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VOCABULARY TEST: 1000 LEVEL TEST A
Instructions: Mark "True" if the sentence is true. Mark "Not True" if the sentence is not true. Mark "I
don't understand" if you don't understand the question. Please don't guess.
We cut time into minutes, hours, and True Not True I don't understand.
0. days.
True Not True I don't understand.
1. This one is little.

You can find True Not True I don't understand.
these
everywhere.
2.
3. Some children call their mother Mom. True Not True I don't understand.
Show me the way to do it means 'show True Not True I don't understand.
me how to do it.'
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This country is part of the world. True Not True I don't understand.
5.
This can keep people True Not True I don't understand.
away from your house.
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7. When something falls, it goes up. True Not True I don't understand.
8. Most children go to school at night. True Not True I don't understand.
9. It is easy for children to remain still. True Not True I don't understand.
One person can True Not True I don't understand.
carry this.
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11. A scene is part of a play. True Not True I don't understand.
People often think of their home, when True Not True I don't understand.
12. they are away from it.
13. There is a mountain in every city. True Not True I don't understand.
Every month has the same number of True Not True I don't understand.
14. days.
15. A chief is the youngest person in a group. True Not True I don't understand.
16. Black is a color. True Not True I don't understand.
You can use a pen to make marks on True Not True I don't understand.
17. paper.
18. A family always has at least two people. True Not True I don't understand.
You can go by road from India to True Not True I don't understand.
19. America.
20. Silver costs a lot of money. True Not True I don't understand.
This is a hill.
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This young person is a girl.

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23. We can be sure that one day we will die. True Not True I don't understand.
A society is made up of people living True Not True I don't understand.
24. together.
25. An example can help you understand. True Not True I don't understand.
26. Some books have pictures in them. True Not True I don't understand.
When some people attack other people, True Not True I don't understand.
27. they try to hurt them.
28. When something is ancient, it is very big. True Not True I don't understand.
29. Big ships can sail up a stream. True Not True I don't understand.
30. It is good to keep a promise. True Not True I don't understand.
People often dream when they are True Not True I don't understand.
31. sleeping.
32. This is a date - 10 o'clock. True Not True I don't understand.
When something is impossible, it is easy True Not True I don't understand.
33. to do it.
34. Milk is blue. True Not True I don't understand.
35. A square has five sides. True Not True I don't understand.
36. Boats are made to travel on land. True Not True I don't understand.
Cars cannot pass each other on a wide True Not True I don't understand.
37. road.
When you look at something closely, you True Not True I don't understand.
38. can see the details.
This part is a handle.

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A vocabulary levels test: Version 1
This is a vocabulary test. You must choose the right word

to go with each meaning. Write the number of that word next to its
meaning. Here is an example.
l business
2 clock part of a house
3 horse animal with four legs
4 pencil something used for writing
5 shoe
6 wall
You answer it in the following way.
l business
2 clock 6 part of a house
3 horse 3 animal with four legs
4 pencil 4 something used for writing
5 shoe
6 wall
Some words are in the test to make it more difficult. You do

not have to find a meaning for these words. In the example above,
these words are business, clock, shoe.
Try to do every part of the test.

Version 1 The 2,000 word level
1 birth 1 adopt
2 dust _____ game 2 climb _____ go up
3 operation _____ winning 3 examine _____ look at closely
4 row _____ being born 4 pour _____ be on every side
5 sport 5 satisfy
6 victory 6 surround
1 choice 1 bake
2 crop _____ heat 2 connect _____ join together
3 flesh _____ meat 3 inquire _____ walk without purpose
4 salary _____ money paid regularly for doing a job 4 limit _____ keep within a certain size
5 secret 5 recognize
6 temperature 6 wander
1 cap 1 burst
2 education _____ teaching and learning 2 concern _____ break open
3 journey _____ numbers to measure with 3 deliver _____ make better
4 parent _____ going to a far place 4 fold _____ take something to someone
5 scale 5 improve
6 trick 6 urge
1 attack 1 original
2 charm _____ gold and silver 2 private _____ first
3 lack _____ pleasing quality 3 royal _____ not public
4 pen _____ not having something 4 slow _____ all added together
5 shadow 5 sorry
6 treasure 6 total
1 cream 1 brave
2 factory _____ part of milk 2 electric _____ commonly done
3 nail _____ a lot of money 3 firm _____ wanting food
4 pupil _____ person who is studying 4 hungry _____ having no fear
5 sacrifice 5 local
6 wealth 6 usual
Version 1 Academic Vocabulary
1 benefit
2 labour _____ work 1 achieve
3 percent _____ part of 100 2 conceive _____ change
4 principle _____ general idea used to guide one's actions 3 grant _____ connect together
5 source 4 link _____ finish successfully
6 survey 5 modify
6 offset
1 element
2 fund _____ money for a special purpose 1 convert
3 layer _____ skilled way of doing something 2 design _____ keep out
4 philosophy _____ study of the meaning of life 3 exclude _____ stay alive
5 proportion 4 facilitate _____ change from one thing into another
6 technique 5 indicate
6 survive
1 consent
2 enforcement _____ total 1 anticipate
3 investigation _____ agreement or permission 2 compile _____ control something skillfully
4 parameter _____ trying to find information about something 3 convince _____ expect something will happen
5 sum 4 denote _____ produce books and newspapers
6 trend 5 manipulate
6 publish
1 decade
2 fee _____ 10 years 1 equivalent
3 file _____ subject of a discussion 2 financial _____ most important
4 incidence _____ money paid for services 3 forthcoming _____ concerning sight
5 perspective 4 primary _____ concerning money
6 topic 5 random
6 visual
1 colleague
2 erosion _____ action against the law 1 alternative
3 format _____ wearing away gradually 2 ambiguous _____ last or most important
4 inclination _____ shape or size of something 3 empirical _____ something different that can be chosen
5 panel 4 ethnic _____ concerning people from a certain nation
6 violation 5 mutual
6 ultimate
Raggedy
Ann
Stories
Original stories by
Johnny Gruelle
Retold for Beginning Readers,

offered by the Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs of
the U.S. Department of State.
Thanks to Flickr user, Angie Garrett, for the CC By 2.0 image, Raggedy Ann and Andy.
This retelling of Raggedy Ann Stories is compliments of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of
the U.S. Department of State. The stories are offered for English language learners and are told using the
first 1000 most frequent words of English.
Audio of the stories is available for free download on

http://exchanges.state.gov/englishteaching/resforteach/pubcat/classtext/alc/raggedy-ann-stories.html
Introduction
1. Introduction
Before Reading:
1. In this story, Marcella will find something special. Do you
have something you found? What is it? Where did you find it?
2. Where is Marcella in the first picture? What can you see in
the room?
3. What do you think Marcella will find in this room?
Marcella liked to visit her Grandma’s old house. When she was at
her Grandma’s house, she played up in the attic. Marcella found many
old toys and things there.
One day, Marcella was up in the attic as usual. She was tired because
she was playing for a long time, so she sat down to rest.
She looked around and saw a box in the back of the room. “What
could be in that box over there?” she thought. She stood up and climbed
over some old chairs and tables. Finally, she got to the box.
She opened it, but it was too dark to see. Marcella brought the box
over to the window where she could see better in the sunshine.
She found a little white hat and put it on her head. In an old bag,
she found some dolls wearing old clothes. And there was a picture of a
very pretty little girl with long hair. Then Marcella pulled out an old
rag doll with only one button eye, a painted nose, and a smiling mouth.
Her dress was made out of soft cloth. It was blue with pretty little flowers
all over it.
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Marcella was so happy. She picked up the rag doll and ran down-
stairs to show it to her Grandma.
“Well! Well! Where did you find her?” Grandma asked. “It’s old Rag-
gedy Ann!” Grandma gave the doll a hug. “I forgot about her. She has
been in the attic for fifty years! Well! Well! Dear old Raggedy Ann! She
needs her other eye right away!”
Marcella watched Grandma sew the button on Raggedy Ann.
Grandma told Marcella how she played with Raggedy Ann when she
was a little girl.
“Now,” Grandma laughed, “Raggedy Ann, you have two new button
eyes. Now you can see the changes in the world! And, Raggedy Ann,
you have a new friend. I hope you and Marcella will have as much hap-
piness together as you and I did!”
Then Grandma gave Raggedy Ann to Marcella. She said, “Marcella,
this is my very good friend, Raggedy Ann. Raggedy, this is my grand-
daughter, Marcella!” And Grandma helped Raggedy Ann shake Mar-
cella’s hand.
“Oh, Grandma! Thank you so much!” Marcella said as she gave
Grandma a hug and kiss. “Raggedy Ann and I will have so much fun.”
And that was how Raggedy Ann became part of the doll family at
Marcella’s house. This book is about Raggedy Ann’s stories.
After Reading:
1. Who is Raggedy Ann? What does Raggedy Ann look like?
2. What was Raggedy Ann missing?
3. You are a grandparent. You want to share something from your
childhood with your grandchild. What would you give him or
her?
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Raggedy Ann Learns a Lesson
2. Raggedy Ann Learns a Lesson
Before Reading:
1. Raggedy Ann learns an important lesson in this story. What
are three important lessons that children should learn?
2. Take a look at all of the pictures in this story. What do you
think is going to happen?
3. Do you think the dolls will talk and do things on their own?
Why do you think so?
Marcella’s dolls were always very good and did not move while she
was in the room. One day Marcella put her dolls against the wall. She
told them to be good little children while she was away. When Marcella
left the room, the Tin Soldier smiled at Raggedy Ann.
When the dolls heard the front gate close, they knew that they were
alone in the house. “Now let’s have some fun,” said the Tin Soldier.
They all stood up. “Let’s find something to eat.”
“Yes, let’s find something to eat,” said all the other dolls.
“When Marcella took me to play outside today, we went to a door
at the back of the house. I smelled something very good,” said Raggedy
Ann.
“Then you must take us there,” said Lisa.
“I think it would be a good idea to make Raggedy Ann our leader for
this trip,” Uncle Clem said.
All the other dolls smiled and shouted, “Yes, Raggedy Ann is our
leader!”
Raggedy Ann felt happy and said she would be their leader.
“Follow me,” she said and started walking across the room.
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The other dolls ran after her. They went through the house until
they came to the kitchen door. “This is the door,” said Raggedy Ann.
Now all the other dolls could smell something good. They knew it would
be very nice to eat.
But none of the dolls were tall enough to open the door. They
pulled. They pushed. But the door stayed closed.
The dolls were talking and pulling and pushing. At times one doll
would fall down. Then other dolls would climb on her to open the door.
But the door wouldn’t open. Finally, Raggedy Ann sat down on the floor.
When the other dolls saw Raggedy Ann sitting with her hands on
her head, they knew she was thinking.
“Shh, Shh!” they said to each
other. They sat quietly in front of
her.
“There must be a way to get in
the kitchen,” said Raggedy Ann.
“Raggedy says there must be a
way to get inside,” said all the dolls.
“I can’t think clearly today,”
said Raggedy Ann. “It feels like I
have a hole in my head.”
Lisa ran to Raggedy Ann and
took off her cap. “Yes, there is a
hole in your head, Raggedy!” she
said. Then she took a needle from
her dress and used it to sew shut the
hole in Raggedy’s head. “It does not
look very good, but I think I closed
it!” she said.
“I feel so much better!” said Raggedy Ann happily. “Now I can think
clearly.”
“Now Raggedy can think clearly!” shouted all the dolls.
“My thoughts were running out of the hole before!” said Raggedy
Ann.
“They were running out, Raggedy!” shouted all the other dolls.
“Now that I can think clearly,” said Raggedy Ann, “I think the door
must be locked and to get in we must unlock it with the key. See, there
is a key in the door!”
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“But the lock is too high for us!” said Helen. “What can we do?”
“Yes, what can we do?” the Tin Soldier said.
No one had any idea.
After thinking for a minute more, Raggedy Ann said, “I know what
we’ll do.” She asked Jumping Jack to try to open the door. Jack had a
stick that was good for jumping. He jumped higher and higher on his
stick. He jumped up to the key, turned it, and unlocked the door.
Then the dolls all pushed. The door opened.
The dolls ran into the kitchen. They all wanted to be the first to get
to the food.
They quickly climbed up on the kitchen cupboard. They ran quickly
and they pushed each other. One of the dolls pushed over a bottle of
milk. The bottle fell on Lisa. The milk spilled out and made Lisa’s dress
wet.
Uncle Clem found some bread. He sat down and started to eat it.
A jar of raspberry jam fell over, and the dolls began eating the jam.
They ate so much jam that their faces became purple.
The Tin Soldier fell off the cupboard three times. But he climbed up
again and again.
The dolls had so much fun. They ate as much as they could. Sud-
denly, they heard the front gate open.
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They jumped to the floor and

ran back to their room as fast as they
could.
But they were too late. Just as
Marcella came into the room, the
dolls stopped moving.
“This is funny!” said Marcella.
“They were all sitting in a line when
I left! Why are they in different
places now? Did my dog Fido move
them?”
Then she saw Raggedy Ann’s
face and picked her up. “Oh Rag-
gedy Ann, you are covered with
jam!” Marcella put Raggedy Ann’s
hand in her mouth. “Yes! It’s jam!
Oh, Raggedy Ann! You’ve been to
the kitchen! The other dolls were with you, too!”
Then Marcella dropped Raggedy Ann on the floor and left the room.
When she came back, she picked up all the dolls and put them in a
basket. Then she took them outside.
There, she washed all the dolls until they were clean. Then she
hung them on the clothesline in the sunshine to dry. The dolls hung
there all day.
“I think she washed my face so hard that my smile’s almost gone!”
said Raggedy Ann, after an hour of silence.
“No, it’s still there,” said the Tin Soldier.
Just then the wind blew strongly and Helen fell to the grass below.
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Late in the afternoon Mar-

cella came out with a table and
chairs. Then she took all the
dolls from the clothesline and
sat them on chairs around the
table.
They all drank lemonade
and ate small cookies with sugar
on them.
When they finished eat-
ing, the dolls were taken into
the house. Marcella combed
their hair and dressed them in
pajamas.
Marcella placed them in
their beds and kissed each one
good night. Then she walked
quietly out of the room.
The dolls did not talk for a few minutes. Then Raggedy Ann said,
“I’ve been thinking!”
“Listen!” said all the other dolls, “Raggedy’s been thinking.”
“Yes,” said Raggedy Ann, “I’ve been thinking. Marcella gave us
nice things to eat under the trees to teach us something. I think she
wanted to teach us that we must never take without asking. So let’s
remember this. We’ll try never to do anything that makes the people
who love us unhappy.”
“Yes, let us all remember,” cried all the other dolls.
And Raggedy Ann, with a happy look in her button eyes, lay back
in her little bed. Her cotton head was filled with thoughts of love and
happiness.
After Reading:
1. What did Raggedy Ann and her doll friends do?
2. What did Marcella do with the dolls?
3. What lesson did Raggedy Ann learn? Do you think it’s a good
lesson? Do you know someone who took something without
asking? What happened?
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3. Raggedy Ann and the Washing
Before Reading:
1. Who does the work around your house (washing dishes,
washing clothes, cleaning up, and so on)? Do you help around
the house? What do you do?
2. What is something different about Raggedy Ann’s face in the
first picture?
3. In this story, Raggedy Ann was washed. Guess what happened
to her during and after the wash.
Dinah was the housekeeper for Marcella’s family.

