"The Enormous Turnip"  pages 154-167

By   Alexei Tolstoy

Illustrated by Scott Goto

Summary

In this traditional Russian tale, an old man plants a turnip and urges it to grow.  The turnip grows so big that the man can not pull it up.  He enlists the help of others and is finally able to pull it up.

Vocabulary

enormous: very large

granddaughter: a daughter of one's son or daughter

grew: became larger

planted: put in the ground to grow

strong:  powerful

turnip: a kind of root vegetable

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