Animal Olympics: B BE EN NC CH HM MA AR RK K - JJ
Animal Olympics: B BE EN NC CH HM MA AR RK K - JJ
Animal Olympics: B BE EN NC CH HM MA AR RK K - JJ
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Animal Olympics
A Reading A–Z Level J Benchmark Book • Word Count: 401
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All the young animals were invited to compete in the games.
The Animal Olympics were being held at the zoo.
The first event was running.
Bongo thought he was a good runner.
He was sure he would win the race.
The animals lined up at the starting line.
“Ready, set, go!” yelled the starter.
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The cheetah won. Bongo was last.
when the winner reached the finish line.
Bongo had only run three steps
Bongo was not worried.
There were still five events left.
He would win the next event, the long jump.
He was a great jumper.
He was sure he would win the long jump.
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Bongo was last.
The kangaroo was the winner.
The kangaroo jumped to the end of the sandpit.
Bongo did not even reach the sandpit.
Bongo was not worried.
There were still four events left.
He would win the next event, swimming.
He was a great swimmer.
He was sure he would win the swimming race.
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Bongo was last.
The dolphin was the winner.
when the winner reached the end of the pool.
Bongo had only swum three strokes
Bongo was not worried.
There were still three events left.
He would win the next event, diving.
He was a great diver.
He was sure he would win the diving event.
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Bongo was last.
She scored 10 points.
The winner was the seal.
But he only scored 5 points.
Bongo made his very best dive.
Bongo was not worried.
There were still two events left.
He would win the next event, weightlifting.
He was very strong.
He was sure he would win the weightlifting event.
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Bongo was last.
The elephant was the winner.
The elephant lifted much more.
Bongo used all his strength to lift the barbells.
The cheetah went first.
He wasn’t very good.
He scored three points.
The kangaroo was worse.
He scored two points.
The elephant was very clumsy
and scored only one point.
It was Bongo’s turn.
He was perfect.
He scored ten points and won a gold medal.
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He was worried that the other animals were better gymnasts.
He wasn’t sure he could win the next event, gymnastics.
He had to win it to get a gold medal.
There was only one event left.
Bongo was very worried.