One day, Marcella’s Mamma looked out of the window and saw Mar-
cella run up to Dinah and take something out of Dinah’s hand.
“Oh, Dinah! I can’t believe you did that!” Mamma heard Marcella
say to Dinah.
Then Marcella sat on the ground and put her head in her arm. She
started crying.
So Mamma went outside and sat down next to Marcella. “What’s
wrong, my love?” Mamma asked.
Marcella held up Raggedy Ann to show her mamma. Raggedy Ann
looked so funny! Mamma had to smile when she looked at the doll.
Dinah could not understand why Marcella cried. She loved Marcella
and did not want to make Marcella sad.
But Raggedy Ann was not sad at all. She knew that she looked
funny, but she continued to smile. Her smile was wider than ever.
This is because Raggedy Ann knew what happened.
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R a g g e d y A n n a n d t h e Wa s h i n g
She remembered that morning when Marcella came to take off the
pajamas from the dolls and dress them for the day. Marcella was already
upset. She was not happy as she dressed each of the dolls.
Raggedy Ann thought at the time, “Perhaps she got up on the
wrong side of the bed!”
And when it was Raggedy Ann’s time to be dressed, Marcella was
not careful. She was upset because she had hurt her finger when dressing
Lisa.
Then Marcella heard her friend calling her name from outside. She
threw Raggedy Ann on the floor and she ran quickly out of the room.
She didn’t know that Raggedy had landed in the laundry basket.
A few minutes later, Dinah came into the room with some dirty
clothes to be washed. She put them all on top of Raggedy Ann.
Then Dinah carried the basket out to the back of the house and
washed them.
Dinah put all the clothes into a big pot and poured water on them.
Then she put the pot on the stove.
When the water began to get warm, Raggedy Ann climbed on top of
the clothes and looked out of the pot. There was so much steam that she
couldn’t see anything. Dinah could not see Raggedy Ann, either.
Dinah used a big stick to move
the clothes around in the big pot.
The clothes and Raggedy Ann moved
around while the water boiled.
Then Dinah took the clothes out
of the big pot one at a time and washed
them. She finally got to Raggedy Ann.
Of course Dinah did not know
that Marcella had thrown Raggedy
into the laundry basket by mistake.
She thought Marcella really wanted
Raggedy Ann to be washed. So she put
soap on Raggedy and washed her on
the washboard.
Two buttons from the back of Rag-
gedy’s dress and one of Raggedy Ann’s
button eyes fell off. After washing Raggedy and all the clothes, Dinah
tried to dry Raggedy Ann.
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It was just then that Marcella came back and saw Raggedy.
“Oh, Dinah! I can’t believe you did that!” Marcella cried and
quickly took the wet Raggedy Ann from Dinah’s hand.
That was when Mamma heard Marcella and saw her cry. Mamma held
Marcella’s hand and talked to her softly. Soon, Marcella stopped crying.
Dinah told everyone that she didn’t know that Raggedy was in the
wash until she took Raggedy from the big pot. When Marcella heard
that, she began crying again.
“It was all my fault, Mamma!” she cried. “I remember now. I threw
Raggedy Ann as I ran out the door. She fell in the laundry basket! Oh!
Oh!” and she hugged Raggedy Ann tight.
Mamma was not angry with Marcella. Mamma knew Marcella
already felt very sorry. So Mamma just put her arms around Marcella and
said, “But just look at Raggedy Ann. She doesn’t seem to be unhappy!”
Marcella wiped her tears away and looked at Raggedy Ann. Raggedy
was all wet, but she had a funny smile on her face. Marcella laughed.
And Mamma and Dinah had to laugh, too, because Raggedy Ann’s smile
was bigger than it had been before.
“Let me hang Raggedy Ann on the line in the bright sunshine for
half an hour,” said Dinah, “and she’ll be fine again!”
So Raggedy Ann was put on the clothesline, out in the bright
sunshine. There, she enjoyed the breeze and listened to the birds in a
nearby tree.
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Every once in a while, Dinah went out to turn and pat Raggedy.
Finally, Raggedy became soft and dry.
Then Dinah took Raggedy Ann into the house. She showed Mar-
cella and Mamma how clean and sweet she was.
Marcella took Raggedy Ann up to her room. She told all the dolls
what had happened to Raggedy. She also said that she was very sorry
about being upset in the morning when she dressed them. Of course the
dolls couldn’t say anything, so they only looked at Marcella with love in
their eyes. Marcella sat in her little red chair and hugged Raggedy Ann
tightly in her arms.
Raggedy Ann looked up at Marcella sweetly with her one button
eye. On her face was the same old smile of happiness and love.
After Reading:
1. Why was Raggedy Ann washed?
2. Did Raggedy Ann enjoy the washing? How do you know?
3. Do you think it was okay for Marcella to be mad at Dinah?
Why do you think so?
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4. Raggedy Ann and the Kite
Before Reading:
1. What activities do you enjoy doing outside with your friends?
2. In this story, Raggedy Ann flies high up in the air. What do
you think might happen to her?
3. Look at the picture of Raggedy Ann and the birds. What do
you think the birds are doing to Raggedy Ann?
One day Marcella was playing with her friends. Raggedy Ann was
with her. The children were making a kite. They used sticks and cloth to
make the kite.
They made a tail for the kite. Then they tied a large ball of string to
the kite.
The kite was ready to fly now. One boy held the kite. A second boy
held the string.
There was a nice wind, and the kite needed the wind to fly in the
sky. The boy with the string said, “Let it go.” The other boy held the
kite up in the air. Then he let the
kite go. The boy with the string
started to run.
The kite flew very high in
the sky. Raggedy Ann was happy
to see it fly so high. But then
something happened to the kite.
It began flying this way and that
way. The kite made four or five
circles in the air. Then it fell to
the ground.
“It needs a longer tail!” one
boy said.
The children asked each other
where they could get more cloth
to make a longer tail for the kite.
“Let’s tie Raggedy Ann to the
tail,” said Marcella. “I know she’ll
like to fly in the sky!”
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The boys thought this was a good idea. So, they tied Raggedy Ann
to the tail of the kite.
This time the kite flew straight up into the air. It flew very high.
Raggedy Ann enjoyed being up in the sky. She could see very far. The
children looked very small from the sky.
Suddenly, a strong wind came. She heard the wind singing as it
pulled the kite faster and higher.
Then, Raggedy Ann felt something tear. It was the cloth that tied
her to the kite. As the wind blew harder, the tear became bigger.
Marcella saw Raggedy Ann fly high above the ground. She thought
that Raggedy Ann was having a lot of fun. She also wanted to fly in the
sky with Raggedy Ann.
After some time, Marcella grew tired of looking at the kite. She
wanted to go home.
“Can you please pull down the kite now?” she asked the boy with
the string. “I want Raggedy Ann.”
“Let her fly some more,” the boy said. “We’ll bring her down later.
We want to make the kite go higher!”
Marcella didn’t want to leave Raggedy Ann with the boys, so she sat
down to wait.
From the ground, Marcella couldn’t see the wind tearing the cloth
that held Raggedy Ann to the kite. Raggedy Ann could feel that she
was not tied tightly any more. She was getting looser and looser.
Suddenly, the cloth tore all the way. Raggedy was not tied to the
kite tail anymore! But she did not fall. The wind blew into Raggedy’s
skirt. She went flying away from the kite.
Marcella jumped up when she saw Raggedy Ann flying away from
the kite. Without Raggedy Ann, the kite couldn’t fly straight any longer.
Finally, it fell to the ground.
“We’ll get Raggedy Ann for you!” the boys said to Marcella. All the
children ran to where the kite had fallen. They ran and ran. At last, they
found the kite on the ground. But they could not find Raggedy Ann.
“Maybe she fell in your garden!” a boy said to Marcella. “The kite
was above your garden when she fell!”
All the children went to Marcella’s garden. But they did not find
Raggedy Ann there.
Marcella was very sad. She went into her house and told Mamma
what happened. Then Marcella went to her room and lay on her bed.
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Her Mamma went out to look for Raggedy Ann. But she couldn’t find
Raggedy Ann either. When Daddy came home in the evening he also
looked for Raggedy Ann. But he could not find her. Marcella didn’t want
to do anything. She didn’t want to play with any of her other dolls. And
she cried for a long time that night.
Finally, she fell asleep. She dreamed that Raggedy Ann came back
to her. She woke up crying. Mamma heard her and came to her bed. She
told Marcella that in the morning Daddy would look for Raggedy Ann
again.
“I shouldn’t have given Raggedy Ann to the boys to tie to the kite!”
Marcella cried, “I want her to come back to me.”
Mamma took Marcella in her arms and said sweet things to her. But
Mama thought that Raggedy Ann was lost and would never be found
again.
Now, where do you think Raggedy Ann was?
When Raggedy Ann fell from the kite, the wind took her a long way.
It took her to Marcella’s garden. She fell into the top of a big tree in the
garden. In the tree, two birds had a nest. They heard Raggedy Ann fall
into the tree.
They were angry with Raggedy Ann for falling so close to their nest.
Raggedy Ann did not move for a
long time. The birds stopped being
angry and became curious. They
asked her who she was. But Rag-
gedy Ann did not say anything to
them. She did not move. She only
smiled at them.
Soon Mamma Bird told Daddy
Bird, “See her hair! We can use it
in our nest.”
So the birds jumped closer to
Raggedy Ann. They asked her if
they could take some of her hair
for their nest. Raggedy Ann did
not say anything to them. She
only smiled at them. So, the two
birds pulled at Raggedy Ann’s hair
until they had some for their nest.
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Evening came and the birds sang their lullabies. Raggedy Ann saw
the stars come out in the sky.
The next morning, the birds pulled more hair from Raggedy Ann’s
head. They also moved her. Now, she could see the ground. She saw that
she was in a tree in her own garden.
She saw Marcella looking for her again. Soon Marcella found Rag-
gedy. And this is how she did it.
Mamma Bird had seen Marcella with Raggedy Ann in the garden
many times. So she started singing, “Chirp! Chirp!”
Daddy Bird also started singing, “Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!”
Marcella looked up into the tree when she heard the birds singing.
Then she saw Raggedy Ann in the tree.
She felt very happy. “Here is Raggedy Ann,” she shouted.
Mamma and Daddy came out and saw Raggedy Ann. Daddy climbed
up the tree and brought Raggedy Ann down. He put her in Marcella’s
arms.
“You’ll never fly on
a kite again, Raggedy
Ann!” said Marcella, “I’ll
never let you leave me
again.”
So Raggedy Ann
went into the house and
had breakfast with Mar-
cella. Mamma and Daddy
were very happy when
they saw Marcella playing
with Raggedy Ann.
After Reading:
1. What happened to Raggedy Ann after she was untied from
the kite?
2. Who had the idea to put Raggedy Ann on the kite? Do you
think it was a good idea?
3. Think of three things that are very special to you. What are
some ways you can make sure you won’t lose them?
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5. Raggedy Ann and the Painter
Before Reading:
1. Can you think of a time when a bad situation turned into a
good one? What happened?
2. Look at the second picture. What is happening?
3. What do you think happens to Raggedy Ann in this story?
Marcella’s Mamma wanted Marcella’s room to be painted. The

painters were coming early the next day. So, she put the dolls on a high
shelf in the middle of the room.
The dolls had to sleep on the shelf that night. All the dolls lay on
top of each other. Raggedy Ann had many dolls lying on top of her. She
asked them to move. The dolls began moving to one side. Now Raggedy
Ann was able to sit up.
“Thank you, that is so much better,” she said. “I’ll be happy when
morning comes!” she said. “Marcella will take us to the garden and play
with us.”
The dolls did not sleep that night. They sat and talked all night
long. When it was morning, the painters came to work early. Marcella
did not have time to move her dolls. She had to stay out of the way.
One of the painters was a young man. He saw the dolls and took
Raggedy Ann down from the shelf.
“Look at this rag doll, Jim,” he said to another painter. “She’s nice.”
He began to whistle a song. He took Raggedy Ann by the hands and
danced with her. She enjoyed the dance a lot.
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The other dolls sat on the shelf

and did not move. They did not
want the men to know that the
dolls were really alive. “Put her
back on the shelf,” said one of the
other men. “The little girl will be
angry with you.”
But the young painter danced
and danced with Raggedy Ann.
Finally, he started throwing her up
in the air and catching her.
This was fun for Raggedy. As
she flew up near the shelf the dolls
smiled at her. They were happy for
her.
But the next time the young
painter threw Raggedy Ann up
into the air, he couldn’t catch her.
Raggedy Ann fell into a bucket of
paint.
“I told you!” said the older painter, “and now you will be in trouble.”
“I didn’t mean to!” said the young painter, “What should I do?”
“Put her back on the shelf!” answered the other man.
So the young painter put Raggedy Ann back upon the shelf. The
paint on her head fell down onto her dress.
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After breakfast, Marcella came into her room. She saw Raggedy with
paint all over her and she began to cry.
The young painter felt sorry and told her what had happened.
“If you will let me,” he said, “I’ll take her home and clean her up. I’ll
bring her back in two days.”
Marcella wanted Raggedy Ann to be clean so she agreed. That eve-
ning, the young painter covered Raggedy Ann in paper so he wouldn’t
get paint on himself, and he took her home.
All the dolls felt sad that night because Raggedy Ann was not with
them.
“Poor Raggedy! I wanted to cry when I saw the paint all over her,”
said Lisa.
“She didn’t look like our Raggedy Ann at all,” said the Tin Soldier.
He was crying.
“The paint covered her smile and nose. You couldn’t even see her
button eyes,” said Helen.
And so the dolls talked that night and the next night. But in the
daytime when the painters were there, the dolls stayed very quiet.
On the second day, the young painter brought Raggedy home. She
looked clean, and Marcella hugged her and thanked the painter.
After dinner, Marcella came in and put Raggedy on the shelf with
the other dolls.
When the house was quiet for the night, the dolls said, “Tell us what
happened, Raggedy Ann!”
“Oh I’m so
happy I fell in the
paint!” said Rag-
gedy. “I had the
happiest time. The
painter took me
home. He told his
Mamma why I was
covered with paint.
She took a rag and
cleaned my button
eyes. Then I saw
that she was a very
pretty lady.”
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“But the paint had gone in-

