’”

Source: Adapted from Aesop, The Aesop for Children: with Pictures by Milo Winter. Rand McNally & Co, 1919.

ELA isolated skill practice

Course: ELA isolated skill practice > Unit 1

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