The Sandwich Thief
A story about sandwiches that disappear at break time, a classmate who is wrongly blamed, and a girl who solves the mystery.
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1For a week, things happened in class 6C. Every day at the big break, somebody's sandwich from the bags near the open window.
2At first, the students each other. Tom said it was Omri, because Omri was always hungry. Omri was very . "I didn't take anything!" he said.
3Maya decided to the . On Thursday she hid behind the door during the break and watched the bags. After a few minutes, a big black landed on the window. It jumped into a bag, took a sandwich in its and flew away to a tree.
4Maya ran to tell the class. Everybody laughed, and Tom said sorry to Omri. From that day, the class closed the window during the break.
📘 Glossary
- strange - unusual and hard to explain
- disappeared - went away so it could not be seen
- blamed - said that someone did something bad
- hurt - feeling sad because of something unkind
- solve - to find the answer to a problem
- mystery - something that nobody can explain
- crow - a large black bird
- beak - the hard mouth of a bird
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1. Where were the bags?Finding details
2. Why did Tom think that Omri took the sandwiches?Word meaning
3. In paragraph 2, "Omri was very hurt" means that Omri…Finding details
4. Where did Maya hide?Finding details
5. Who was the real "thief"?Making inferences
6. Why did Tom say sorry to Omri?Making inferences
7. Why did the class close the window during the break?
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