side my head,” said Raggedy Ann.
It made the cotton inside wet. I
couldn’t think clearly. And my hair
had paint in it.”
“So the kind lady took off my
hair. Then she opened my head and
took out all the wet cotton. I felt so
much better then.”
“The next day, she washed the
paint off of me. Then she hung me
on the clothesline to dry.
“And while I hung out on the
clothesline, what do you think
happened?”
“We don’t know!” all the dolls
cried.
“Well, a little bird came and sat
near me. She then picked cotton from my head to make her nest.”
“Wasn’t that sweet!” cried all the dolls.
“Yes, it was!” answered Raggedy Ann, “It made me very happy.
When I was dry, the lady took me in the house again. Then she put new
cotton inside me and sewed me up. She also put new hair on my head.
Then she did something else, but it’s a secret!” said Raggedy Ann.
“Oh tell us the secret!”
said all the dolls.
“I know you won’t tell
anyone so I will tell you
the secret. That is why my
smile is bigger now,” said
Raggedy Ann.
The dolls all looked at
Raggedy Ann’s smile and
saw that it was bigger than
before.
“When the lady put
the new white cotton in
my body,” said Raggedy
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Ann “she also put a beautiful red candy heart inside me. So that is the
secret. That is why I’m so happy! Feel here,” said Raggedy Ann.
All the dolls could feel Raggedy Ann’s beautiful new heart and they
were very happy for her.
After a while the Tin Soldier asked, “Is something written on your
new heart Raggedy Ann?”
“I’m so happy you asked! I forgot to tell you,” answered Raggedy
Ann, “It says, ‘I LOVE YOU!’”
After Reading:
1. What happened to Raggedy Ann after she fell in the paint?
2. What is Raggedy Ann’s secret?
3. Raggedy Ann’s heart has a personal motto (a saying that helps
remind her to do her best). What could be your personal
motto?
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Raggedy Ann Saved Fido
6. Raggedy Ann Saved Fido
Before Reading:
1. Fido is a dog. Do you have a dog or a cat? What happens to
pets that are lost?
2. Look at the second picture. What are the dolls doing? Why do
you think they are doing this?
3. This story is about how Raggedy Ann saved Fido. Guess why
Fido needed Raggedy Ann to save him.
It was the middle of the night. The dolls were all asleep in their
beds. Only Raggedy Ann was not sleeping.
Raggedy lay in her bed. Her eyes were looking up at the ceiling. She
put her hand up on her head several times. She was thinking.
After a long, long time, Raggedy Ann sat up and said, “I’ve thought
it all out.”
When the other dolls heard this, they all woke up. They sat up and
said, “Listen! Raggedy has thought it all out!”
“Tell us about it, Raggedy,” said the Tin Soldier. “We hope they were
sweet thoughts.”
“Not very sweet thoughts!” said Raggedy. And she dried a tear from
her button eyes.
“We haven’t seen Fido all day, have we?”
“Not since early this morning,” Lisa said.
“I’m worried,” said Raggedy, “and if my head didn’t have all this new
cotton, I’m sure it would ache because of the worry! When Marcella
took me into the living room this afternoon, she was crying. I also heard
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her mamma say, ‘We’ll find him! He will come home soon!’ I knew they
were talking about Fido! He must be lost!”
The Tin Soldier jumped out of bed. He ran over to Fido’s basket.
“He’s not here,” he said.
“When I was sitting in the window at about noon,” Uncle Clem
said, “I saw Fido and a yellow dog playing out on the lawn. Then they
ran out through a hole in the fence!”
“That was Priscilla’s dog! His name is Peterkins!” said Lisa.
“I know poor Marcella is very sad about Fido,” said Helen, “I forgot
all about it until now. I was in the dining room at dinnertime. Then I
heard her daddy tell her to eat her dinner and he would go out and find
Fido.”
“I think it would be great if we could show our love for Marcella. We
can try and find Fido!” Raggedy said.
“It’s a great plan, Raggedy Ann!” said all the dolls. “Tell us how to
start.”
“Well, first, let’s go
out on the lawn and
see if we can track the
dogs!” said Raggedy.
“I can track them
easily!” said Uncle
Clem, “I’m good at
tracking things!”
“Then let’s go right
away!” said Raggedy
Ann, as she jumped
down from the bed. The
other dolls followed her.
The window was
open. The dolls helped
each other to climb up
to the window. Then
they jumped onto the
soft grass below. Of
course because they
were dolls, the fall did
not hurt them at all.
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At the hole in the fence, Uncle Clem saw the trail of the two dogs.
The other dolls followed him until they came to Peterkins’s doghouse.
Peterkins was too big to sleep in the house, so he had a nice dog-
house outside under a tree.
Peterkins was surprised to see the little dolls coming up to his
doghouse.
Peterkins could see that they were Marcella’s dolls. “Come in,”
Peterkins said. So all the dolls went into Peterkins’s doghouse. They sat
down and Raggedy told him why they had come.
“I’m worried, too!” said Peterkins, “But I couldn’t tell Marcella
where Fido was. She cannot understand dog language, you know! This
is what happened. Fido and I were playing the greatest game in the park.
Then a big man came. He had a stick with a funny thing on the end of it
and he came running towards us. We barked at him. Then Fido thought
the man was trying to play with us so Fido went up too close. Then a
terrible thing happened. That bad man caught Fido with the stick and
carried him to a car. He threw Fido in with a lot of other dogs!”
“The dog catcher!” cried Raggedy Ann.
“Yes!” said Peterkins. He dried his eyes with his paws. “It was the
dog catcher! I followed his car. I saw him put all the dogs into a big pen,
so that no dog could get out!”
“Then do you know the way there, Peterkins?” asked Raggedy Ann.
“Yes, I can find it easily,” Peterkins said.
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“Then show us the way!” Raggedy Ann said, “We must try to get
Fido back.”
So Peterkins led the way across streets. The dolls all ran along behind
him. Once, a strange dog ran out at them, but Peterkins told him to mind
his own business. The strange dog went back to his own doghouse.
At last, they came to the dog catcher’s place. Some of the dogs in
the pen were barking at the moon and others were crying loudly.
There was Fido. He was all covered with mud. He was so glad to see
the dolls and Peterkins! All the other dogs came to the side of the pen
and looked at the strange dolls.
“We will try and let you out,” said Raggedy Ann.
When the dogs heard this, they barked happily.
Then Raggedy Ann, the other dolls, and Peterkins went to the gate.
The gate had a latch to keep it closed. Raggedy Ann knew that she
needed to lift the latch to open the gate, but the latch was too high for
her. So Peterkins held Raggedy Ann in his mouth and stood up on his
back legs so that she could lift the latch.
When the latch was lifted, the dogs pushed and jumped against the
gate. They pushed so hard that the gate flew open. It knocked Peterkins
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and Raggedy Ann into the mud. When the dogs ran out of the pen, they
jumped on top of one another and barked loudly. The dog catcher woke
up. The dogs ran away down the street.
Fido helped Raggedy Ann to her feet. Fido, Peterkins, and all the
dolls ran after the other dogs as quickly as they could. The dogs turned
the corner just as the dog catcher came out. He was still in his pajamas.
He stopped in surprise when he saw the dolls in white pajamas run-
ning down the street. He had no idea what they could be.
When they got to Peterkins’s house, the dolls thanked Peterkins for
his help. Then the dolls and Fido ran home. They had to hurry because
the sun was getting ready to come up.
When they got to their own home, they found an old chair out in
the yard. After a lot of work, they finally got it to the window. They
climbed up on the
chair and entered
the room from the
window.
Fido was very
thankful to Rag-
gedy Ann and the
other dolls. Before
he went to his bas-
ket, he gave them
each a lick on the
cheek.
The dolls ran
quickly into bed.
They were very
sleepy. Raggedy
Ann said, “If my
legs and arms were
not filled with nice
clean cotton, I’m
sure they would
ache. Since they’re
filled with nice
clean white cotton,
they don’t ache at
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all. I know Marcella will be so happy in the morning when she finds Fido
in his own little basket, safe at home. I’m so happy that I feel like my
body is filled with sunshine.”
Since the dolls were now all asleep, Raggedy Ann lay down and
smiled happily.
After Reading:
1. Who is Peterkins? Why did the dolls need to see him?
2. How did Raggedy Ann save Fido?
3. The dolls and Peterkins had to work together as a team. Can
you describe a time when you worked in a team to get some-
thing difficult done?
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7. Raggedy Ann’s Trip on the River
Before Reading:
1. Have you ever taken a trip on a river or by sea? How did you
travel? Where were you going? What did you do on the trip?
2. What usually happens when things are dropped in the water?
What do you think will happen to Raggedy Ann if she falls
into a river?
When Marcella had a tea party in the garden, all of the dolls were
invited. Raggedy Ann, the Tin Soldier, Lisa, and all the others were
there.
After a lovely tea party with cookies and milk, Marcella thought
that the dolls were very sleepy. She wanted to put them to bed. She told
Raggedy Ann to stay in the garden and watch things.
So Raggedy Ann waited for Marcella to return. Earlier, Marcella had
thrown little pieces of cookies to the dolls, and these pieces were now
on the ground. Now little ants had come to eat them. Raggedy Ann
watched the ants. Then she heard a puppy behind her. It was Fido.
Fido ran to Raggedy Ann. He turned his head this way and that
and looked at her. Then he put his front feet out and barked in Raggedy
Ann’s face. Raggedy Ann tried to look very serious, but she could not
hide the big smile on her face.
“Raggedy Ann, do you want to play?” Fido barked. Then he jumped
at Raggedy Ann and jumped back again.
The more Raggedy Ann smiled, the more Fido jumped. He then
caught the end of her dress and pulled her around, tearing her dress.
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This was great fun for a puppy dog like Fido, but Raggedy Ann did
not enjoy it. She tried to pull away, but Fido thought Raggedy was
playing.
He ran out the garden gate and down a path across the field. Some-
times, he stopped and shook Raggedy Ann very hard and her head hit
the ground. Then he threw Raggedy Ann high in the air. She turned
over two or three times before she hit the ground again.
By this time, Raggedy had lost a piece of her dress and some of her
hair was coming loose.
As Fido came near a stream, another puppy dog came running across
the small bridge to meet him. “What do you have there, Fido?” said the
new puppy dog as he ran up to Raggedy Ann.
“This is Raggedy Ann,” answered Fido. “We are playing. We’re hav-
ing a great time!”
Fido really
thought that Raggedy
enjoyed being thrown
around and high up
in the air. Of course
she didn’t. However,
the game changed.
When Raggedy Ann
hit the ground, the
new puppy dog caught
her dress and ran with
her across the bridge.
Fido ran and barked
behind him.
In the middle
of the bridge, Fido
caught up with the
new puppy dog. Each
dog tried hard to get
Raggedy Ann. As
they played with her,
she fell over the side
of the bridge into the
water.
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The puppy dogs were surprised. And Fido was very sorry. He remem-
bered how good Raggedy Ann had been to him. He remembered how
she had saved him from the dog-catcher. The water carried Raggedy
Ann away. All Fido could do was to run along the stream and bark.
Now, the good thing is, Raggedy Ann floated nicely. This is because
she was filled with clean white cotton and the water didn’t soak through
very quickly.
After a while, the strange puppy and Fido got tired of running. The
strange puppy went home across the field. He acted like nothing was
wrong. Fido walked home very sorry. His little heart was broken. He
knew that he had made Raggedy Ann drown.
But Raggedy Ann didn’t drown—not at all. In fact, she floated and
the water carried her along very gently. It felt like Marcella was holding
her. She even went to sleep.
Raggedy Ann slept peacefully as she moved along with the water.
Then she came to a pool with a big stone. She woke up when the water
pushed her against the stone.
Raggedy Ann tried to climb on the stone. By this time the water
had completely soaked through her nice clean white cotton. She was
so heavy that she could not climb. So she had to stay there, half in and
half out of the water. She watched the ants and frogs. The ants and frogs
watched her.
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Marcella and Daddy were looking for her. They found pieces of her
clothes and hair all along the path and across the field. They followed
the stream until they found her.
When Daddy got Raggedy Ann from the water, Marcella hugged her
so tightly that the water ran from Raggedy Ann and made Marcella all
wet. Marcella didn’t mind it at all. She was just so glad to find Raggedy
Ann again.
They hurried
home. Mamma was
baking a cake so it
was very warm by the
oven. Marcella took
off all of Raggedy
Ann’s wet clothes and
placed Raggedy on a
little red chair. Then
she brought all of the
other dolls in and
read a story to them
while Raggedy Ann
dried.
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After about an hour, Raggedy Ann was completely dry. Mamma said
the cake was done. She took a wonderful chocolate cake from the oven
and gave Marcella a big piece. Marcella and the dolls had more tea with
the cake.
That night when everybody in the house was asleep, Raggedy Ann
sat up in bed and said to the dolls that were still awake, “I’m so happy
that I don’t want to sleep. I think the water soaked me so much that my
candy heart must have melted and filled my whole body! I’m not angry
with Fido at all!”
Happiness is very easy to catch when we love one another and are
sweet inside and out. All the other dolls were happy, too.
After Reading:
1. Do you think Raggedy Ann had a good trip on the river?
What makes you think so?
2. Did Raggedy Ann get angry with Fido? Why did she or why
didn’t she?
3. Describe a time when someone made a mistake and something
bad happened, such as what Fido did in the story. What did
you do in that situation? Did you get angry? What should
happen to the person who caused the bad thing to happen?
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8. Raggedy Ann and the New Dolls
Before Reading:
1. What happens when a new boy or girl comes to your school?
Do you talk about them? Do you welcome them?
2. Look at the second picture and describe the new dolls.
3. Do you think the new dolls are happy to come and live with
Raggedy Ann and her friends?
One day Raggedy Ann was lying on the floor just where Marcella had
dropped her. Her rag arms and legs were in all directions going everywhere.
Her hair was messy, too. Some fell on her face, hiding one of her
button eyes. She had a big smile on her face.
There were two new dolls in the room. But they were saying bad
things about Raggedy Ann.
“What a sad-looking doll!”
“She has buttons for eyes!”
“And look at her hair! It is just made of yarn.”
“Look at those shoes! They are so old.”
Raggedy Ann did not show that she heard the new dolls. She just lay
on the floor with a smile on her face.
Maybe Raggedy Ann thought that the new dolls were right. It hurt
Raggedy Ann to hear such bad things about her. But she lay without
moving.
Helen did not like the new dolls saying bad things about Raggedy
Ann. She loved Raggedy Ann and her big smile. She rolled off her doll
chair and said, “Oh no!” in her quiet voice.
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Uncle Clem also did not like what the new dolls said about Raggedy
Ann. He walked in front of the new dolls and looked at them. But he
could not think of anything to say so he put his finger on his mustache.
Marcella’s aunt had sent the two new dolls to her this morning.
Marcella named them Annabel-Lee and Thomas, after her aunt and
uncle.
Annabel-Lee and Thomas were beautiful dolls. They wore pretty
clothes and had real hair. Annabel’s hair was red and Thomas’s hair was
blonde.
Annabel was wearing a silk dress. She wore a hat with long silk
ribbons. Thomas was dressed in a suit. Both he and Annabel wore nice
black shoes.
They were sitting on two of the little red doll chairs where Marcella
had put them. They could see the other dolls from the chairs.
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When Uncle Clem walked in front of them and pulled his mustache,
they looked at him and said, “He has holes in his knees!”
This was true. Uncle Clem was made of wool and the insects had
eaten his knees and part of his clothes.
Uncle Clem was hurt when the new dolls said this about him. But
he could not say anything.
He walked to Raggedy Ann and sat near her. He brushed her hair
away from her button eyes.
The Tin Soldier also went and sat next to Raggedy Ann. “They do
not know you like we do,” he said.
“We don’t want to be her friends!” said Annabel-Lee.
“And the soldier, too,” laughed Thomas.
“You should be ashamed of yourselves!” said Lisa to Annabel
and Thomas. “We’ll be sorry that you have come here if you say bad
things about us and laugh at us. We’re all happy here. We all like
each other.”
Marcella came in to get the dolls ready for bed and kiss them good
night. She did not have pajamas for the two new dolls. So, that night
she could not change them. She let them sit up in the two little red doll
chairs so they would not make their clothes dirty. “I will make pajamas
for you tomorrow,” she said as she kissed them good night. Then she
changed Raggedy Ann’s clothes, put her in bed and gave her a good
night kiss. “Take good care of all my children, Raggedy!” she said as she
went out.
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Annabel and Thomas talked quietly to each together. “I think we’ve

been too quick to talk so badly about Raggedy Ann,” said Annabel-Lee.
“Marcella likes Raggedy Ann the most.”
“I’m sorry that we said bad things about her. Everyone is beautiful in
different ways,” said Thomas.
By now Annabel-Lee and Thomas were very tired after their long
trip and soon they fell asleep and forgot about the other dolls.
When they were asleep, Raggedy Ann went quietly from her bed
and woke up the Tin Soldier and Uncle Clem. The three of them went
to the two beautiful new dolls. They picked them up and took them to
Raggedy Ann’s bed.
Raggedy Ann put them in her bed. She lay down upon the hard
floor. The Tin Soldier and Uncle Clem tried to tell Raggedy Ann to take
their bed. But Raggedy Ann would not do it. “I’m made out of soft cot-
ton so I can sleep on the hard floor,” said Raggedy Ann.
The next morning Annabel and Thomas woke up in Raggedy Ann’s

bed. They looked at each other and felt very ashamed because Raggedy
Ann had given her bed to them.
They saw Raggedy Ann lying on the hard floor. “How good she
looks!” said Annabel. “It must be her button eyes!”
“Her hair looks so beautiful!” said Thomas. “I didn’t see how nice
her face looked last night!”
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“The others love her so much!” said Annabel. “It must be because
she’s so kind.”
Both new dolls became silent. They were thinking.
“How do you feel?” Thomas finally asked.
“Very ashamed of myself!” answered Annabel. “And you. Thomas?”
“As soon as Raggedy Ann wakes up, I’ll tell her I’m sorry,” Thomas said.
“The more I look at her, the more I like her!” said Annabel.
“I’m going to kiss her,” said Thomas.
“You’ll wake her up,” said Annabel.
But Thomas climbed out of bed and kissed Raggedy Ann on her cheek.
Annabel-Lee climbed out of bed, too, and kissed Raggedy Ann.
Then Thomas and Annabel-Lee picked up Raggedy Ann and put
her in her bed. Raggedy Ann did not wake up. They went to sit in their
two little red chairs.
After a while, Annabel said to Thomas, “I feel happier now.”
“So do I!” Thomas replied.
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Raggedy Ann lay quietly in bed where Thomas and Annabel had
put her. She smiled. Her candy heart, which had “I LOVE YOU” written
on it, was very happy to hear Annabel and Thomas.
As you know, Raggedy Ann had not been asleep at all!
After Reading:
1. What did the new dolls think about Raggedy Ann and her
friends?
2. How did Raggedy Ann become friends with the new dolls?
3. The new dolls talked about Raggedy Ann’s clothes. Do you
think a person’s clothes can tell you about who they really are?
Give some examples.
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9. Raggedy Ann and the Cats
Before Reading:
1. Are dogs and cats usually friends? Do dogs and cats like you to
play with their babies?
2. Look at the fourth picture. What do you think Fido and
Raggedy Ann are doing?
3. Do you think Fido and the cat in this story will fight or will be
friends?
Early one morning, Marcella came and dressed all the dolls. She put
them all around her room.
She sat some of the dolls in the little red chairs around the doll
table. There was a turkey, a fried egg, and an apple on the table. The
food wasn’t real. They were toys that were painted to look like real food.
The little teapot and other doll dishes were empty, but Marcella told the
dolls sitting at the table to enjoy their dinner while she was away.
Lisa was given a seat on the doll sofa and Uncle Clem sat at the
piano.
Marcella picked up Raggedy Ann. She carried Raggedy out of the
room. She told the dolls, “Be real good children while Mamma is away!”
When the door closed, the Tin Soldier looked at Tom and gave the
turkey to the penny dolls. “Would you like some nice turkey?” he asked.
“No thank you!” the penny dolls said in little penny-doll voices.
“We’ve had all we can eat!”
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“Should I play you some music?” Uncle Clem asked Lisa.

