"The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" pages 16-33

By Trinka Hakes Noble

Illustrated by Steven Kellogg

Summary

A young girl retells a hilarious chain of causes and effects that begins when her classmate Jimmy brings his pet boa constrictor on a class trip to the farm.

Vocabulary

boring: not interesting or exciting

ducked: bent down suddenly

sense: meaning (as in "make sense")

suppose: think or imagine

tractor: a farm machine

Spelling Words

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