Ann and Friends - Zac

A duck story and questions for Beginning Braille Readers by Ann Gelles.

7. Zac

Let me tell you about my pal, Zac.

Zac is quite big for a duck.

He will eat bugs, worms, oats and mosquitoes.

Zac gets up at dawn.

He will quack, quack, quack at dawn.

"Quack, quack, quack," tells me that he is very hungry.

He is quite bossy about food.

Zac wants oats.

I sleep late until Zac pecks my toes so I'll get up immediately so he can eat.

After he eats, Zac takes a nap.

Zac also likes my pool.

We swim together every afternoon after my piano lesson.

Zac will swim a mile every afternoon.

I can't swim a mile yet.

My friends like Zac too.

I am lucky Zac is my friend.

Zac Questions

  1. What is this story about?
    (a pet duck or a duck who gets Ann up by pecking her toes)
  2. What does Zac eat?
    (bugs, oats, worms and mosquitoes)
  3. When does Zac get up?
    (at dawn)
  4. What time of day is dawn?
    (before sunrise)
  5. How does Zac tell Ann he is hungry?
    (He quacks.)
  6. What is Zac's favorite food?
    (oats)
  7. How far can Zac swim?
    (a mile)
  8. What does Zac do after he eats?
    (takes a nap)
  9. What do Ann and Zac do after her piano lesson?
    (swim)

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