When they heard this, all the dolls laughed. They knew Uncle Clem
could not play music. Raggedy Ann was the only doll who had ever
taken music lessons. She could even play some songs with one hand.
In fact, Marcella almost wore out Raggedy Ann’s right hand when
she was teaching the song to her.
“Play something fun!” said Lisa. She covered her face with her hands
and laughed. Uncle Clem began hitting the keys on the toy piano very
hard. Then they heard a noise on the stairs.
In the blink of an eye, all the dolls ran back to their places. They
did not want real people to know what they were doing.
It was only Fido the dog. He put his nose in the door and looked
around.
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Fido could see the dolls sitting very still at the table. They were
looking at the painted food. Uncle Clem was sitting still at the piano.
Then Fido pushed the door open and came into the room.
He walked over to the table and smelled the food. He hoped
Marcella had given the dolls real food so that he could eat it.
“Where’s Raggedy Ann?” Fido asked when he found out that
there was no food.
“Marcella took Raggedy Ann and went somewhere!” all the dolls
answered together.
“I’ve found something I must tell Raggedy Ann about!” said Fido,
as he touched his ear.
“Is it a secret?” asked the penny dolls.
“Not at all,” said Fido. “It’s about kittens!”
“How lovely!” said all the dolls. “Real kittens?”
“Real kittens!” said Fido. “Three tiny little ones, out in the
barn!”
“Oh, I wish Raggedy Ann was here!” said Lisa. “She’d know what
to do about it!”
“That’s why I wanted to see her,” said Fido. “Let me tell you how
I found them. This morning, I went into the barn to hunt for mice.
Suddenly, Mamma Cat jumped at me very angrily. So I quickly ran
away!”
“How did you know there were any kittens, then?” asked Uncle
Clem.
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“I knew there must be something inside because she jumped at me

that way! We are always very friendly, you know.” Fido said. “I waited
around the barn until Mamma Cat went up to the house. Then I went
into the barn again. And I was so surprised! I found three tiny little
kittens in an old basket. They were hidden in a dark corner!”
“Go get them, Fido, and bring them up so we can see them!” said
the Tin Soldier.
“Not me!” said Fido. “If I had tin clothes like you have, I might
do it, but you know, cats can scratch if they want to!”
“We will tell Raggedy when she comes in!” said Lisa, and then
Fido went out to play with a neighbor dog.
Raggedy Ann came back to the room at bedtime. The dolls could
hardly wait until Marcella put on their pajamas and left them for the
night.
Then they told Raggedy Ann all about the kittens.
Raggedy Ann jumped from her bed and ran over to Fido’s basket;
he wasn’t there.
Then Raggedy said that all the dolls could go out to the barn and
see the kittens. They did this easily because the window was open and
it was only a short jump to the ground.
They found Fido outside, near the barn. He was watching a
hole.
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“I was afraid something might hurt the kittens,” he said. “Mamma

Cat went away about an hour ago.”
Raggedy Ann went in first. All the dolls followed her and went
through the hole. Then they all ran to the basket.
Raggedy Ann started to pick up one of the kittens. At that mo-

ment there was a lot of noise, and Fido came running through the hole.
Mamma Cat was behind him. When Mamma Cat caught up with Fido,
he cried in pain.
Fido and Mamma Cat ran around the barn two or three times. Fi-
nally, Fido was able to find the hole and ran outside. Then Mamma Cat
came over to the basket and saw all the dolls.
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“I’m surprised, Mamma Cat!” said Raggedy Ann. “Fido has been
watching your kittens for an hour while you were away. He wouldn’t
hurt them for anything!”
“I’m sorry,” said Mamma Cat.
“You should trust Fido, Mamma Cat!” said Raggedy Ann. “He loves
you.”
“Thank you Fido!” said Mamma Cat.
“Have you told the people up at the house about your sweet little
kittens?” Raggedy Ann asked.
“Oh, no, not at all!” cried Mamma Cat. “At the last place I lived,
the people found out about my kittens. They took my kittens away. I
never saw them again. I want to keep this a secret!”
“But all the people at this house are very kind. They would love your
kittens!” said all the dolls.
“Let’s take them right up to the room!” said Raggedy Ann. “Marcella
can find them there in the morning!”
“What a great idea!” said all the dolls together. “Please, Mamma
Cat! Raggedy Ann knows because she is full of nice clean white cotton
and is very smart!”
So after talking with the dolls, Mamma Cat finally agreed. Raggedy
Ann took two of the kittens and carried them to the house. Mamma Cat
carried the other kitten.
Raggedy Ann wanted to give the kittens her bed, but Fido wanted
to prove his love to the kittens. He kept asking Mamma Cat and the
kittens to sleep in his nice soft basket. Finally, they did. So Raggedy Ann
shared her bed with Fido.
The dolls could hardly sleep that night. They just wanted to see
what Marcella would say when she found the little kittens in the
morning.
Raggedy Ann did not sleep at all. Fido moved around too much and
kept her awake.
In the morning, when Marcella came to the room, the first thing she
saw was the three little kittens.
She cried out in excitement and carried them all down to show to
Mamma and Daddy. Mamma Cat went along. She rubbed against all the
chairs and doors. She was very proud.
Mamma and Daddy said the kittens could stay in the house and
Marcella could have them all. So Marcella took them back to Fido’s
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basket. Then she looked for names for them from a fairy tale book.
Marcella finally decided on three names that came from storybooks:
Prince Charming for the white kitty, Cinderella for the gray kitty and
Princess Golden for the kitty with the yellow stripes.
So that is how the three little kittens came to live in the room with
the dolls.
And it all turned out just as Raggedy Ann said earlier, because her
head was filled with clean white cotton, and she could think really smart
thoughts.
And Mamma Cat found out that Fido was a very good friend, too.
She grew to trust him a lot more. She even let him help wash the kit-
tens’ faces.
After Reading:
1. Why did Mama Cat hide her kittens?
2. What happened to the kittens in the end?
3. How do you know you can trust someone? What are things
people do that show you can trust them?
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Raggedy Ann and the Gift
10. Raggedy Ann and the Gift
Before Reading:
1. What would be the most wonderful gift in the world for your
family?
2. Look at the third picture. What do you think Fido and
Raggedy Ann are looking at?
3. What do you think is the gift in this story?
It was night time. The house was quiet.

All the dolls were sleeping in their beds.
Fido was also sleeping in his
basket. Every few minutes,
he would wake up. He would
open one eye and lift one ear.
He knew something was going to
happen.
Fido opened both his

eyes. Then he smelled the
air and got out of his basket.
He shook himself and ran to
Raggedy Ann’s bed.
Fido put his cold nose
on Raggedy Ann’s neck. She
raised her head from the little
pillow.
“Oh! It’s you, Fido!” said
Raggedy Ann. “I dreamed the
Tin Soldier put ice down my
neck!”
“I can’t sleep,” Fido said
to Raggedy Ann. “I feel that
something is going to happen!”
“You have been eating too
many bones, Fido. They keep
you awake,” Raggedy replied.
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“No, it isn’t that. I haven’t had any bones since last Sunday. It isn’t
that. Listen, Raggedy!”
Raggedy Ann listened.
There was a sound like singing, from voices far away.
“What is it?” asked Fido.
“Shh!” said Raggedy Ann. “It’s music.”
It was the most beautiful music Raggedy Ann had ever heard.
It grew louder, but still came from far away.
Raggedy Ann and Fido could hear it well. It sounded like hundreds
of tiny voices were singing together.
“Please don’t howl, Fido,” said Raggedy Ann. She put her arms
around the dog’s mouth. Fido usually howled when he heard music.
But Fido did not howl this time. He felt happy listening to the song.
He thought that something very nice was going to happen.
Raggedy Ann sat up in her bed. The room was full of a beautiful
light. She thought that the music was coming from outside the window.
So she jumped out of her bed and ran to the window. Fido ran with
her. They looked out of the window and into the garden.
Near the flowers, they saw many small fairies. Some were playing
music and others were singing. Fido and Raggedy Ann listened to their
song. The fairies started to dance closer and closer to Raggedy Ann and
Fido. Raggedy knew that they shouldn’t let the fairies see them. Fairies
don’t like to be watched.
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Raggedy Ann said, “Hurry and go to your basket, Fido. They are
coming here.” Then Raggedy Ann ran back to her bed.
Fido jumped into his basket. He tried to look like he was sleeping.
But he opened one eye to look at the fairies.
Raggedy jumped into her bed. She pulled the blankets up to her
face. She also opened one eye to see the fairies.
Soon, little fairies came into the room through the window. They
were shining like silver. And they were singing. They had a little
bundle. A beautiful light came from this bundle. Raggedy Ann and Fido
thought that it was like sunshine.
The fairies went across the room and out of the door with their
bundle. Raggedy Ann and Fido heard them singing as they went down
the hall.
After some time, the fairies came back. They did not have the
bundle now. They all flew out of the window.
Raggedy Ann and Fido ran to the window again. They saw the fair-
ies dancing around the flowers in the garden.
A little later the fairies’ music stopped and they flew away. Then
Raggedy Ann and Fido went back to Raggedy’s bed to think about the
fairies.
The next morning, the other dolls woke up. They saw Raggedy Ann
and Fido looking curious and interested in something.
“What is it, Raggedy Ann?” asked the Tin Soldier and Uncle Clem.
Before Raggedy Ann could answer, Marcella came running into
the room. She picked up all the dolls and ran down the hall. Fido ran
with her, barking
loudly.
“Be quiet!”
Marcella said to
Fido. “It’s sleep-
ing. You will
wake it!” She
took them to
Mamma’s bed-
room. Mamma
was in bed. Next
to her was a
smaller bed.
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Mamma helped Marcella put the dolls in a circle around the small
bed. The dolls could now see that a bundle was in the bed.
Mamma pulled back the blanket from the bundle. The dolls saw a
tiny little hand, a little face with a small nose, and a little head with no
hair. It was a baby boy!
Then Marcella took the dolls back to their room. They all started to
talk at once.
“A little baby brother for Marcella!” said Uncle Clem.
“A beautiful bundle of love and fairy sunshine for everybody in the
house!” said Raggedy Ann. Then she sat at the piano and played a happy
song.
After Reading:
1. What did Raggedy Ann and Fido see that night?
2. Who was the baby?
3. What special things do people do when a baby is born?
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11. Raggedy Ann and the Chickens
Before Reading:
1. What does a mother chicken do to help her eggs become
chickens?
2. In this story, Raggedy Ann fell into the place where the
chickens lived. What do you think will happen to her?
3. Look at the last picture. What is Raggedy Ann doing? Why
do you think she is doing it?
When Marcella had to run into the house, she left Raggedy sitting
on the fence by the chickens. “Please sit quietly and do not move,” Mar-
cella told Raggedy Ann. “If you move, you might fall and get hurt!”
So, Raggedy Ann sat quietly, just like Marcella told her. She smiled.
She knew that she had fallen many times before and it had never hurt
her. It was because she was filled with nice soft cotton!
Raggedy Ann sat there for a while. Then a little bird came. It flew to
the flowers nearby. It came very close to Raggedy Ann’s head.
Raggedy Ann turned her head to see the bird and lost her balance.
Plump! She fell down among the chickens.
The chickens ran away in all directions, but a rooster named Old
Ironsides stayed.
He was not happy. He put his head down close to the ground and
made a strange noise as he looked angrily at Raggedy Ann.
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Raggedy Ann only smiled at Old Ironsides, the rooster. She touched
her hair with her hand and did not look at him. She was not afraid of
him.
Then something strange happened. The old rooster jumped up in the
air and kicked out his feet. He knocked Raggedy Ann over and over.
Raggedy Ann shouted, “Shoo!” at the rooster to make him go away.

Old Ironsides didn’t run away. He kicked her again.
Two old hens had been watching the rooster kick Raggedy. Now,
they ran to help her. One old hen stood in front of the rooster. The
other old hen held Raggedy’s dress and pulled her into the chicken coop.
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It was dark inside. Raggedy felt the two friendly chickens pull her up
over the nests.
Finally, when the old hens stopped pulling her, Raggedy could sit up. Her
button eyes were very good, so she could see the old hen in front of her.
“Wow, that’s the hardest work I’ve done in a long time!” said the old
hen. “I was afraid Mr. Rooster would tear your dress!”
“That was a strange game he was playing, Mrs. Hen,” said Raggedy Ann.
The old hen laughed, “He wasn’t playing a game, he was fighting you!”
“Fighting!” Raggedy Ann was surprised.
“Oh yes!” the old hen answered. “Old Ironsides, the rooster, thought you
were going to hurt some of the young chickens. So, he was fighting you!”
“I am sorry that I fell inside, I wouldn’t hurt anyone,” Raggedy Ann said.
“If we tell you a secret, you must promise not to tell Marcella!” said
the old hens.
“I promise! Cross my candy heart!” said Raggedy Ann.
Then the two old hens took Raggedy Ann to the farthest corner of
the chicken coop. There, behind a box, they had built two nests. Each
old hen had ten eggs in her nest.
“If the people in the house knew about the eggs, they would take
them all!” said the hens. “And then we could not have our babies!”
Raggedy Ann felt the eggs. They were nice and warm. “Now we will
have to sit on the eggs and warm them up again!”
The two old hens opened their wings and sat down on the nests.
“But how can the eggs grow if you sit on them?” asked Raggedy. “If Fido
sits on any plants in the garden, the plants will not grow, Marcella says!”
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“Eggs are different!” one of the old hens explained. “In order to
make the eggs hatch, we must sit on them for three weeks so they don’t
get cold!”
“And at the end of the three weeks do the eggs grow into a plant?”
asked Raggedy Ann.
“You must be thinking of eggplant!” cried one old hen. “These are
chicken eggs. They don’t grow into a plant. After they hatch, we will
have a lovely family of soft, cute little chicks. We can hold them under
our wings and love them dearly!”
“Have you been sitting on the eggs very long?” Raggedy asked.
“We don’t know!” said one hen. “You see, we leave the nests only
once in a while to eat and drink.”
“We were going out to get a drink when you fell in the pen!” said
one of the old hens.
“I’m happy to sit on the eggs to keep them warm while you get some-
thing to eat and drink!” said Raggedy.
So the two old hens walked out of the coop to finish their meal.
While they were gone, Raggedy Ann sat quietly on the warm eggs.
Suddenly, underneath her she heard something, “Pick, pick!”

