Fearless Frank
I am Fearless Frank. I like adventures!
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One crisp cold morning I was in the garden hunting for monsters.
I crept into the flower bed and there, under a plant, was one of the plumpest tails I have ever seen!
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I stood still and said, Come on monster! I am not afraid of you!
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The monster got a big fright. It started to growl. “Grrr.”
I stood there with my monster snatching net.
I stood there, as fearless as a goat on a cliff top.
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The monster stuck out its foot.
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It slunk out from under the shrubs…
but it was just the cat!
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Do not feel you need to ask every question. Use them only as a guide when chatting with your child about the story. Main Idea
Themes
Frank is having daring adventures in the garden.
With ‘make-believe’ games you can go on adventures and be as brave as you like!
Tricky words/Punctuation
Questions
there one
Why does Frank call himself Fearless Frank? What is he doing in the garden? What does he say to the monster? How does he plan to catch his monster? How brave was he feeling? What was the monster? What make-believe games do you like to play?
New Words:
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Frank
crisp
crept
snatch
slunk
plant
tramp
frost
plump