TEXT 1

Once upon a time, a ladybug noticed a house with a door opening and a man was leaving the
house, so the ladybug flew into the house. On her way in she almost bumped into a woman who was
heading out. The woman walked out the door and slammed it shut. Oops, the ladybug was stuck
inside!
The ladybug didn’t care at first. She looked around and explored. She flew into the kitchen where
she nibbled on some crumbs she found on the table. She also licked a spot of maple syrup she found
on the table. Then, she flew to the bedroom and slept soundly.
When the ladybug woke up, it was already night. She heard the door slamming shut and saw the
man and the woman walking in. Then, she waited until they went to bed and fell asleep.
The ladybug decided to do something. She thought of a place to hide where she wouldn’t be seen,
but she also needed it to be something that the man or woman would take with them when they left
the house.
Then, she noticed the man’s hat. “That would be a perfect place,” she thought. “I can hide inside
the hat. Hopefully he won’t wear his hat really hard and squash me.” Then, she crawled to the topmost
part of the hat and waited till the morning.
The ladybug sighed with relief when the man took the hat and gently placed it on his head. Then,
she realized something. How was she going to get out from under the hat unless the man took it off?
The ladybug wanted to return to her family. So, the ladybug jumped on the man’s bald head and
started tickling him on his scalp. The man felt his head starting to itch and took his hat off to scratch
it. At that very moment the ladybug was ready and she flew to freedom. “Free at last!” she cried.
Then, she flew back home to her very worried family.
Adapted from: http://www.goodnightstories.com/read/story109.htm (August 18, 2012)
    Text 2

A long time ago there was a husband and his wife who had a baby. They had a
dog named Bony. It was a very smart dog and faithful to them. The dog used to
take care of the baby while were working in the rice field.
    One afternoon, while working in the field, they heard Bony barking. It was
running toward them. It’s mouth smeared with blood. The husband shocked
and thought that it had killed their baby. Suddenly he took his sickle and
threw it to the dog. It hit the dog’s had and the dog head and the dog fell down
and died.
    Hurriedly they got home and saw the baby sleeping. When the husband
looked around in the baby’s room, he found a big snake lying on the floor. It
was dead and blood spilled everywhere. It seemed the dog had killed the snake
and the killed his faithful dog.