Then she felt something move. “I hope it isn’t a mouse!” Raggedy
Ann said to herself. “I wish the old hens would come back.”
When they came back and saw Raggedy Ann’s face, they said,
“What is it?”
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Raggedy Ann stood up on her feet. She looked down. There were
several little baby chicks, round and fluffy.
“Cheep! Cheep! Cheep!” they cried when Raggedy stepped out of
the nest.
“Baby chicks!” Raggedy cried. She picked up one of the little fluffy
balls up. “They want to be held!”
The two old hens’ eyes were bright with happiness. They got on
the nests and opened their soft warm wings. “The other eggs will hatch
soon!” they said.
So, for several days, Raggedy helped the two hens hatch the rest
of the chicks. Just as they finished, Marcella came inside and looked
around.
“How did you get in here, Raggedy Ann?” she cried. “I have been
looking everywhere for you! Did the chickens pull you in here?”
Behind the box, both old hens talked softly to the chicks under their
wings. Marcella heard them.
She lifted the box away and gave a little cry of surprise and happiness.
“Oh, dear old Hennypennies!” she cried, lifting both old hens from
their nests. “You have hidden your nests! Now you have one, two, three,
four—twenty chicks!” As she counted them, Marcella put them in her
apron. Then she lifted Raggedy up and placed her over the new little
chicks.
“Come on, Hennypennies!” she said, and went out of the coop. The
two old hens followed right behind her.
Marcella called Daddy and told him about the new chicks. Daddy
made two nice houses for the hens and their babies.
All the dolls were happy when they heard of Raggedy’s adventure.
They did not have to wait long before Marcella took them out to see the
new chicks.
After Reading:
1. What happened when Raggedy Ann fell into the chicken
coop?
2. What was the hens’ secret?
3. Do you think Raggedy Ann was right to tell the hens’
secret? When is it important to keep a secret and when is it
important not to keep a secret?
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12. Raggedy Ann and the Mouse
Before Reading:
1. Do you ever find small animals in your house? What do you do
with them?
2. Look at the second picture. What is Uncle Clem pointing at?
3. What do you think happens in this story?
Every day Raggedy Ann

woke up happy. But today
Raggedy Ann was very angry.
She had a frown on her face.
Someone or something had
been in the dolls’ room and left
a trail of crumbs.
“It’s such a mess!” said
Raggedy Ann.
“Something must be done
about it!” said Lisa. She was
also very angry.
“When I catch who did
this, I don’t know what I will do
with him!” said the Tin Soldier.
He felt angry, too.
“It was a mouse! Here is the
hole he came from,” said Uncle
Clem. “Come, see!”
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All the dolls ran to Uncle Clem. He was down on his hands and
knees.
“This must be the place,” said Raggedy Ann. “We will cover the
hole. He will not come out again!”
The dolls found old clothes and pieces of paper. They pushed them
into the mouse’s hole.
“I thought I heard a mouse last night,” one of the penny dolls said.
Marcella came to the dolls’ room. When Marcella saw the crumbs,
she ran downstairs. She told Daddy and Mamma about it. They came
upstairs with her. Soon, they also found the mouse’s hole.
Later that day, Marcella came running into their room. She had a
small kitten in her arms.
Marcella showed the kitten to all the dolls.
“Her name is Boots,” said Marcella. “See, she has four little white
feet!”
Boots was a happy kitten. She played with the penny dolls. She
jumped at them from behind the chairs. All of them had a lot of fun.
Soon, Marcella left the room. Then Raggedy Ann played with
Boots. They rolled around on the floor. They liked each other and en-
joyed themselves.
Boots slept on top of Raggedy Ann. The kitten was heavy but Rag-
gedy Ann was very glad to have Boots sleep with her.
At night, Boots started to cry for her Mommy. She missed her Mom-
ma. It was the first time she had been away from home. Raggedy Ann
talked to her and made her feel better. Soon, Boots went back to sleep.
Within a few days, Boots had become friends with all the dolls. She
did not cry at night. The dolls told her about the mouse. She said that
she would look for him at night.
One night, all the dolls were sleeping. Only Boots was awake. Then
a small mouse came out of the hole. Boots jumped after the mouse. She
hit the toy piano. The piano made a lot of noise and the dolls woke up.
They ran over to Boots. She was sitting with a little mouse in her
mouth.
The mouse was squeaking loudly!
Raggedy Ann did not like to hear it squeak. But she did not want
the mouse to leave a mess again either.
So, Raggedy Ann said to the tiny little mouse, “You should not come
here. Why don’t you go out to live in the barn?”
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“I am not hurting anyone!” squeaked the little mouse. “This is the

first time I have ever been here!”
“Aren’t you the little mouse who left all the crumbs?” Raggedy Ann
asked.
“No,” the little mouse answered. “I was visiting the mice inside the
walls. I live in the barn and have three baby mice. I did not leave any
crumbs.”
“Are you a Mamma mouse?” Uncle Clem asked.
“Yes!” the little mouse squeaked. “If the kitten will let me go, I will
run home to my children. I will never come back here.”
“Let her go, Boots!” the dolls said. “She has three little baby mice at
home! Please let her go!”
“No,” Boots told them. “This is the first mouse I have ever caught. I
want to eat her!” The little Mamma mouse began squeaking even more
loudly.
“If you do not let the Mamma mouse go, Boots, I will be very sad,
and I will not want to play with you,” said Raggedy Ann.
“Raggedy will not play with Boots,” said all of the dolls. All of them
liked to play with Raggedy Ann. They would be very sad if she did not
play with them. So they thought Boots would feel sad too.
But Boots did not let the little Mamma mouse go.
The dolls talked together. While they talked, Boots played with the
mouse. She let the little mouse go, and then when the mouse ran, she
caught it again.
She did this again and again until the poor mouse grew very tired
and could not run.
Raggedy Ann watched the little mouse try to run away. But Boots
caught it every time. This made Raggedy Ann very sad. Tears came to
her eyes.
Boots started to jump after the little mouse again. This time Raggedy
Ann threw her arms around the kitten’s neck. “Run, Mamma mouse!”
Raggedy Ann shouted as she held the kitten. The mouse was too tired to
run.
Uncle Clem ran and pushed the Mamma mouse into the hole. Then
the little mouse was gone.
When Raggedy Ann took her arms from around Boots, the kitten
was very angry. She scratched Raggedy Ann with her claws.
But Raggedy Ann only smiled. It did not hurt her at all. Boots felt
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ashamed. She went over and lay down near the hole in the wall. She
waited for the mouse to come back. But the mouse never returned. She
was with her baby mice in the barn.
Raggedy Ann and the dolls went to bed. In the night, Raggedy Ann
felt something jump up on her bed. It was Boots. Boots licked Raggedy’s
face. Raggedy Ann smiled happily to herself. Once again Boots slept on
top of Raggedy Ann.
Raggedy Ann knew that Boots was not angry with her for helping
Mamma Mouse.
After Reading:
1. Why did the mouse come in the house and how did it leave?
2. What did Raggedy Ann do to save the mouse?
3. Raggedy Ann and Boots did not agree about what to do with
the mouse. What can happen when people disagree?
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13. Raggedy Ann’s New Sisters
Before Reading:
1. Imagine something you own is copied hundreds of times and
given to children around the world. What would you want to
have copied?
2. Look at the picture on page 61. Why do you think there are so
many Raggedy Anns all together?
3. How many new sisters do you think Raggedy Ann will have?
Where do you think they will come from?
Marcella was having a tea party up in her room when Daddy called
her. She left the dolls around the little table and ran downstairs. She
took Raggedy Ann with her.
Mamma, Daddy, and their friend John were talking in the living room.
Marcella had never met John so Daddy introduced them to each other.
He was a big man with kind eyes and a nice smile. His smile was as
pleasant as Raggedy Ann’s. Because Daddy, Mamma and Marcella liked
him, Raggedy Ann liked him too.
“I have two little girls,” he told Marcella. “Their names are Virginia
and Doris. Doris has a doll called Freddy. One time, we were at the
beach. They were playing in the sand and they covered Freddy in the
sand. After they covered Freddy, they went farther down the beach to
play. They forgot all about Freddy.
“When it was time for us to go home, Virginia and Doris remem-
bered Freddy. They ran back to get him, but the waves came and pulled
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Freddy out into the water. They saw Freddy go under the water and they
could not find him again. Virginia and Doris were very sad and they
talked about Freddy all the way home.”
“It was too bad they forgot Freddy,” said Marcella.
“Yes, it was!” John said as he took Raggedy Ann up and made her
dance on Marcella’s knee. “But it was okay after all, because, do you
know what happened to Freddy?”
“No, what happened to him?” Marcella asked.
“Well, first of all, when Freddy was covered with the sand, he en-
joyed it very much. He didn’t mind when the waves came up over him.
He thought Virginia and Doris would come back and get him.
“But then Freddy felt the sand above him move. It felt as if someone was
getting him out. Soon his head was uncovered. Now he could look right up
through the beautiful green water. What do you think was happening?
“The waves were washing away the sand and uncovering Freddy.
When he was completely uncovered, the undertow pulled him out to
sea. Then the waves threw him up into the air with the ocean spray.
The wind and the waves helped carry him back to the beach.”
Marcella couldn’t wait to hear what happened next.
“The next day, Virginia and Doris found him on the beach, looking
very happy after his wonderful adventure!”
“Freddy must have enjoyed it and your little girls must be very glad
to have Freddy back again!” said Marcella. “Raggedy Ann went up in the
air on the tail of a kite one day and fell and was lost. So now I am very
careful with her!”
“Would you let me take Raggedy Ann for a few days?” asked John.
Marcella was quiet. She liked the man, but she did not want to lose
Raggedy Ann.
“I promise to take very good care of her and I’ll give her back to you
in a week. Will you let her go with me, Marcella?”
Marcella finally agreed and when John left, he put Raggedy Ann in
his bag.
“It is lonely without Raggedy Ann!” said the dolls each night.
“We miss her happy, painted smile and her fun ways!” they said.
And so the week went by slowly....
When Raggedy Ann finally came back, all the dolls wanted to hug
Raggedy Ann and ask her many questions. They could hardly wait until
the time when Marcella left them alone.
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They hugged Raggedy Ann almost out of shape! She had to straight-
en her hair and feel her button eyes to see if they were still there. Then
she said, “Well, what have you been doing? Tell me all the news!”
“Oh we just had the usual tea parties and games!” said the Tin Sol-
dier. “Tell us about yourself, Raggedy, we missed you so much!”
“Yes! Tell us where you have been and what you have done, Rag-
gedy!” all the dolls said.
Just then, Raggedy Ann saw that one of the penny dolls was missing
a hand.
“How did this happen?” she asked as she picked up the doll.
“I fell off the table and hit the Tin Soldier last night when we were
playing. But don’t worry about a little thing like that, Raggedy Ann,”
the penny doll said. “Tell us about yourself! Did you have a nice time?”
“I will not say anything until your hand is fixed!” Raggedy Ann said.
So Helen ran and found a bottle of glue. “Where’s the hand?” Rag-
gedy asked.
“In my pocket,” the penny doll answered.
Raggedy Ann glued the penny doll’s hand in place and put a piece
of cloth around it to hold it until the glue dried. Then she said, “When
I tell you about this wonderful adventure, I know you will all feel very
happy. It made me almost burst with joy.”
The dolls all sat on the floor around Raggedy Ann. The Tin Soldier
sat with his arm over her shoulder.
“Well, first, when I left,” said Raggedy Ann, “I was put in John’s bag.
It was stuffy in there, but I did not mind it. I think I fell asleep. When
I woke up, I saw John’s hand. Then the hand took me out from the bag.
John danced me on his knee. ‘What do you think of her?’ he asked three
other people sitting nearby.
“I was so interested in looking out of the window that I did not lis-
ten to what they said. We were on a train and the scenery was just flying
by! Then I was put back in the bag.
“The next time I was taken from the bag, I was in a large, clean, bright
room and there were many, many workers all dressed in white aprons.
“John showed me to the people in aprons. Then they cut my seams
and took out my cotton. And what do you think? They found my lovely
candy heart! It had not melted at all as I thought. They put me on a
clean white cloth on a table. Then they drew all around my body with a
pencil. After that, they filled me with cotton again and dressed me.
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“I stayed in that clean, big, and bright room for two or three days
and nights. I watched my sisters grow from pieces of cloth into dolls just
like myself!”
“Your SISTERS!” the dolls all shouted in astonishment. “What do
you mean, Raggedy?”
“I mean,” said Raggedy Ann, “that John borrowed me from Mar-
cella so that he could make dolls exactly like me. Before I left the big
clean room, there were hundreds of dolls. They are so much like me you
wouldn’t be able to say which one is me and which one is not.”
“We could tell it’s you by your happy smile!” said Lisa.
“But all of my sister dolls have smiles just like mine!” answered
Raggedy Ann.
“And button eyes?” the dolls all asked.
“Yes, button eyes!” Raggedy Ann said.
“I would know that it’s you because of your dress, Raggedy Ann,”
said Lisa. “Your dress is fifty years old!”
“But my new sister rag dolls have dresses just like mine. John used
cloth for their dresses that was exactly like the cloth in my dress.”
“I know how we could tell you from the other dolls, even if you all
look exactly alike!” Helen said. She had been thinking for a long time.
“How?” asked Raggedy Ann with a laugh.
“By feeling your candy heart! If the doll has a candy heart then it is
you, Raggedy Ann!”
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Raggedy Ann laughed, “I’m so glad you all love me so much, but I
am sure you wouldn’t be able to tell me from my new sisters, except that
I’m old and worn. Each new doll has a candy heart, too! On each heart
are the words ‘I LOVE YOU’ just like my own candy heart.”
“And there are hundreds and hundreds of the new dolls like you?”
asked the little penny dolls.
“Hundreds and hundreds of them, all named Raggedy Ann,” said
Raggedy.
“Then,” said the penny dolls, “we are really happy and proud of you!
The new Raggedy Ann dolls will bring the love and happiness that you
give to others.”
After Reading:
1. How did Raggedy Ann get new sisters?
2. In what ways was Raggedy Ann the same as her sisters? How
was she different?
3. Raggedy Ann’s friends were at first afraid that they wouldn’t
be able to tell her from the other dolls, but in the end they
were happy. Do you think special things should be copied?
Why or why not?
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Voc a b u l a r y Gl ossa r y b y St o r y
Vocabulary Glossary by Story
1. Introduction
attic: n. a room in a house that is above all

rooms and is right under the roof, often used
as a place to keep things
climb: v. to go up something high (such as a

wall or a tree) by using one’s hands and feet
rag doll: n. a soft doll made from pieces of cloth
button: n. a small, often round, piece of plastic on

clothing, used to keep the clothing together
hug: n. an action in which a person puts his/her arms

around somebody else to show love
sew: v. to repair clothes or attach something such

as a button to them
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2. Raggedy Ann Learns a Lesson
leader: n. a person who directs a group of people
kitchen: n. the room in a house where food is made
needle: n. a small thin tool for sewing
lock: v. to close a door with a key so others cannot open it
key: n. a small object used to lock and unlock a door
cupboard: n. a place to keep things, usually in

the kitchen
spill: v. when a liquid spills, it flows out of its

container by accident
raspberry jam: n. a sweet, thick, and sticky

paste made from raspberries; a raspberry is a
type of small red fruit
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basket: n. something we use to carry things,

hold things, or for a small pet to sleep in; it is
often woven
clothesline: n. a piece of rope or string tied between two poles;

wet clothes are hung on it to dry in the sun
grass: n. short little green plants that

cover the ground in fields and gardens
lemonade: n. a drink made with lemon juice, water, and sugar
comb: v. to use a hair tool to make one’s hair

smooth and straight
pajamas: n. soft clothes that are worn to bed
cotton: n. soft cloth made from a plant
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3. Raggedy Ann and the Washing
housekeeper: n. a person who does housework for pay
upset: adj. unhappy, angry
to get up on the wrong side of the bed: idiom an expression to

explain why some mornings someone wakes up and is upset for no
clear reason
hurt: v. make something or someone feel pain
laundry basket: n. a basket that holds clothes

that are dirty and need to be washed
pot: n. a container for cooking

*(In the story, Dinah used a pot for
washing clothes, but most people no
longer wash their clothes this way.
Nowadays, most people use a washing
machine or wash their clothes by
hand.)
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stove: n. a thing in the kitchen that uses wood, coal, gas, or electricity
to heat up food or water
steam: n. what water becomes when it is heated
boil: v. to cook in water
washboard: n. a board for washing clothes
fault: n. something one did that caused an accident to happen
tear: n. a drop of water that comes out of the

eye when someone cries (the verb to tear has a
different meaning)
breeze: n. light, pleasant wind
pat: v. to touch a person or animal quickly and gently

with the flat of the hand to show kindness
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4. Raggedy Ann and the Kite
kite: n. a toy made of paper and sticks that is made to fly in the sky
with the help of a long piece of string
tail: n. a long thin rope tied to the back of the kite
string: n. a thin rope
tear: v. to break apart (usually cloth or paper)
nest: n. a bed that birds make with small sticks

and anything soft; birds put their eggs in nests
curious: adj. interested in learning more
lullabies: n. gentle songs to put a baby to sleep
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5. Raggedy Ann and the Painter
shelf: n. a long flat board on a wall or in a cupboard

used to put things on
whistle: v. to make a sound by blowing wind through the lips
to be in trouble: idiom to make someone else angry about what you

have done
rag: n. a piece of old cloth
secret: n. something very few people know
candy heart: n. a piece of candy in the shape of a heart
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6. Raggedy Ann Saved Fido
ache: v. hurt
lawn: n. an area of grass in a yard or garden
fence: n. a thin wall around a house or

area; it is often made of wood or wire
track: v. to follow an animal or a person by following the marks or

signs that they leave behind
trail: n. the marks or signs that an animal or a

person leaves behind as they go by
doghouse: n. a house for a dog
bark: n. the woofing sound that a dog makes
terrible: adj. very bad
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dog catcher: n. a person who catches dogs,

usually with a special stick
paw: n. an animal’s foot
pen: n. a small place to keep animals inside
mind his own business: idiom not pay attention to what others are
doing
mud: n. soft, wet, sticky dirt
latch: n. a small object to keep a door, gate, or

window closed
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lift: v. to pick up
hurry: v. to go or do something quickly
lick: v. to touch with the tongue (in

