Read Along:The Tricky Fox :Grade 4-5: QNA :IB Curriculum

Read Along:The Tricky Fox :Grade 4-5: QNA :IB Curriculum
The Tricky Fox
Some words to practise before reading the passage:
night, behind, fence, care, tip-toes, along, quiet, window, smart, tricky, branch, sly
It is a dark and cool night on Cheeky Chicks Egg Farm. The hens are all sleeping, tucked into their nests. Their nests are in a warm shed. It is locked. The shed is behind a big, tall fence. They are safe. Or are they...
The fox is tricky. He is sly and he is smart. This fence will not stop him.
By the fence is a tree. It is tall. Under the tree is a box. The fox jumps onto the box and then up into the tree. With care, he then tip-toes along a branch, to the fence.
The fox jumps over the fence and into the chook yard. But they are in a locked shed. The hens are still safe. I think.
The fox steps on quiet feet. To the shed, to the door. But the door is locked.
The window is not.
The fox stands on just his back legs, paws on the window. With a push, it is open. The fox jumps in.
The fox steps on quiet feet. To the nests, to the hens. But they are not there. The nests are empty. Where are the hens?
The window shuts with a bang. The fox turns.
The fox looks to see the hens out in the yard, standing one on top of the other to shut the window. He is stuck in the shed now. He cannot get out.
Maybe he is not so tricky. Perhaps it is the hens that are the tricky ones.