Duck to the Rescue
Mia and Dad sat beside a garden tub. The tub had a little water in it.
Mia set a bright yellow toy duck on the water. “Sail, Duck!” she said.
She gave Duck a gentle push. Duck bobbed past a red leaf.
Dad put a small toy boat in the tub. Mia gave it a push, too.
The boat sailed to the far side. There it got stuck behind a flowerpot that sat in the water.
“Oh, no!” said Mia. “I can’t reach it.”
Dad looked at the boat. “We could move the pot,” he said. “Or we could try something else.”
Mia looked at Duck. Then she grinned. “Duck can help!”
She pushed Duck toward the boat. But Duck bumped the pot and bobbed back.
“Try from this side,” Dad said. He pointed to a gap next to the pot.
Mia pushed Duck again. This time Duck slipped through the gap.
Duck bumped the boat. The boat moved a little, but it was still stuck.
Mia gave Duck one more push. At last, the boat slid free!
It drifted back to Mia. She picked it up and set Duck beside it.
“You did it, Duck,” she said. Dad gave Duck a tiny pat.
Mia put the boat back on the water. Duck sailed next to it, far from the flowerpot.
- gentle:
- Soft and not rough.
- bobbed:
- Moved up and down on water.
- gap:
- An open space between things.
- slipped:
- Moved smoothly through a space.
- drifted:
- Moved slowly along, carried by water or air.
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About this fiction passage for Lower Elementary
“Duck to the Rescue” is a fiction reading passage about Problem Solving, written for Lower Elementary. It takes about 1 minute to read (221 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.