America, people often think that it is
good when a dog licks someone’s face)
cheek: n. each side of the face below the eye
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7. Raggedy Ann’s Trip on the River
ant: n. a very small bug
puppy: n. a young dog
hide: v. to make it so that no one can see (a person or thing)
path: n. an opening in a field or forest that is

easy to follow
stream: n. a small river
catch up with: idiom to run after someone and get right next to them
(caught is the past tense of catch)
float: v. to not fall to the bottom of the water but stay on top
Example: Boats float in the water.
soak: v. to fill up and cover something completely with liquid; to

make very wet
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[someone’s] heart is broken: idiom feel very sad
drown: v. to fall to the bottom of the water and die
gently: adv. carefully, softly
oven: n. something used to bake food
chocolate cake: n. a sweet food that is baked in

an oven
melt: v. (ice, chocolate, butter, etc.) to turn into liquid from heat
Example: the candy melted: the candy became liquid like water
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8. Raggedy Ann and the New Dolls
mustache: n. hair above the lip on a man’s face
blonde: adj. hair that is yellow in color
silk: n. an expensive type of cloth which is soft and shiny
ribbon: n. a long piece of cloth or paper used to tie things or put in a

person’s hair
suit: n. a set of clothes made from the same material, usually pants
and a coat
insects: n. a small creature that has six legs (examples: ant, bee,
spider, fly)
ashamed: adj. to feel bad because the person has done something
wrong
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9. Raggedy Ann and the Cats
turkey: n. a large bird that is cooked to eat
teapot: n. a pot that heats and holds tea (a warm

drink)
sofa: n. a soft seat for more than one person
piano: n. a musical instrument that has black and white keys

and is played with the fingers
in the blink of an eye: idiom as fast as you open and shut your eyes;
an expression meaning something is done very fast
kitten: n. a baby cat
barn: n. a building outside of the house used

to keep animals or farm tools
mice: n. more than one mouse
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hidden: adj. past participle of hide
scratch: v. to use one’s nails to rub or cut skin
trust: v. to believe that someone is telling the truth; to believe that

someone is not dangerous
rub: v. to touch gently
fairy tale: n. a traditional children’s story
kitty: n. another word for young cat or kitten
stripe: n. a line that goes up and down; a yellow

striped (adj.) cat describes a cat with yellow lines
and other color lines
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10. Raggedy Ann and the Gift
pillow: n. something you put your head on in bed
howl: v. to make a loud and long cry (a dog)
fairy: n. a very small magical person
blanket: n. cloth on the bed to keep you warm when you sleep
silver: adj. shiny, grayish color
bundle: n. a small package
hall: n. the space you can walk between rooms
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11. Raggedy Ann and the Chickens
balance: v. to keep your body in control so you don’t fall over
rooster: n. a male chicken
hen: n. a female chicken that lays eggs
chicken coop: n. a small house on a farm

where chickens can build their nests
promise: v. to tell someone you will definitely do something or that

something will definitely happen
cross my candy heart: idiom “cross my heart” is an expression that

children use when someone asks them to make a promise. It means,
“Yes, I promise!” Raggedy Ann had a candy heart so she said “cross my
candy heart.”
hatch: v. when baby chickens grow enough

to come out of the egg, the egg breaks and the
chicken leaves the egg
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eggplant: n. a kind of vegetable that has purple or

white fruit; an eggplant is either long or round
chick: n. a baby chicken
fluffy: adj. soft and light

Example: The cat has fluffy hair.
apron: n. a piece of cloth used to protect your clothes

when cooking or cleaning
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12. Raggedy Ann and the Mouse
frown: n. the opposite of a smile; a sad face
crumb: n. a very small piece of dry food, usually bread
squeak: v. to make a loud, high noise
claw: n. a cat’s or bird’s sharp fingernail
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13. Raggedy Ann’s New Sisters
introduce: v. to tell someone who a new person is
beach: n. the place right next to the water

of an ocean or sea; there is usually sand on a
beach
wave: n. movement of water that moves up

and down and back and forth
undertow: n. the water under the sea that pulls away from the land
spray: n. tiny drops of water that fly in the air
missing: adj. gone, not there anymore
glue: n. liquid that makes things stay together
burst with joy: idiom to be very happy and excited
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stuffy: adj. hard to breathe from being in a very small space
scenery: n. nature all around that you can see
astonishment: n. a big surprise
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The General Service List
Approximately 2000 of the most frequently used words in the English language. Knowledge of these
words allows you to understand about 85% of most English conversation and text. The words are
arranged in order of frequency from the most common word in the language to the 2284th most
common word.
1. the 51. about 101. because

2. be 52. than 102. good
3. of 53. into 103. each
4. and 54. could 104. those
5. a 55. state 105. feel
6. to 56. only 106. seem
7. in 57. new 107. how
8. he 58. year 108. high
9. have 59. some 109. too
10. it 60. take 110. place
11. that 61. come 111. little
12. for 62. these 112. world
13. they 63. know 113. very
14. I 64. see 114. still
15. with 65. use 115. nation
16. as 66. get 116. hand
17. not 67. like 117. old
18. on 68. then 118. life
19. she 69. first 119. tell
20. at 70. any 120. write
21. by 71. work 121. become
22. this 72. now 122. here
23. we 73. may 123. show
24. you 74. such 124. house
25. do 75. give 125. both
26. but 76. over 126. between
27. from 77. think 127. need
28. or 78. most 128. mean
29. which 79. even 129. call
30. one 80. find 130. develop
31. would 81. day 131. under
32. all 82. also 132. last
33. will 83. after 133. right
34. there 84. way 134. move
35. say 85. many 135. thing
36. who 86. must 136. general
37. make 87. look 137. school
38. when 88. before 138. never
39. can 89. great 139. same
40. more 90. back 140. another
41. if 91. through 141. begin
42. no 92. long 142. while
43. man 93. where 143. number
44. out 94. much 144. part
45. other 95. should 145. turn
46. so 96. well 146. real
47. what 97. people 147. leave
48. time 98. down 148. might
49. up 99. own 149. want
50. go 100. just 150. point
151. form 206. meet 261. better

152. off 207. once 262. big
153. child 208. water 263. boy
154. few 209. upon 264. cost
155. small 210. war 265. business
156. since 211. build 266. value
157. against 212. hear 267. second
158. ask 213. light 268. why
159. late 214. unite 269. clear
160. home 215. live 270. expect
161. interest 216. every 271. family
162. large 217. country 272. complete
163. person 218. bring 273. act
164. end 219. center 274. sense
165. open 220. let 275. mind
166. public 221. side 276. experience
167. follow 222. try 277. art
168. during 223. provide 278. next
169. present 224. continue 279. near
170. without 225. name 280. direct
171. again 226. certain 281. car
172. hold 227. power 282. law
173. govern 228. pay 283. industry
174. around 229. result 284. important
175. possible 230. question 285. girl
176. head 231. study 286. god
177. consider 232. woman 287. several
178. word 233. member 288. matter
179. program 234. until 289. usual
180. problem 235. far 290. rather
181. however 236. night 291. per
182. lead 237. always 292. often
183. system 238. service 293. kind
184. set 239. away 294. among
185. order 240. report 295. white
186. eye 241. something 296. reason
187. plan 242. company 297. action
188. run 243. week 298. return
189. keep 244. church 299. foot
190. face 245. toward 300. care
191. fact 246. start 301. simple
192. group 247. social 302. within
193. play 248. room 303. love
194. stand 249. figure 304. human
195. increase 250. nature 305. along
196. early 251. though 306. appear
197. course 252. young 307. doctor
198. change 253. less 308. believe
199. help 254. enough 309. speak
200. line 255. almost 310. active
201. city 256. read 311. student
202. put 257. include 312. month
203. close 258. president 313. drive
204. case 259. nothing 314. concern
205. force 260. yet 315. best
316. door 371. serve 426. political

317. hope 372. age 427. learn
318. example 373. book 428. voice
319. inform 374. board 429. air
320. body 375. recent 430. together
321. ever 376. sound 431. shall
322. least 377. office 432. cover
323. probable 378. cut 433. common
324. understand 379. step 434. subject
325. reach 380. class 435. draw
326. effect 381. true 436. short
327. different 382. history 437. wife
328. idea 383. position 438. treat
329. whole 384. above 439. limit
330. control 385. strong 440. road
331. condition 386. friend 441. letter
332. field 387. necessary 442. color
333. pass 388. add 443. behind
334. fall 389. court 444. produce
335. note 390. deal 445. send
336. special 391. tax 446. term
337. talk 392. support 447. total
338. particular 393. party 448. university
339. today 394. whether 449. rise
340. measure 395. either 450. century
341. walk 396. land 451. success
342. teach 397. material 452. minute
343. low 398. happen 453. remember
344. hour 399. education 454. purpose
345. type 400. death 455. test
346. carry 401. agree 456. fight
347. rate 402. arm 457. watch
348. remain 403. mother 458. situation
349. full 404. across 459. south
350. street 405. quite 460. ago
351. easy 406. anything 461. difference
352. although 407. town 462. stage
353. record 408. past 463. father
354. sit 409. view 464. table
355. determine 410. society 465. rest
356. level 411. manage 466. bear
357. local 412. answer 467. entire
358. sure 413. break 468. market
359. receive 414. organize 469. prepare
360. thus 415. half 470. explain
361. moment 416. fire 471. offer
362. spirit 417. lose 472. plant
363. train 418. money 473. charge
364. college 419. stop 474. ground
365. religion 420. actual 475. west
366. perhaps 421. already 476. picture
367. music 422. effort 477. hard
368. grow 423. wait 478. front
369. free 424. department 479. lie
370. cause 425. able 480. modern
481. dark 536. visit 591. else

482. surface 537. supply 592. mere
483. rule 538. officer 593. die
484. regard 539. doubt 594. remark
485. dance 540. private 595. basis
486. peace 541. immediate 596. except
487. observe 542. wish 597. equal
488. future 543. contain 598. east
489. wall 544. feed 599. event
490. farm 545. raise 600. employ
491. claim 546. describe 601. defense
492. firm 547. ready 602. smile
493. operation 548. horse 603. river
494. further 549. son 604. improve
495. pressure 550. exist 605. game
496. property 551. north 606. detail
497. morning 552. suggest 607. account
498. amount 553. station 608. cent
499. top 554. effective 609. sort
500. outside 555. food 610. reduce
501. piece 556. deep 611. club
502. sometimes 557. wide 612. buy
503. beauty 558. alone 613. attention
504. trade 559. character 614. ship
505. fear 560. english 615. decision
506. demand 561. happy 616. wear
507. wonder 562. critic 617. inside
508. list 563. unit 618. win
509. accept 564. product 619. suppose
510. judge 565. respect 620. ride
511. paint 566. drop 621. operate
512. mile 567. nor 622. realize
513. soon 568. fill 623. sale
514. responsible 569. cold 624. choose
515. allow 570. represent 625. park
516. secretary 571. sudden 626. square
517. heart 572. basic 627. vote
518. union 573. kill 628. price
519. slow 574. fine 629. district
520. island 575. trouble 630. dead
521. enter 576. mark 631. foreign
522. drink 577. single 632. window
523. story 578. press 633. beyond
524. experiment 579. heavy 634. direction
525. stay 580. attempt 635. strike
526. paper 581. origin 636. instead
527. space 582. standard 637. trial
528. apply 583. everything 638. practice
529. decide 584. committee 639. catch
530. share 585. moral 640. opportunity
531. desire 586. black 641. likely
532. spend 587. red 642. recognize
533. sign 588. bad 643. permit
534. therefore 589. earth 644. serious
535. various 590. accord 645. attack
646. floor 701. cool 756. season

647. association 702. army 757. manner
648. spring 703. patient 758. fit
649. lot 704. combine 759. left
650. stock 705. summer 760. progress
651. lack 706. hall 761. neither
652. hair 707. slight 762. strength
653. science 708. command 763. notice
654. relation 709. enjoy 764. finish
655. profession 710. length 765. opinion
656. pattern 711. proper 766. bill
657. quick 712. express 767. western
658. medical 713. health 768. truth
659. influence 714. chief 769. wrong
660. occasion 715. evening 770. travel
661. machine 716. store 771. suit
662. compare 717. language 772. bank
663. husband 718. degree 773. exact
664. blue 719. lay 774. honor
665. international 720. current 775. brother
666. fair 721. gun 776. quiet
667. especially 722. dog 777. marry
668. indeed 723. hotel 778. corner
669. imagine 724. strange 779. handle
670. surprise 725. separate 780. danger
671. average 726. boat 781. hospital
672. official 727. fail 782. pool
673. temperature 728. clean 783. promise
674. difficult 729. dress 784. blood
675. sing 730. anyone 785. shoot
676. hit 731. gain 786. scene
677. tree 732. pain 787. literature
678. race 733. object 788. arrive
679. police 734. knowledge 789. film
680. touch 735. depend 790. base
681. relative 736. relate 791. freedom
682. throw 737. below 792. bar
683. quality 738. dollar 793. maybe
684. former 739. advance 794. hang
685. pull 740. shape 795. suffer
686. chance 741. arrange 796. manufacture
687. prove 742. population 797. frequent
688. argue 743. yes 798. rock
689. settle 744. sell 799. loss
690. growth 745. mention 800. burn
691. date 746. dry 801. sun
692. heat 747. check 802. audience
693. save 748. poet 803. essential
694. performance 749. sleep 804. glass
695. count 750. join 805. prevent
696. production 751. hot 806. poem
697. listen 752. bed 807. poor
698. main 753. electric 808. inch
699. pick 754. dream 809. song
700. size 755. due 810. skill
811. post 866. capital 921. none

