KIDS201904

DAN SIPPLE

APRIL 2019 A • NAT GEO KIDEO KIDSIDSS 3133

My friends and I have the

adjective ending in -est

job

verb ending in -ing

gardens for Mrs. Johnson, the

adjective

lady who lives down the

noun

. One day, while
friend’s name

pulled

noun, plural

and

another friend’s name past-tense verb

the lawn, I watered the

noun, plural

. Then I had a(n)

adjective

idea. Wouldn’t it be more fun to water my friends instead? But just as I turned the hose on my pals,

Mrs. Johnson

past-tense verb

into the path of the water spray—and got

adjective

. My friends and I

froze. Then to our surprise, she yelled, “

noun

fight!” She pulled a water

noun

from her

back pocket and squirted my

body part

. Then she aimed another
animal

-shaped

noun

at

another friend’s name

as

first friend

dived behind a(n)

noun

. Who knew gardening was a contact sport?

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