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    The Closet Creature: Bump! Bump! Scratch! Adam Opened His Eyes and Pulled The Covers Up To His Chin. He Stared

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    Adam hears strange noises coming from his closet in the middle of the night. He runs to his brother David's room for help. David gets a flashlight and they go back to Adam's room, where they can hear scratching from inside the closet. David has Adam slowly open the closet door while holding a pillowcase to catch whatever is inside. A small furry creature runs out and into the pillowcase. They discover it is only their cat Apricot who had gotten trapped in the closet.

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    The Closet Creature: Bump! Bump! Scratch! Adam Opened His Eyes and Pulled The Covers Up To His Chin. He Stared

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    Adam hears strange noises coming from his closet in the middle of the night. He runs to his brother David's room for help. David gets a flashlight and they go back to Adam's room, where they can hear scratching from inside the closet. David has Adam slowly open the closet door while holding a pillowcase to catch whatever is inside. A small furry creature runs out and into the pillowcase. They discover it is only their cat Apricot who had gotten trapped in the closet.

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    Adam hears strange noises coming from his closet in the middle of the night. He runs to his brother David's room for help. David gets a flashlight and they go back to Adam's room, where they can hear scratching from inside the closet. David has Adam slowly open the closet door while holding a pillowcase to catch whatever is inside. A small furry creature runs out and into the pillowcase. They discover it is only their cat Apricot who had gotten trapped in the closet.

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    The Closet Creature: Bump! Bump! Scratch! Adam Opened His Eyes and Pulled The Covers Up To His Chin. He Stared

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    Adam hears strange noises coming from his closet in the middle of the night. He runs to his brother David's room for help. David gets a flashlight and they go back to Adam's room, where they can hear scratching from inside the closet. David has Adam slowly open the closet door while holding a pillowcase to catch whatever is inside. A small furry creature runs out and into the pillowcase. They discover it is only their cat Apricot who had gotten trapped in the closet.

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    The Closet Creature

    by Kelly Hashway

    Bump! Bump! Scratch! Adam opened his eyes and pulled the covers up to his chin. He stared

    around his room, searching the darkness for the thing that was making those scary sounds. The

    closet door moved as something banged on it from the inside.

    “Who’s there?” Adam asked in a shaky voice. The closet slowly began to open. Adam jumped

    out of bed and ran to the closet door, slamming it shut with his palms. He grabbed his desk chair

    and propped it against the door handle. Then he ran out of his room and down the hall. His

    brother’s door was wide open, and Adam jumped onto David’s bed.

    “Adam?” David asked in a groggy voice. “What are you doing in here?” Adam tugged on

    David’s arm. “There’s something in my closet!” “You probably

    had a bad dream. Go back to bed.” Adam yanked the blankets off

    the bed. “It wasn’t a dream. I was awake, and the closet

    door started opening by itself!” David sighed. “Fine. But when we

    don’t find anything, you have to promise to leave me alone for the

    rest of the night.” Adam nodded. David reached into his desk

    drawer and pulled out a flashlight. Then they headed to Adam’s

    room.

    Adam stopped in the doorway. He could hear something

    scratching his closet door.

    “Do you hear that?” Adam asked. David nodded. He walked over

    to Adam’s bed and pulled


    the case off one of the pillows. He opened the pillowcase. “You open the door very slowly, and

    I’ll grab whatever it is.” Adam slid the chair to the side and pulled the closet door open a crack.

    Something banged against the door, trying to force it open. Adam took a deep breath and opened

    the door a few more inches. A small furry creature ran right into the pillowcase.

    “I got it!” David said, closing the pillowcase and holding it in the air.

    “What is it?” Adam moved closer as David peeked inside.

    David put the pillowcase on the bed and an orange cat climbed out. Adam scooped the cat up.

    “Apricot? How did you get trapped in my closet?” David laughed. “The poor cat. If I was locked

    in your closet with your stinky shoes, I’d be banging on the door to get out, too!”

    “Poor, Apricot,” Adam said. “You were probably more scared than I was.”

    Instructions: After reading the story, create a chart on your notebook to write the parts of speech.

    Example:

    Verb Adverbs Noun Pronoun Interjections Conjunctions Preposition Adjectives

    s s s s

    Also, on your notebook answer the following questions, there is no need for you to copy the

    questions.

    Example: Question 1 – answer: b - _________________________________.


    1. What happened right after David went into Adam's room?

    a. Adam jumped into David's bed.


    b. David grabbed a flashlight from his desk drawer.
    c. Adam awoke to strange sounds coming from his bedroom closet.
    d. David heard the noise coming from Adam's closet
    2. What did David plan to do with the pillowcase?

    a. keep the creature from coming out of the closet


    b. scare the creature in the closet
    c. catch the creature in the closet
    d. hit the creature in the close

    3. What was making the strange sounds in Adam's closet?


    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    4. Write three adjectives that describe David. Tell why you chose each word.
    _________________because_______________________________________
    _________________because_______________________________________
    ________________ because ______________________________________

    5. What type of story is this?

    a. tall tale b. non-fiction


    c. mystery d. fable

    6. Setting: Tell where and when the story takes place. Be specific.
    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

    7. Problem: Describe the main character's problem.


    ______________________________________________________________
    ______________________________________________________________

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