812. popular 867. speed 922. pound
813. radio 868. block 923. fame
814. animal 869. citizen 924. importance
815. conscious 870. mouth 925. reflect
816. worth 871. hill 926. advantage
817. eat 872. green 927. match
818. election 873. please 928. regular
819. faith 874. motor 929. wage
820. wave 875. agency 930. refuse
821. murder 876. encourage 931. existence
822. model 877. governor 932. hardly
823. forget 878. worry 933. perform
824. extend 879. affair 934. title
825. edge 880. shoulder 935. tend
826. distance 881. bright 936. exercise
827. memory 882. mass 937. thin
828. recommend 883. sample 938. coat
829. division 884. pretty 939. bit
830. staff 885. repeat 940. mountain
831. leg 886. roll 941. youth
832. discussion 887. push 942. behavior
833. address 888. trip 943. newspaper
834. fly 889. council 944. secret
835. dependent 890. clothe 945. ability
836. ball 891. parent 946. sea
837. shake 892. forward 947. soft
838. frame 893. sharp 948. justice
839. extreme 894. straight 949. reasonable
840. engineer 895. gas 950. circle
841. thick 896. weight 951. solid
842. comfort 897. discuss 952. page
843. latter 898. fix 953. weapon
844. camp 899. load 954. fast
845. oil 900. master 955. representative
846. discover 901. whatever 956. search
847. examine 902. round 957. pure
848. difficulty 903. rapid 958. escape
849. tooth 904. laugh 959. crowd
850. middle 905. finger 960. stick
851. choice 906. spot 961. telephone
852. refer 907. propose 962. avoid
853. enemy 908. shop 963. garden
854. practical 909. broad 964. favor
855. marriage 910. replace 965. news
856. bridge 911. reply 966. unless
857. declare 912. extent 967. dinner
858. lady 913. lock 968. someone
859. cross 914. employee 969. signal
860. daily 915. ahead 970. yard
861. afternoon 916. sight 971. ideal
862. attend 917. spread 972. warm
863. director 918. wind 973. miss
864. balance 919. approve 974. shelter
865. wash 920. destroy 975. soldier
976. article 1031. bitter 1086. retire

977. cry 1032. chair 1087. opposite
978. captain 1033. yesterday 1088. prefer
979. familiar 1034. scientific 1089. safe
980. seat 1035. flower 1090. evil
981. guest 1036. wheel 1091. double
982. weak 1037. solution 1092. wood
983. excite 1038. aim 1093. empty
984. king 1039. gather 1094. baby
985. everyone 1040. invite 1095. advise
986. wine 1041. moreover 1096. content
987. hole 1042. fresh 1097. sport
988. duty 1043. forest 1098. lift
989. beat 1044. winter 1099. literary
990. perfect 1045. box 1100. curious
991. bottom 1046. belief 1101. tie
992. compose 1047. ordinary 1102. flat
993. battle 1048. impossible 1103. message
994. expense 1049. print 1104. neck
995. cattle 1050. gray 1105. hate
996. flow 1051. taste 1106. dirt
997. kitchen 1052. lip 1107. delight
998. dust 1053. speech 1108. trust
999. bottle 1054. reference 1109. nobody
1000. admit 1055. stain 1110. valley
1001. tear 1056. connection 1111. tool
1002. tire 1057. otherwise 1112. presence
1003. expression 1058. stretch 1113. cook
1004. exception 1059. knife 1114. railroad
1005. application 1060. village 1115. minister
1006. belong 1061. blow 1116. coffee
1007. rich 1062. mistake 1117. brush
1008. failure 1063. sweet 1118. beside
1009. struggle 1064. shout 1119. collect
1010. instrument 1065. divide 1120. guide
1011. variety 1066. guard 1121. luck
1012. narrow 1067. worse 1122. profit
1013. theater 1068. exchange 1123. lord
1014. collection 1069. rare 1124. everybody
1015. rain 1070. commercial 1125. prison
1016. review 1071. request 1126. cloud
1017. preserve 1072. appoint 1127. slave
1018. leadership 1073. agent 1128. chairman
1019. clay 1074. dependence 1129. soil
1020. daughter 1075. bird 1130. distinguish
1021. fellow 1076. wild 1131. introduce
1022. swing 1077. motion 1132. urge
1023. thank 1078. guess 1133. blind
1024. library 1079. neighbor 1134. arise
1025. fat 1080. seed 1135. upper
1026. reserve 1081. fashion 1136. curve
1027. tour 1082. loan 1137. membership
1028. nice 1083. correct 1138. key
1029. warn 1084. plain 1139. entertain
1030. ring 1085. mail 1140. soul
1141. neighborhood 1196. intend 1251. yield

1142. friendly 1197. intention 1252. sensitive
1143. pair 1198. desk 1253. salt
1144. stone 1199. politics 1254. pale
1145. lean 1200. passage 1255. sweep
1146. protect 1201. lawyer 1256. completion
1147. advertise 1202. root 1257. throat
1148. mystery 1203. climb 1258. agriculture
1149. welcome 1204. metal 1259. admire
1150. knee 1205. gradual 1260. gentle
1151. jump 1206. hunt 1261. dozen
1152. snake 1207. protection 1262. particle
1153. stream 1208. satisfy 1263. pleasant
1154. avenue 1209. roof 1264. bay
1155. brown 1210. branch 1265. cup
1156. disease 1211. pleasure 1266. competition
1157. hat 1212. witness 1267. moon
1158. excellent 1213. loose 1268. terrible
1159. formal 1214. nose 1269. strip
1160. snow 1215. mine 1270. mechanic
1161. sheet 1216. band 1271. shock
1162. somehow 1217. aside 1272. conversation
1163. unity 1218. risk 1273. angle
1164. sky 1219. tomorrow 1274. tall
1165. rough 1220. remind 1275. plenty
1166. smooth 1221. ear 1276. star
1167. weather 1222. fish 1277. yellow
1168. steady 1223. shore 1278. sick
1169. threaten 1224. operator 1279. thorough
1170. depth 1225. civilize 1280. absolute
1171. oppose 1226. being 1281. succeed
1172. deliver 1227. silent 1282. surround
1173. ancient 1228. screen 1283. proud
1174. pray 1229. bind 1284. dear
1175. adopt 1230. earn 1285. card
1176. birth 1231. pack 1286. lake
1177. appearance 1232. colony 1287. breath
1178. universe 1233. besides 1288. afraid
1179. busy 1234. slip 1289. silence
1180. hurry 1235. cousin 1290. onto
1181. coast 1236. scale 1291. shoe
1182. forth 1237. relief 1292. somewhere
1183. smell 1238. explore 1293. chain
1184. furnish 1239. stem 1294. slide
1185. female 1240. brain 1295. copy
1186. hide 1241. musician 1296. machinery
1187. wire 1242. defend 1297. wake
1188. proposal 1243. bend 1298. severe
1189. ought 1244. somebody 1299. pocket
1190. victory 1245. shadow 1300. bone
1191. quarter 1246. mix 1301. honest
1192. engine 1247. smoke 1302. freeze
1193. customer 1248. description 1303. dictionary
1194. waste 1249. fruit 1304. calm
1195. fool 1250. guilt 1305. swim
1306. ice 1361. discovery 1416. shut

1307. male 1362. tube 1417. chicken
1308. skin 1363. flash 1418. forgive
1309. crack 1364. twist 1419. holy
1310. rush 1365. fence 1420. wooden
1311. wet 1366. childhood 1421. prompt
1312. meat 1367. joy 1422. crime
1313. commerce 1368. sister 1423. sorry
1314. joint 1369. sad 1424. republic
1315. gift 1370. efficiency 1425. anger
1316. host 1371. disappear 1426. visitor
1317. suspect 1372. defeat 1427. pile
1318. path 1373. extensive 1428. violence
1319. uncle 1374. rent 1429. steel
1320. afford 1375. comparison 1430. wing
1321. instant 1376. possess 1431. stair
1322. satisfactory 1377. grace 1432. partner
1323. height 1378. flesh 1433. delay
1324. track 1379. liquid 1434. gentleman
1325. confidence 1380. scientist 1435. pour
1326. grass 1381. ease 1436. confusion
1327. suggestion 1382. heaven 1437. damage
1328. favorite 1383. milk 1438. kick
1329. breakfast 1384. sympathy 1439. safety
1330. apart 1385. rank 1440. burst
1331. chest 1386. restaurant 1441. network
1332. entrance 1387. frequency 1442. resistance
1333. march 1388. angry 1443. screw
1334. sink 1389. shade 1444. pride
1335. northern 1390. accuse 1445. till
1336. iron 1391. necessity 1446. hire
1337. alive 1392. knock 1447. verb
1338. ill 1393. loud 1448. preach
1339. bag 1394. permanent 1449. clerk
1340. disturb 1395. row 1450. everywhere
1341. native 1396. lovely 1451. anyway
1342. bedroom 1397. confuse 1452. fan
1343. violent 1398. gold 1453. connect
1344. beneath 1399. frighten 1454. egg
1345. pause 1400. solve 1455. efficient
1346. tough 1401. grave 1456. grain
1347. substance 1402. salary 1457. calculate
1348. threat 1403. photograph 1458. drag
1349. charm 1404. advice 1459. opposition
1350. absence 1405. abroad 1460. worship
1351. factory 1406. wound 1461. arrest
1352. spite 1407. virtue 1462. discipline
1353. meal 1408. dare 1463. string
1354. universal 1409. queen 1464. harbor
1355. accident 1410. extra 1465. camera
1356. highway 1411. attract 1466. mechanism
1357. sentence 1412. numerous 1467. cow
1358. liberty 1413. pink 1468. grand
1359. wise 1414. gate 1469. funny
1360. noise 1415. expensive 1470. insurance
1471. reduction 1526. overcome 1581. border

1472. strict 1527. cat 1582. disappoint
1473. lesson 1528. sacrifice 1583. flame
1474. tight 1529. complain 1584. joke
1475. sand 1530. elect 1585. bless
1476. plate 1531. roar 1586. corn
1477. qualify 1532. sake 1587. shell
1478. elsewhere 1533. temple 1588. tempt
1479. mad 1534. self 1589. supper
1480. interference 1535. compete 1590. destruction
1481. pupil 1536. nurse 1591. dive
1482. fold 1537. stuff 1592. anxious
1483. royal 1538. stomach 1593. shine
1484. valuable 1539. peculiar 1594. cheap
1485. whisper 1540. repair 1595. dish
1486. anybody 1541. storm 1596. distant
1487. hurt 1542. ton 1597. greet
1488. excess 1543. desert 1598. flood
1489. quantity 1544. allowance 1599. excuse
1490. fun 1545. servant 1600. insect
1491. mud 1546. hunger 1601. ocean
1492. extension 1547. conscience 1602. ceremony
1493. recognition 1548. bread 1603. decrease
1494. kiss 1549. crash 1604. prize
1495. crop 1550. tip 1605. harm
1496. sail 1551. strengthen 1606. insure
1497. attractive 1552. proof 1607. verse
1498. habit 1553. generous 1608. pot
1499. relieve 1554. sir 1609. sincere
1500. wisdom 1555. tonight 1610. cotton
1501. persuade 1556. whip 1611. leaf
1502. certainty 1557. tongue 1612. rub
1503. cloth 1558. mill 1613. medicine
1504. eager 1559. merchant 1614. stroke
1505. deserve 1560. coal 1615. bite
1506. sympathetic 1561. ruin 1616. lung
1507. cure 1562. introduction 1617. lonely
1508. trap 1563. courage 1618. admission
1509. puzzle 1564. actor 1619. stupid
1510. powder 1565. belt 1620. scratch
1511. raw 1566. stir 1621. composition
1512. mankind 1567. package 1622. broadcast
1513. glad 1568. punish 1623. drum
1514. blame 1569. reflection 1624. resist
1515. whenever 1570. breathe 1625. neglect
1516. anxiety 1571. anywhere 1626. absent
1517. bus 1572. amuse 1627. passenger
1518. tremble 1573. dull 1628. adventure
1519. sacred 1574. fate 1629. beg
1520. fortunate 1575. net 1630. pipe
1521. glory 1576. fellowship 1631. beard
1522. golden 1577. fault 1632. bold
1523. neat 1578. furniture 1633. meanwhile
1524. weekend 1579. beam 1634. devil
1525. treasury 1580. pencil 1635. cheer
1636. nut 1691. modest 1746. shirt

1637. split 1692. dine 1747. bargain
1638. melt 1693. politician 1748. leather
1639. swear 1694. custom 1749. rail
1640. sugar 1695. educate 1750. butter
1641. bury 1696. salesman 1751. dot
1642. wipe 1697. nail 1752. inquire
1643. faint 1698. tap 1753. warmth
1644. creature 1699. eastern 1754. decisive
1645. tail 1700. possession 1755. vessel
1646. wealth 1701. satisfaction 1756. pity
1647. earnest 1702. behave 1757. steam
1648. translate 1703. mercy 1758. pin
1649. suspicion 1704. scatter 1759. bound
1650. noble 1705. objection 1760. companion
1651. inquiry 1706. silver 1761. toe
1652. journey 1707. tent 1762. reward
1653. hesitate 1708. saddle 1763. forbid
1654. extraordinary 1709. wrap 1764. wherever
1655. borrow 1710. nest 1765. tower
1656. owe 1711. grind 1766. bathe
1657. funeral 1712. spell 1767. lodge
1658. ambition 1713. plaster 1768. swallow
1659. mixture 1714. arch 1769. multiply
1660. slope 1715. swell 1770. bow
1661. criminal 1716. friendship 1771. kingdom
1662. seldom 1717. bath 1772. garage
1663. map 1718. bundle 1773. permission
1664. spin 1719. grateful 1774. pump
1665. praise 1720. crown 1775. prevention
1666. spare 1721. boundary 1776. urgent
1667. plow 1722. nowhere 1777. aunt
1668. telegraph 1723. asleep 1778. zero
1669. barrel 1724. clock 1779. idle
1670. straighten 1725. boil 1780. fever
1671. scarce 1726. altogether 1781. christmas
1672. lunch 1727. lend 1782. regret
1673. slavery 1728. holiday 1783. jaw
1674. creep 1729. precious 1784. soap
1675. sweat 1730. wander 1785. pronounce
1676. gay 1731. ugly 1786. empire
1677. stiff 1732. reputation 1787. bowl
1678. brave 1733. ticket 1788. outline
1679. seize 1734. pretend 1789. organ
1680. convenient 1735. dismiss 1790. imitation
1681. horizon 1736. delicate 1791. caution
1682. moderate 1737. despair 1792. mineral
1683. complicate 1738. awake 1793. disagree
1684. dig 1739. tea 1794. blade
1685. curse 1740. false 1795. trick
1686. weigh 1741. fortune 1796. treasure
1687. priest 1742. cap 1797. immense
1688. excessive 1743. thread 1798. convenience
1689. quarrel 1744. haste 1799. disapprove
1690. widow 1745. bare 1800. destructive
1801. fork 1856. polite 1911. anyhow

1802. noon 1857. tribe 1912. alike
1803. ownership 1858. bleed 1913. circular
1804. tune 1859. coin 1914. juice
1805. polish 1860. fond 1915. shelf
1806. poison 1861. autumn 1916. bake
1807. shame 1862. classify 1917. hatred
1808. loyalty 1863. omit 1918. cautious
1809. cottage 1864. loyal 1919. basket
1810. astonish 1865. needle 1920. wreck
1811. shave 1866. lessen 1921. width
1812. feather 1867. complaint 1922. confident
1813. sauce 1868. pad 1923. log
1814. lid 1869. steep 1924. heap
1815. debt 1870. skirt 1925. suck
1816. fade 1871. curtain 1926. ladder
1817. confess 1872. calculation 1927. gap
1818. classification 1873. laughter 1928. obey
1819. descend 1874. solemn 1929. hut
1820. cape 1875. grease 1930. ax
1821. mild 1876. interfere 1931. translation
1822. clever 1877. explode 1932. collar
1823. envelope 1878. fasten 1933. delivery
1824. invention 1879. flag 1934. reproduce
1825. sheep 1880. resign 1935. confession
1826. splendid 1881. postpone 1936. pan
1827. stamp 1882. patience 1937. prejudice
1828. float 1883. boast 1938. voyage
1829. brick 1884. rope 1939. tobacco
1830. rice 1885. envy 1940. simplicity
1831. businessman 1886. airplane 1941. paste
1832. backward 1887. rid 1942. cake
1833. qualification 1888. shield 1943. elephant
1834. artificial 1889. veil 1944. ribbon
1835. attraction 1890. kneel 1945. harvest
1836. lamp 1891. tray 1946. ashamed
1837. curl 1892. explosive 1947. cave
1838. shower 1893. brass 1948. customary
1839. elder 1894. taxi 1949. thief
1840. bunch 1895. wax 1950. damp
1841. bell 1896. duck 1951. sew
1842. steer 1897. button 1952. rust
1843. flavor 1898. invent 1953. separation
1844. spit 1899. remedy 1954. waiter
1845. rob 1900. bush 1955. pet
1846. cream 1901. thunder 1956. straw
1847. interrupt 1902. weaken 1957. upset
1848. pen 1903. poverty 1958. towel
1849. weave 1904. scrape 1959. refresh
1850. orange 1905. arrow 1960. essence
1851. rescue 1906. tender 1961. fur
1852. crush 1907. cruel 1962. ambitious
1853. humble 1908. soften 1963. defendant
1854. fancy 1909. mouse 1964. daylight
1855. decay 1910. hay 1965. dip
1966. suspicious 2021. silk 2076. deaf

