10. “Nutty Dilemma”
– A fun story, but a tough game. A lot of things are repeated, so
listen carefully.
It
s mine!
sai
brown squirrel
“No way! I saw it first!“ said red squirrel
ey
ot
tugge
an
tugge
at t
e acorn they’d found at the same time. “What
should we do?“ the
cried to
ether. “I have an idea,“ said alligator, wh
w
nearb
, watchin
. “Go to horse. He’s
ood at solvin
problems.“
o t
ey a
got into t
e car and drove to the farm. After hearing the problem,
horse (2nd time mentioned) su
ested the
have a race. The first to run around
h
apple tree, smell the flower, then come back here
ets the acorn
2nd time
mentioned). Ready, set, go! O
they went! Brown squirrel (2nd time mentioned)
as winning
ut tum
e
over t
e milk can. Secon
s
ater
red squirrel (2nd
time mentioned
passed him but then slipped on a banana pee
. T
ey ran an
ran
but
ot to the finish line at exactl
the same time. It was a tie!
O
, no! Now w
at
o we
o?
t
ey crie
. T
ey eac
rea
y wante
to eat t
at
acorn
3rd time mentioned
“I have an idea,“ said cow
w
o
a
watc
e
t
e
race from the pasture. “Let’s ask turtle. Since he doesn’t like racin
, he ma
know another wa
to decide.“
o t
ey a
got into a locomotive and rode the rails to the river. After hearing the
pro
em, turtle (2nd time mentioned) suggested a new plan. “I will hide a piece o
toast
. The first one to find it wins.“ After it was hidden, the
.
,
squirrels
mentioned) raced o
to
ind it. The
looked
high and low. They looked n
ar and
ar. But a
ter a
ong time, t
ey came
ac
wit
not
ing.
We cou
n
t
find it,“ the
said
h
’
w
i
!“
i
green pig, licking his
snout.
Yes, an
it was yum
y!
sai
blue pig
Everyone groane
. Now w
t cou
t
ey
o?
“W
i
! Th
’
i
!“
i
turtle
3rd time mentioned
.
“The pigs (2nd time menti
ned) both
toast (2nd time me
tioned
so w
y
on
t you s
are t
e acorn
4th time mentioned
?“
“What a
reat idea,“ ever
o
e
shouted, happily. And they did.
(Note: Pieces not used in
this section are: carrot,
match, plum)