RUNNING RECORDS
TAPE EXAMPLES
TAPE EXAMPLE 1: Little Pig by Jane Melser (1981)
“Go home,”
said the hens.
“No,” said the Little Pig.
“Go home,”
said the ducks.
“No,” said the Little Pig.
“Go home,”
said the cows.
“No,” said the Little Pig.
“Go home,”
said the sheep.
“No,” said the Little Pig.
“Go home,”
said the butcher,
“or I’ll make you into
sausages.”
“Yes, I will,”
said the Little Pig.
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“I’m looking for a house,”
said the little brown mouse.
TAPE EXAMPLE 3: The Dragon’s Birthday by Margaret Mahy (1984a)
At the same time, Richard
and Claire, Henry and Huia and Billy,
were going up the road wearing
their dragon costume.
TAPE EXAMPLE 4: Old Tuatara by Joy Cowley (1984)
Old Tuatara sat in the sun.
He sat and sat and sat.
“Asleep,” said the fantail.
“Asleep,” said the gull
“Asleep,” said the frog
“Asleep,” said the fly.
“Not asleep,” said Old Tuatara.
TAPE EXAMPLE 5: Fantail, Fantail by Margaret Mahy (1984b)
“Fantail, Fantail,
have some cheese.”
“No. No. No.
I don’t like cheese.”
“Fantail, Fantail,
have some peas.”
“No. No. No.
I don’t like peas.”
“Fantail, Fantail,
have some pie.”
“No. No. No.
I don’t like pie.”
TAPE EXAMPLE 6: Who took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan Nodset (1989)
He saw Squirrel.
“Squirrel, did you see
my old brown hat?”
TAPE EXAMPLE 7: My Bike by Craig Martin (1982)
On Tuesday I rode my bike
around the tree,
over the bridge,
under the branches
and through the puddle.
TAPE EXAMPLE 8: Saturday Morning by Lesley Moyes (1983)
“Dad, the car is clean,
and so are we,” said Mark.
TAPE EXAMPLE 9: The Dragon’s Birthday by Margaret Mahy (1984b)
The next morning, a boy named Richard
said to his sister Claire,
“Today’s the dragon’s birthday.”
“Everyone knows that,” said Claire.
“Poor dragon. No one is brave enough
to go up to his cave and say,
‘Happy birthday.’”
“Perhaps we could go,” said Richard.
“It’s too dangerous,” said their mother.
“He might frizzle you up.”
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for his midnight swim.
TAPE EXAMPLE 11: Busy Beavers by M. Barbara Brownell (1988)
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Beside a pond, a beaver snacks on tall grass and weeds.
On land, beavers find trees to use for making their homes,
called lodges. They build the lodges in deep water.
A beaver swims back and forth from its home to the land.
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This beaver is busy building
a dam to hold water back
in a pond. Soon the water will be
deep and will be a safe place
for the beaver to build its lodge.
With its sharp front teeth,
the beaver cuts a branch in two.
A hard orange coating on the
teeth keeps them from chipping
as the beaver bites through wood.
TAPE EXAMPLE 12: Harry Goes to Funland by Harriet Ziefert (1989)
Harry even rode
the roller coaster.
TAPE EXAMPLE 13: I Can Read by Margaret Malcolm (1983)
I read to my mother.
I read to my father.
I read to my nana.
TAPE EXAMPLE 14: Indian Two Feet and His Horse by Margaret Friskey (1959)
He could sing.
He could dance.
TAPE EXAMPLE 15: Indian Two Feet and His Horse by Margaret Friskey (1959)
There was
a little Indian.
He wished
he had a horse.
TAPE EXAMPLE 16: Saturday Morning by Lesley Moyes (1983)
Mum hosed the garden.
“Please will you hose me?”
said Helen.
“Please will you hose me?”
said Mark.
Mum hosed Helen and Mark.
TAPE EXAMPLE 17: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell; illustrated by Patrick Benson (1992)
Once there were three baby owls:
Sarah and Percy and Bill.
They lived in a hole
in the trunk of a tree
with their Owl Mother.
The hole had twigs and
leaves and owl feathers in it.
It was their house.
One night they woke up and
their Owl Mother was GONE.
“Where’s mommy?” asked Sarah.
“Oh my goodness!” said Percy.
“I want my mommy!” said Bill.
The baby owls thought
(all owls think a lot)—
“I think she’s gone hunting,” said Sarah.
“To get us our food!” said Percy.
“I want my mommy!” said Bill.
But their Owl Mother didn’t come.
The baby owls came out of
their house, and they sat
on the tree and waited.
A big branch for Sarah,
a small branch for Percy,
and an old piece of ivy for Bill.
“She’ll be back,” said Sarah.
TAPE EXAMPLE 17: Owl Babies (continued)
“Back soon!” said Percy.
“I want my mommy!” said Bill.
It was dark in the woods and
they had been brave, for things
moved all around them.
“She’ll bring us mice and
things that are nice,” said Sarah.
“I suppose so!” said Percy.
“I want my mommy!” said Bill.
They sat and thought
(all owls think a lot)—
“I think we should all
sit on my branch,” said Sarah.
And they did, all three together.
“Suppose she got lost,” said Sarah.
“Or a fox got her!” said Percy.
“I want my mommy!” said Bill.
And the baby owls closed
their owl eyes and wished their
Owl Mother would come.
AND SHE CAME.
Soft and silent, she swooped
through the trees
to Sarah and Percy
and Bill.
“Mommy!” they cried,
and they flapped and they danced,
and they bounced up and down
on their branch.
“WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS?”
their Owl Mother asked.
“You knew I’d come back.”
The baby owls thought
(all owls think a lot)—
“I knew it,” said Sarah.
“And I knew it!” said Percy.
“I love my mommy!” said Bill.
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