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Crows Share a Pie LEVELED BOOK • N

Crows
A Reading A–Z Level N Leveled Book
Word Count: 640

Share a Pie

Written by Robert Charles


Illustrated by Chris Baldwin

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Crows
Share a Pie

Crows Share a Pie


Level N Leveled Book
© Learning A–Z Correlation
Written by Robert Charles Written by Robert Charles LEVEL N
Illustrated by Chris Baldwin
Illustrated by Chris Baldwin Fountas & Pinnell M
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DRA 28
As the crow glided by, he could tell
that nobody was home. He safely
landed on the windowsill and
eyed the wonderful-smelling pie.
The crow became especially excited
to see that it was a cherry pie.

“Oh boy, delicious cherry pie. My


favorite,” he said. “And it’s all
mine.”

One delightfully sunny day, a large


crow flew over Mrs. McNutty’s
house. Looking down, he spotted a
big, freshly baked pie cooling on the
windowsill. Because pie was about
his favorite thing in the world, he
swooped down for a closer look.
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Just as he was about to take his first
bite, a second crow flapped down
“Don’t be so selfish,” replied the
and landed on the windowsill with
second crow. “You can certainly
a thump.
see that there’s enough pie for two
“That’s a mighty big and tasty- hungry crows. Besides, you’ll feel
looking pie,” she cawed. “You far better sharing the pie than you
don’t intend to eat it all by yourself, will getting a tummy ache from
do you?” eating the entire thing. So how
about giving some of it to me?”
“Well, I was sure thinking I would,”
answered the first crow. “Since I The first crow took a few moments
found it first, it’s all mine.” to think.
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“I suppose I could share it with you. “I suppose so,” said the first crow.
After all, it is a very large pie. How
The crow sliced the pie in half. Just
do you propose we divide it?” he
as he finished cutting, two more
asked.
crows landed with a flutter of black
“Let’s just split it down the middle,” wings. They stared at the pie with
offered the second crow. “That way bright, greedy eyes.
you get one half, and I get the other
half. It’s fair if we each get equal
halves of the pie, isn’t it?”

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The first and second crows glanced
at each other, wondering whether
or not they could bear to give away
some of the pie. They finally agreed
“How about offering some of that that sharing was a good thing, so
tasty-looking pie to us?” they they decided to split the pie with
begged. the other two crows.
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“How do we cut up the pie now?” “Brilliant idea,” said the first crow,
asked the first crow. and he cut the two halves in half,
making fourths. “There—we’ve got
The second crow, being the smarter
four equal pieces. Now everyone
of the two, suggested dividing each
should be happy. Let’s eat!”
of the halves down the middle.

“Cutting each half into two pieces


will make four equal slices. Each of
us will have one-fourth of the pie,”
she said.

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There was a bunch of squawking
But before the first four crows could and cawing among the first four
take even one bite of pie, four more crows. But they, too, agreed that
crows sailed down and perched on sharing was a good thing, and they
the ledge beside them. They stared decided to give a portion of the pie
hungrily at the pie. to the four other hungry crows.

“How about being generous and “Now what are we going to do to


sharing that lovely pie with some make sure everyone gets an equal
poor, hungry crows?” they pleaded. piece?” asked the first crow.
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“Sounds good to us,” shouted all
the crows. “Now, let’s hurry and
The second crow declared, “No
eat our pieces of pie before we have
problem. We just make eight equal
to split them into even smaller
pieces by cutting each of the fourths
fractions.”
in half. That will mean we each get
one-eighth of the pie. That’s the Each hungry crow gobbled down
fairest way to do it, and everyone one-eighth of the pie, and then they
should be happy.” all flew off in search of more.
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