1967. imaginary 2022. upright 2077. sword
1968. ash 2023. selfish 2078. messenger
1969. carriage 2024. stripe 2079. vain
1970. educator 2025. pig 2080. castle
1971. saw 2026. inward 2081. elastic
1972. stove 2027. excellence 2082. comb
1973. rubber 2028. rake 2083. rod
1974. rug 2029. purple 2084. widen
1975. misery 2030. hasten 2085. sorrow
1976. awkward 2031. shorten 2086. inventor
1977. rival 2032. applause 2087. cliff
1978. roast 2033. ache 2088. umbrella
1979. deed 2034. apology 2089. interruption
1980. preference 2035. knot 2090. merry
1981. explosion 2036. nephew 2091. gallon
1982. theatrical 2037. cushion 2092. conquest
1983. cultivate 2038. drown 2093. headache
1984. collector 2039. nursery 2094. tailor
1985. miserable 2040. pint 2095. bucket
1986. wrist 2041. fierce 2096. scent
1987. rabbit 2042. imitate 2097. signature
1988. accustom 2043. aloud 2098. cart
1989. tide 2044. gaiety 2099. darken
1990. insult 2045. robbery 2100. sometime
1991. thumb 2046. tighten 2101. applaud
1992. lump 2047. perfection 2102. underneath
1993. annoy 2048. scorn 2103. hello
1994. toy 2049. whoever 2104. pretense
1995. heal 2050. trunk 2105. descent
1996. shallow 2051. wool 2106. conquer
1997. repetition 2052. sailor 2107. framework
1998. soup 2053. competitor 2108. confidential
1999. whistle 2054. moonlight 2109. adoption
2000. scenery 2055. deer 2110. disgust
2001. apple 2056. bean 2111. waist
2002. offense 2057. everyday 2112. momentary
2003. cork 2058. drawer 2113. receipt
2004. ripe 2059. disregard 2114. pearl
2005. temper 2060. nowadays 2115. ray
2006. sore 2061. patriotic 2116. lazy
2007. pinch 2062. tin 2117. limb
2008. diamond 2063. penny 2118. grammatical
2009. razor 2064. cage 2119. beast
2010. imaginative 2065. pardon 2120. monkey
2011. hook 2066. lately 2121. jewel
2012. copper 2067. offend 2122. persuasion
2013. landlord 2068. coarse 2123. obedience
2014. influential 2069. spoil 2124. sock
2015. rot 2070. horizontal 2125. vowel
2016. hollow 2071. sting 2126. hammer
2017. enclose 2072. ditch 2127. inn
2018. harden 2073. librarian 2128. chimney
2019. wicked 2074. meantime 2129.
2020. stiffen 2075. cough dissatisfaction
2130. annoyance 2185. mat 2240. parcel

2131. ornament 2186. rejoice 2241. brighten
2132. honesty 2187. cheat 2242. moderation
2133. outward 2188. congratulate 2243. punctual
2134. sharpen 2189. discomfort 2244. hurrah
2135. handkerchief 2190. enclosure 2245. lipstick
2136. greed 2191. attentive 2246. uppermost
2137. heavenly 2192. paw 2247. fatten
2138. thirst 2193. overflow 2248. conqueror
2139. niece 2194. dissatisfy 2249. hindrance
2140. spill 2195. multiplication 2250. cowardice
2141. loaf 2196. whichever 2251. obedient
2142. wheat 2197. tidy 2252. saucer
2143. worm 2198. bribe 2253. madden
2144. secrecy 2199. mend 2254. scold
2145. rude 2200. stocking 2255. weekday
2146. heighten 2201. feast 2256. rotten
2147. flatten 2202. nuisance 2257. disrespect
2148. loosen 2203. thorn 2258. widower
2149. cheese 2204. tame 2259. deafen
2150. rivalry 2205. inclusive 2260. donkey
2151. royalty 2206. homemade 2261. businesslike
2152. discontent 2207. handwriting 2262. motherhood
2153. complication 2208. chalk 2263. sadden
2154. fright 2209. sour 2264. handshake
2155. indoor 2210. slippery 2265. calculator
2156. flour 2211. procession 2266. headdress
2157. actress 2212. ripen 2267. scissors
2158. congratulation 2213. jealous 2268. translator
2159. ounce 2214. jealousy 2269. possessor
2160. fry 2215. liar 2270. shilling
2161. everlasting 2216. homecoming 2271. redden
2162. goat 2217. barber 2272. motherly
2163. ink 2218. whiten 2273. whose
2164. disappearance 2219. berry 2274. cultivator
2165. reproduction 2220. lighten 2275. whom
2166. thicken 2221. pigeon 2276. homework
2167. avoidance 2222. hinder 2277. electrician
2168. spoon 2223. bravery 2278. oar
2169. strap 2224. baggage 2279. bribery
2170. deceive 2225. noun 2280. sweeten
2171. lengthen 2226. amongst 2281. sow
2172. revenge 2227. grammar 2282. pronunciation
2173. correction 2228. cultivation 2283. beak
2174. descendant 2229. companionship 2284. plural
2175. hesitation 2230. rubbish
2176. spade 2231. modesty
2177. basin 2232. woolen
2178. weed 2233. deepen
2179. omission 2234. pastry
2180. old-fashioned 2235. cupboard
2181. bicycle 2236. quart
2182. breadth 2237. canal
2183. photography 2238. notebook
2184. coward 2239. deceit
Sublists of the Academic Word List
Each word in italics is the most frequently occurring member of the word family in the
Academic Corpus. For example, analysis is the most common form of the word family
analyse. British and American spelling is included in the word families, so contextualise
and contextualize are both included in the family context.
Sublist 1 of the Academic Word List
analyse assuming constituent

analysed assumption constituents
analyser assumptions constituted
analysers authority constitutes
analyses authoritative constituting
analysing authorities constitution
analysis available constitutions
analyst availability constitutional
analysts unavailable constitutionally
analytic benefit constitutive
analytical beneficial unconstitutional
analytically beneficiary context
analyze beneficiaries contexts
analyzed benefited contextual
analyzes benefiting contextualise
analyzing benefits contextualised
approach concept contextualising
approachable conception uncontextualised
approached concepts contextualize
approaches conceptual contextualized
approaching conceptualisation contextualizing
unapproachable conceptualise uncontextualized
area conceptualised contract
areas conceptualises contracted
assess conceptualising contracting
assessable conceptually contractor
assessed consist contractors
assesses consisted contracts
assessing consistency create
assessment consistent created
assessments consistently creates
reassess consisting creating
reassessed consists creation
reassessing inconsistencies creations
reassessment inconsistency creative
unassessed inconsistent creatively
assume constitute creativity
assumed constituencies creator
assumes constituency creators
recreate environmentalist financier
recreated environmentalists financiers
recreates environmentally financing
recreating environments formula
data establish formulae
define disestablish formulas
definable disestablished formulate
defined disestablishes formulated
defines disestablishing formulating
defining disestablishment formulation
definition established formulations
definitions establishes reformulate
redefine establishing reformulated
redefined establishment reformulating
redefines establishments reformulation
redefining estimate reformulations
undefined estimated function
derive estimates functional
derivation estimating functionally
derivations estimation functioned
derivative estimations functioning
derivatives over-estimate functions
derived overestimate identify
derives overestimated identifiable
deriving overestimates identification
distribute overestimating identified
distributed underestimate identifies
distributing underestimated identifying
distribution underestimates identities
distributional underestimating identity
distributions evident unidentifiable
distributive evidenced income
distributor evidence incomes
distributors evidential indicate
redistribute evidently indicated
redistributed export indicates
redistributes exported indicating
redistributing exporter indication
redistribution exporters indications
economy exporting indicative
economic exports indicator
economical factor indicators
economically factored individual
economics factoring individualised
economies factors individuality
economist finance individualism
economists financed individualist
uneconomical finances individualists
environment financial individualistic
environmental financially individually
individuals legislator require
interpret legislators required
interpretation legislature requirement
interpretations major requirements
interpretative majorities requires
interpreted majority requiring
interpreting method research
interpretive methodical researched
interprets methodological researcher
misinterpret methodologies researchers
misinterpretation methodology researches
misinterpretations methods researching
misinterpreted occur respond
misinterpreting occurred responded
misinterprets occurrence respondent
reinterpret occurrences respondents
reinterpreted occurring responding
reinterprets occurs responds
reinterpreting reoccur response
reinterpretation reoccurred responses
reinterpretations reoccurring responsive
involve reoccurs responsiveness
involved percent unresponsive
involvement percentage role
involves percentages roles
involving period section
uninvolved periodic sectioned
issue periodical sectioning
issued periodically sections
issues periodicals sector
issuing periods sectors
labour policy significant
labor policies insignificant
labored principle insignificantly
labors principled significance
laboured principles significantly
labouring unprincipled signified
labours proceed signifies
legal procedural signify
illegal procedure signifying
illegality procedures similar
illegally proceeded dissimilar
legality proceeding similarities
legally proceedings similarity
legislate proceeds similarly
legislated process source
legislates processed sourced
legislating processes sources
legislation processing sourcing
legislative
specific
specifically
specification
specifications
specificity
specifics
structure
restructure
restructured
restructures
restructuring
structural
structurally
structured
structures
structuring
unstructured
theory
theoretical
theoretically
theories
theorist
theorists
vary
invariable
invariably
variability
variable
variables
variably
variance
variant
variants
variation
variations
varied
varies
varying
achieve acquires administratively

achievable acquiring administrator
achieved acquisition administrators
achievement acquisitions affect
achievements administration affected
achieves administrates affecting
achieving administrate affective
acquire administrations affectively
acquired administrative affects
unaffected computerised cultures
appropriate computers uncultured
appropriacy computing design
appropriately conclude designed
appropriateness concluded designer
inappropriacy concludes designers
inappropriate concluding designing
inappropriately conclusion designs
aspect conclusions distinct
aspects conclusive distinction
assist conclusively distinctions
assistance inconclusive distinctive
assistant inconclusively distinctively
assistants conduct distinctly
assisted conducted indistinct
assisting conducting indistinctly
assists conducts element
unassisted consequent elements
category consequence equate
categories consequences equated
categorisation consequently equates
categorise construct equating
categorised constructed equation
categorises constructing equations
categorising construction evaluate
categorization constructions evaluated
categorized constructive evaluates
categorizes constructs evaluating
categorizing reconstruct evaluation
chapter reconstructed evaluations
chapters reconstructing evaluative
commission reconstruction re-evaluate
commissioned reconstructs re-evaluated
commissioner consume re-evaluates
commissioners consumed re-evaluating
commissioning consumer re-evaluation
commissions consumers feature
community consumes featured
communities consuming features
complex consumption featuring
complexities credit final
complexity credited finalise
compute crediting finalised
computation creditor finalises
computational creditors finalising
computations credits finalize
computable culture finalized
computer cultural finalizes
computed culturally finalizing
cultured finality
finally reinvested perceiving
finals reinvesting perception
focus reinvestment perceptions
focused reinvests positive
focuses item positively
focusing itemisation potential
focussed itemise potentially
focussing itemised previous
refocus itemises previously
refocused itemising primary
refocuses items primarily
refocusing journal purchase
refocussed journals purchased
refocusses maintain purchaser
refocussing maintained purchasers
impact maintaining purchases
impacted maintains purchasing
impacting maintenance range
impacts normal ranged
injure abnormal ranges
injured abnormally ranging
injures normalisation region
injuries normalise regional
injuring normalised regionally
injury normalises regions
uninjured normalising regulate
institute normalization deregulated
instituted normalize deregulates
institutes normalized deregulating
instituting normalizes deregulation
institution normalizing regulated
institutional normality regulates
institutionalise normally regulating
institutionalised obtain regulation
institutionalises obtainable regulations
institutionalising obtained regulator
institutionalized obtaining regulators
institutionalizes obtains regulatory
institutionalizing unobtainable unregulated
institutionally participate relevant
institutions participant irrelevance
invest participants irrelevant
invested participated relevance
investing participates reside
investment participating resided
investments participation residence
investor participatory resident
investors perceive residential
invests perceived residents
reinvest perceives
resides strategists
residing survey
resource surveyed
resourced surveying
resourceful surveys
resources text
resourcing texts
unresourceful textual
under-resourced tradition
restrict non-traditional
restricted traditional
restricting traditionalist
restriction traditionally
restrictions traditions
restrictive transfer
restrictively transferable
restricts transference
unrestricted transferred
unrestrictive transferring
secure transfers
insecure
insecurities
insecurity
secured
securely
secures
securing
securities
security
seek
seeking
seeks
sought
select
selected
selecting
selection
selections
selective
selectively
selector
selectors
selects
site
sites
strategy
strategic
strategies
strategically
strategist
Sublist 3 of Academic Word List
alternative contribution deduction

alternatively contributions deductions
alternatives contributor demonstrate
circumstance contributors demonstrable
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VOCABULARY TEST: 1000 LEVEL TEST A

1. This one is little.

This young person is a girl.

This part is a handle.

This is a vocabulary test. You must choose the right word

You answer it in the following way.

Some words are in the test to make it more difficult. You do

Try to do every part of the test.

Retold for Beginning Readers,

Audio of the stories is available for free download on

2. Raggedy Ann Learns a Lesson

They jumped to the floor and

Late in the afternoon Mar-

3. Raggedy Ann and the Washing

Dinah was the housekeeper for Marcella’s family.

4. Raggedy Ann and the Kite

5. Raggedy Ann and the Painter

Marcella’s Mamma wanted Marcella’s room to be painted. The

The other dolls sat on the shelf

“But the paint had gone in-

6. Raggedy Ann Saved Fido

7. Raggedy Ann’s Trip on the River

8. Raggedy Ann and the New Dolls

Annabel and Thomas talked quietly to each together. “I think we’ve

The next morning Annabel and Thomas woke up in Raggedy Ann’s

9. Raggedy Ann and the Cats

“Should I play you some music?” Uncle Clem asked Lisa.

“I knew there must be something inside because she jumped at me

“I was afraid something might hurt the kittens,” he said. “Mamma

Raggedy Ann started to pick up one of the kittens. At that mo-

10. Raggedy Ann and the Gift

It was night time. The house was quiet.

Fido opened both his

11. Raggedy Ann and the Chickens

Raggedy Ann shouted, “Shoo!” at the rooster to make him go away.

Suddenly, underneath her she heard something, “Pick, pick!”

12. Raggedy Ann and the Mouse

Every day Raggedy Ann

“I am not hurting anyone!” squeaked the little mouse. “This is the

13. Raggedy Ann’s New Sisters

Vocabulary Glossary by Story

attic: n. a room in a house that is above all

climb: v. to go up something high (such as a

rag doll: n. a soft doll made from pieces of cloth

button: n. a small, often round, piece of plastic on

hug: n. an action in which a person puts his/her arms

sew: v. to repair clothes or attach something such

2. Raggedy Ann Learns a Lesson

leader: n. a person who directs a group of people

kitchen: n. the room in a house where food is made

needle: n. a small thin tool for sewing

lock: v. to close a door with a key so others cannot open it

key: n. a small object used to lock and unlock a door

cupboard: n. a place to keep things, usually in

spill: v. when a liquid spills, it flows out of its

raspberry jam: n. a sweet, thick, and sticky

basket: n. something we use to carry things,

clothesline: n. a piece of rope or string tied between two poles;

grass: n. short little green plants that

lemonade: n. a drink made with lemon juice, water, and sugar

comb: v. to use a hair tool to make one’s hair

pajamas: n. soft clothes that are worn to bed

cotton: n. soft cloth made from a plant

3. Raggedy Ann and the Washing