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Part One · Mice and a Bell

Mice in a house.

About Mice and a Bell

A free Grade 1 story from the Peabody library, Level 4. It has 11 short pages and about 53 words, so it reads in a few minutes.

Words this story teaches

At reading level 4, Peabody's practice works on phonics (sounding words out), first sounds, sight words; the level page says what is in each.

What it teaches

Easy to say, hard to do.

Where this story comes from

A man named Aesop told this in Greece, long ago.

More like this: Aesop's fables for kids · moral stories for kids

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For teachers: read it to the class, questions and key
Questions and answer key (5)
  1. Who is in the house?
    • A. A pig
    • B. Mice and a cat
    • C. A bus
    Show answerB. Mice and a cat
  2. What do the mice want?
    • A. A hat
    • B. A log
    • C. A bell
    Show answerC. A bell
  3. Who will put it on the cat?
    • A. No mouse
    • B. Every mouse
    • C. A dog
    Show answerA. No mouse
  4. What does the cat do?
    • A. Runs
    • B. Sings
    • C. Naps
    Show answerC. Naps
  5. What is the lesson?
    • A. Cats are bad
    • B. Easy to say, hard to do
    • C. Bells are red
    Show answerB. Easy to say, hard to do

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