If You Give a Horse a House

Written and Illustrated by The Second Grade, 2010

with Mrs. GumpperIllustrated using Microsoft Paint

Megan Mae

If you give a horse a house, she is going to ask for a sofa.

When you give her a sofa, she will want to stretch out on it with her

favorite book.

Just when she opens her book,

…her friends come over to watch movies

and eat popcorn.

When the popcorn bowl is empty, she looks in the fridge

and…

… finds hotdogs with ketchup, a giant pizza, and cake and ice cream.

After all the food is gone, Horse and her friends

decide that they ate too much, so next, they play

Wii Fit.

As they play Wii Fit, the delivery boy

throws the newspaper in the yard close to the

pool.

Scott the Lion, Spike the Bat and Alligator run outside to get the

newspaper, but stop to take a quick dip in the cool blue pool.

Justyn

She is about to jump in the pool when she spots the newspaper next to the

pool…and

Begins to read about Boston and China in the travel

section of the newspaper and daydreams about going to an airport and flying far

away.

She thinks that this might be fun but want

to read her travel guide first.

She begins to read her book and thinks to herself how comfortable she would

be reading somewhere other than outside in the…

…hot sun next to the pool…

And wonders if she should move someplace cooler.

If she moves someplace

cooler, she will need a place to

stay.

She will need a new TV and fridge.

She will want bookshelves for her

books and a new sofa to sit on while she reads.

And chances are…if you give her a sofa,

she will want a new house to go with it.

…and chances are if you give a Horse a

house,

she will want a sofa to go with it.