The Un-Terrible Tiger   by Miroslav Zahradka

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Deep in a dark jungle lived the terrible tigers. All day long they did

 nothing but roar. They roared- and they roooaaared- and they

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roooooaaaaared! They made so much noise and seemed so fierce that the

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trees trembled, and no other animals dared  Ý  go into the jungle. Even the

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birds were afraid Ý to fly overhead.

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But among the terrible tigers there was one who was not terrible at all. He

 was quite different. In fact, he was un-terrible. He hated the dark jungle. He

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loved to walk with a flower in his mouth through clearings where the sun

 was shining and the flowers blossomed. He did not hunt, and he did not roar!

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And, as you can imagine, he was not very popular with the terrible tigers!

 So the terrible tigers got together and held a meeting to decide what to do

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about the un-terrible tiger. They roared –and they roooaaared- and they

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roooooaaaaared against the poor un-terrible tiger. “He is not a real tiger at

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all,” they roared. “He is not wild as we are Ý , and he does not roar as we

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do.” So they agreed that they would chase him out of their jungle forever.”

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“He should not even wear tiger stripes,” said the fiercest most terrible tiger,

 and he bit the un-terrible tiger with his sharp teeth and scratched him with

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his pointed claws until there were no tiger stripes left on him at all. Then the

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terrible tigers chased him out of the jungle.

Retelling portion looking for understanding.

Text to text / text to world

Predicting

Engagement

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The poor un-terrible tiger ran as fast as he could. Finally he came to a

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clearing. He was very tired and very sad and his wounds hurt him. He did

 not know where to go. The sun had already set, and the bats were flying over

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him. So he lay down in the cool grass, and his wounds felt better. The moon

 came up, and the shadows of the sleeping flowers covered his wounds, and

 he fell asleep.

Quick check for emotional connection

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The next morning the sun rose and touched the tiger with its warmth- and

 the wounds were healed. As he looked up, the un-terrible tiger saw a flock of

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singing birds fly across the clear sky. Since he did not know what else to do,

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he decided to follow the birds. But they flew on quickly, and he could not

 keep up with them. They soon disappeared in the distance.

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So the un-terrible tiger walked on down the long road while gazelles

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followed him with their big eyes from a safe distance. They did not know he

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was un-terrible. The sun was high in the sky when he finally saw a town far

 in the distance.

 Long before he reached the town, he heard its noise, but when he entered it,

 he was surprised to find that all the streets were empty and all the windows

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were closed. Where could all the people be whom he had heard?