Aunt Nikki`s Tale Aunt Nikki`s Tale

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Aunt Nikki’s Tale
B8
Aunt Nikki’s Tale
B8
Lexile reader measure 50L
“It was a baby elephant looking
“Aunt Nikki is here!” Sam and
for peanuts,” said Aunt Nikki.
Lizzy called. They raced for the
door.
“Oh, Aunt Nikki!” they laughed.
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and Lizzy.
about your trip,” said Lizzy.
“WHAT WAS IT?” cried Sam
“Please, Aunt Nikki. Tell us
Nikki.
“Then it grabbed me!” said Aunt
“What was it?” asked Lizzy.
“A snake?”
“All right. Come up here. Sit
“Much bigger,” said Aunt Nikki.
next to me,” said Aunt Nikki.
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arm,” Aunt Nikki said.
noises.”
“I felt something cold on my
getting dark. I started to hear
“I was in Africa. The sky was
“What was it?” asked Sam.
“I heard lions roar. I heard birds
“A
gorilla?”
Summer
is fun.
call. I heard hyenas laugh,” said
We pick
big flowers.
“Not
as furry,”
said Aunt Nikki.
Aunt Nikki.
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shoulder,” said Aunt Nikki.
sitting by a big campfire.”
up and tapped me on the
“We were at camp. We were
“Then something sneaked