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1 Community Rebuilds Playground — Basic Story
A very nice playground was built almost 15 years ago. It had slides, sandboxes and tunnels. Children who lived
in the area liked to play there a lot. Then it was ruined. Someone burned it to the ground. Parents and children
were very upset and sad. Many parents and neighbors hoped the playground would be rebuilt.
After the playground was destroyed, organizers got together to work on rebuilding the playground. They got
new materials and were ready to rebuild. They chose a day on a weekend to start building so that people could
help. The weekend they chose to rebuild was not very good for working. It was raining. The organizers were
worried that nobody would show up to help build the new playground.
Almost 400 people showed up to help! One woman said that she was very worried about the weather ruining
their plans. She was extremely happy when she showed up and saw so many people there to help.
A little girl had said how nice the park used to be. Lots of children were sad when the park was burned down.
She said that it was a fun park to play at.
Many people came out to help rebuild the playground. Bad weather did not stop volunteers from getting the
work done. They are sure that they will finish the project on time.
2 burned
to have been destroyed by fire
3 extremely
very
4 neighbors
people who live near each other
5 organizers
people who plan things and make them happen
6 playground
an area children go to play
7 project
a task that needs to be done
8 rebuild
to make important repairs; to build again
9 ruined
damaged enough that it can not be fixed
10 volunteer
a person who offers to do some work for free
11 worried
to be concerned about
