Inferencing

When Ethan woke up, the room was bright with sunlight. He looked at the clock and leapt out of bed. He threw on his clothes, grabbed his backpack, and ran out the door without eating breakfast.

Splatt! "Oh rats!" thought Katie as she stopped to clean up the mess. "I hope we have another one." She looked in the fridge and pulled out the carton. One left! Breakfast wasn't ruined after all.

It was 8:30 on Thursday night. Emily stared at the large empty poster board on her bed. Then she looked at the stack of books about Abraham Lincoln on her desk. Emily began to cry.

Kim turned off the lights and everyone found a place to hide. Nicky hid under the table where everyone had put their presents. He peeked out and saw the front door starting to open.

"Ouch!" Lucy had fallen again! She shivered and picked herself back up. Then she spotted her older sister Sarah, gliding backwards. She was so graceful. Sarah made everything look so easy.

Alex ran all the way home from school. "Mom!" he shouted as soon as he opened the door, "Look!" he handed his mother some papers. "You were right, all that studying really did pay off!" he said excitedly.

Maria woke up in the middle of the night. She had to go to the bathroom. The room was so dark. The house was so quiet. Maria wished that she still shared her room with her big sister Laura. Maria could not move.

The scout leader looked at the sky and muttered something under his breath. Then he looked at the map. "Let's get moving" he called to the group of tired boys. "The faster the better."

Mr. Jones stood on his front porch watching the boys run away down the street. He walked slowly to the sidewalk and picked up the bat that was laying there. Then he looked at the broken window on his house and sighed.

Cara tried not to fidget in her new dress. There were at least a hundred people in the audience. What if she messed up? The girl next to her gave her a gentle push and she slowly walked onto the stage and towards the piano.