Reading 1

The principal character of the Rajah Rice was ________.

• Chandra
• Yeh-Shen

She lived in _______.

• India
• China

She loved elephants and ________.

• numbers
• butterflies

Her job was to ______ the Rajah’s elephants.

• bath
• feed

The people were _____ because it was collection day.

• sad
• happy

The Rajah’s collected most of the ____ from the towns people.

• rice
• sugar

Because the Rajah’s took most of the rice the people would be _______.

• hungry
• full

For _______ of years the Rajah’s used to take the rice from the villagers.

• thousands
• tens

The guard stopped Chandra because the elephants were ______.

• sick
• sleeping

The gate was made out of _______.

• bamboo
• pine trees