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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