Five Facts

Five Facts

Up in the mountains, a man entered a cave. He walked through a long, dark tunnel. His flashlight lit up stone doors in the wall. He pushed a door open and stepped into a large room. The man gasped. “ He’s real! ” A giant caveman lay on a large, flat stone. He was perfectly still.

The man walked over and pulled a gold ring from his bag. He took a deep breath. “ Now I’ll find out if the legend is true. ” “ I’m done, ” Mara said. “ I wrote five facts about wooly mammoths. ”

Roxy and her friends were on a field trip. Their class was visiting Metro City Natural History Museum. Everyone had to choose a topic. Then they had to write down five facts about it. Roxy was already done. Her topic was saber-toothed tigers.

“ Let’s go to the astronomy wing now, ” Terrell said. “ I’m going to write about meteorites. Jack still has to find something to write about. ” “ Check it out, ” Jack said. “ I can balance a pencil on the tip of my nose. ” He looked up and stood the pencil on his nose. “ Whoa, whoa . . . ugh! ” The pencil fell from his nose and rolled across the floor.

Mara snorted. “ You only balanced it for about a second. ” Jack tried again. “ I’m doing it! I’m doing it! ” The pencil fell again. Terrell shook his head. “ That wasn’t even a second. ” “ Jack! ” Miss Apricot hurried over. “ Did you pick a topic yet?”