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The document is a summary of the folktale "The Squire's Bride" in 3 sentences: A rich squire promises to pay a farmer's debt if he can arrange a wedding between the squire and his daughter, but on the day of the wedding the squire is surprised to find that the farmer has sent his daughter's bay mare instead of the daughter; the squire has the mare taken upstairs to the bedroom prepared for the bride, realizing too late that he has been tricked into marrying a horse instead of a woman; the squire never went courting again after this embarrassing event.

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Raz lk13 Squiresbride CLR Ds PDF

The document is a summary of the folktale "The Squire's Bride" in 3 sentences: A rich squire promises to pay a farmer's debt if he can arrange a wedding between the squire and his daughter, but on the day of the wedding the squire is surprised to find that the farmer has sent his daughter's bay mare instead of the daughter; the squire has the mare taken upstairs to the bedroom prepared for the bride, realizing too late that he has been tricked into marrying a horse instead of a woman; the squire never went courting again after this embarrassing event.

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The Squires Bride

A Reading AZ Level K Leveled Book


Word Count: 400

LEVELED BOOK K

The Squires
Bride

A Norwegian Folktale Retold by Vera Ogden Bakker


Illustrated by Joel Snyder

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Glossary
bay a reddish-brown horse
with black legs (p. 10)
clatter

a rattling noise (p. 13)

The Squires
Bride

courting looking for a mate (p. 15)


debt money owed to someone
else (p. 7)
harvesting cutting or picking a crop
(p. 4)
mare

a female horse (p. 10)

parson a minister or preacher


(p. 8)
squire the richest landowner in
a village; a low-ranking
nobleman (p. 4)

A Norwegian Folktale
Written by Vera Ogden Bakker
Illustrated by Joel Snyder
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The Squires Bride


Level K Leveled Book
Learning AZ
Written by Vera Ogden Bakker
Illustrated by Joel Snyder
All rights reserved.
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Correlation
LEVEL K
Fountas & Pinnell
Reading Recovery
DRA

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17
18

The squire never went courting


again.
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15

The door opened.

Table of Contents
Feeling Lonely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
A Promise Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
A Promise Fulfilled . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The Big Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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The music began to play. The


guests turned to watch the door
where the squire waited for his
bride. There was a great clatter on
the stairs, for the bride had only
two satin slippers.

Feeling Lonely
Long ago and far away, a rich
squire rode out to look over his
land. He watched his field workers
harvesting hay.
The squire smiled, for he would
soon be able to sell the hay for gold.
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13

A red leaf landed on the squires


nose. Then, more and more leaves
floated on the air. He frowned,
remembering how long and lonely
winter was.

The Big Event


When the women came to dress the
bride, they stretched and tugged on
the gown. They put flowers around
her neck and a crown on her head.
They pulled satin slippers on her
front hooves.
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The squire spotted a lovely girl in


the field. I shall make her my wife,
he thought.
Will you marry me? he asked.
You will have a big house and
wear beautiful clothes, he said,
but the girl refused his offer.

The boy jumped on the mares


back and rode fast to the squires
home. Shes outside by the door,
he told the squire.
Take her upstairs to her room,
the squire said.
he lad shook his head, but he
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knew better than to argue with the
squire. He got seven men to push
and pull the mare up the stairs.

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A Promise Made
The boy found the girl raking hay.
He said, Im here to fetch what
your father promised my master.
Oh, yes, she said, with a smile,
He means the little bay mare.
Shes at the edge of the field.
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The squire was angry. He promised


to pay her fathers debt if the father
could get his daughter to marry
the squire.
Arrange the wedding, said her
father, and when you are ready,
send for my daughter.
The Squires Bride Level K

The squires cooks spent days


making a feast, and the maids
cleaned his big house to a shine.
He invited all the neighbors and
hired the parson.
When everything was ready, he
sent a boy to the girls father.
Tell him to send what he
promised, the squire ordered,
and be quick.

A Promise Fulfilled
he boy hurried to the farmers
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house. My master said to send
what you promised, and hurry.
Yes, yes, said the man, shes in
the field. Take her with you.
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