National Geographic Kids USA - October 2017

DAN SIPPLE

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS (^31)
Tricky Treat
This year I wanted to have a(n)
adjective
Halloween costume. I threw
largenumber
noun,plural
on my
bodypart
, put on a(n)
color
wig made of
noun,plural
, and slapped on some
somethingstinky,plural

. Then I decided to show my friends.

I growled as I
past-tenseverb

toward them. But my

noun

backfired. “Monster!”

friend’sname

shouted when (s)he saw me. “

verb

him!” I

past-tenseverb

as fast as I could, hopped over a(n)
noun

, and landed in my neighbor’s yard—right in the

middle of their Halloween party. Kids dressed as
somethingspooky,plural

and

animal,plural

noiseendingin-ed

and pointed at me. Panicking, I

past-tenseverb

in

hiding place: the
animal

house. Next year I’l

verb

a less

adjective

costu

BY SARAH YOUNGSON

Ask a friend to give you words

to fill in the blanks in this story

without showing it to him or her.

Then read out loud for a laugh.

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