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5th Grade 5 Broken Pie
5th Grade 5 Broken Pie
“DONE!” I heard Sydney shout from her room down the hall.
“Aw, man, I was just about to shout it out. Good job, Sydney,” I
said. Sydney jumped up and down. “I never finish cleaning before
you, Aiden!” she exclaimed. She looked so excited I couldn’t even be
mad at my little sister.
“What happened?” Sydney asked. “Mom’s pies never look like that!”
“I don’t know, but we’d better figure it out before Mom sees the pie
and thinks we did it!” I answered. We ran back outside and sat
down under the tree. “What do you think could have happened,
Sydney?”
“Hmmm… maybe Mom dropped the pie when she took it out of the
oven.” Sydney replied.
Sydney and I sat outside for a while, trying to think of ideas. Birds
kept flying in and out of the tree above us. They gave me an idea. I
looked toward the kitchen, with the wide-open window.
“Hey, I bet that some birds smelled the pie and wanted a piece! It’s
right by the open window! We should go check for little bird
footprints,” I said. “You’re right!” Sydney exclaimed. “And if there
aren’t any footprints, we can look for other clues while we’re in the
kitchen.”
We walked back into the kitchen. Mom was still vacuuming. Sydney
and I tiptoed over to the pie to search for evidence. Next to the pie,
we saw the filling, and one small footprint.
“That looks like a bird footprint, right?” I asked Sydney. She agreed.
We heard the vacuum turn off, and Mom walked into the kitchen.
“What are you two doing by the pie?” she asked.
“We came back in from playing outside and wanted some pie,
because it smells delicious. But when we got in here, the pie was a
mess!” I said. Sydney added, “We had to solve the mystery of why
it’s broken in pieces, because your pies are always beautiful. Aiden
had an idea that some birds might have gotten into it! Look, there’s
a little footprint!”
“Oh goodness,” Mom answered, “you guys are right. I guess I’ll have
to get a screen back on this kitchen window. Well, what do you guys
think about going out to get ice cream since the birds ate our pie?”
1. How did Sydney and Aiden feel when they saw the messed-up
pie? Highlight evidence from the text that supports your answer.
3. Why did Sydney and Aiden run back outside after they saw the
messed up pie? How would the story have changed if they’d
gotten their mom instead?
4. Do you think Aiden is a good big brother? How can you tell?