Rolly the Rabbit By Jenny Loehr

Rolly           robber          road rag              Ronny          rowboat rocket         rosebush      roof rock            river rocking chair

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rowboat

                                         decided to get into the                               and pretend to be a pirate on the open sea.                            said, “I don’t think you should get into the                             so close to the                             .  It is too dangerous!”                                 just ignored his brother and went on with his game.  He lay down in the                              among scraps of wood from a broken                                .  He wasn’t paying much  attention to the rushing                             nearby, but before he knew it, the water had swept up the                             and sent it racing down the                             .   was scared.  He grabbed some wood from the                               to use as an oar, but the wood broke apart each time he tried to row.  As the                              went racing down the                                                         grabbed at branches from trees, trying to stop the boat.  Several times he cut his paws by grabbing the throny branches of a                            .

river

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Rolly

rocking chair

rosebush

Ronny

rock

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rag

                            was now panicked because he saw a large, sharp                              up ahead.  He knew that if the                             were to hit the                             , he would be hurt.  Suddenly, a large piece of wood from an old                            floated alongside the                              .                             took in a deep breath and jumped onto the                                     just in time to see the                              crash into pieces against the large                           .  He floated to the edge of the riverbank, where his brothers and sisters were waiting for him.                            shouted, “Oh                            ! We thought for sure you were going to run into that big                          .”  He handed his brother a                       to dry himself with and then spoke again. “What do you want to play now?"                                                    

roof

road

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                          took a deep breath and rested his head on a                           while he replied, “Maybe we could find a nice quiet place to play up the hill . . . I am tired of playing by the                             .”  They all marched back up the hill to an old dirt                               , where                           continued to rest while he watched his brothers and sisters play quiet games for the rest of the day.

Rolly's

robber

                          the rabbit lived happily with his rather large family in a small hutch by the                           .                            loved to play with his brothers and sisters but was always getting into trouble for playing games that were too dangerous.  He especially didn’t like to listen to his older brother                           warn him about getting hurt.                           favorite toy was a large wooden                             that had been abandoned by the                             .  His brothers and sisters would watch                             stand the                             on its end and pretend it was a                             racing to the moon.  He would also turn the                             upside down and hide underneath, pretending to be a                             in a getaway car.

rocket

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