The Moon & Tricky The Trolls - Reading Booklet

Reading Booklet
Year 2 Reading Assessment - Paper 2
The Moon
Tricky the Troll
visit twinkl.com.au
Moon
The
The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;

She shines on thieves on the garden wall,
On streets and fields and harbour quays,
And birdies asleep in the forks of the trees.
The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,

The howling dog by the door of the house,
The bat that lies in bed at noon,
All love to be out by the light of the moon.
But all of the things that belong to the day,

Cuddle to sleep to be out of her way;
And flowers and children close their eyes,
Till up in the morning the sun shall arise.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
visit twinkl.com.au
Tricky
The
Troll
Tricky was a troll. A

huge green and brown,
smelly troll. He lived under
the bridge in Green Village with
his three big brothers, Stinky, Snotty
and Slimy. The three older brothers spent their
days scaring children. Each time a child would try to cross the
bridge, the trolls would jump out and roar at them loudly! The child would
run off, screaming. Nearly all of the villagers were scared of the trolls.
Tricky wasn’t like his brothers. He was kind and friendly. He didn’t want to jump out
and scare the children, he wanted to play with them. But each time he tried to talk to a
child, they would run off! He was so sad. His brothers just laughed and teased him. They
called him “Terrified Tricky” and told him he was silly for wanting to make friends with
the children.
“Children are for scaring not for playing with!” his biggest brother Slimy told him. “You
need to start roaring at them like us! It’s funny when they start to cry!”
“That’s unkind!” replied Tricky, “I don’t want to be unkind. I want to be friendly and
helpful.”
“Helpful? Friendly?” scoffed Snotty, wiping his nose up his arm, “We are trolls, we scare
people, we make children cry. We are not friendly!”
Tricky walked off from them sadly. He would never be like them. He went to sit in his
favourite tree to watch the children play in the park.
vivst twinkl.com.au
Meanwhile, the older three brothers sat under their bridge waiting for the next child to
scare. After a little while, they heard little footsteps on the bridge. Stinky grinned at
his brothers, and without a sound, jumped up onto the bridge and roared his scariest,
OAAAAARR loudest roar.

OO The girl jumped in surprise, but she didn’t cry. She just
R!’
‘R
stood looking at Stinky. Then, after a moment, she
smiled! Stinky stared at the little girl. Why wasn’t she

crying?
Underneath the bridge, Snotty looked at his brother.
“Why isn’t she crying?” he whispered to Slimy.
“I don’t know,” growled Slimy angrily. He took a deep breath, jumped out and
“Go and help Stinky!” roared and growled at the little girl,
showing his sharp teeth and claws. But
Snotty took a deep breath, jumped up the girl just laughed.
onto the bridge and roared his scariest
roar, showing the little girl his yellow “You’re funny!” she giggled. “I’m going
and black teeth. The little girl looked to take you home and hug you all
at Snotty and then smiled at him too! night!” She ran up to the trolls to give
Snotty stopped roaring, in surprise. them a huge hug!
Underneath the bridge, Slimy sighed, The trolls screamed and tried to run
shaking his head. “I’ll frighten her!” he away from the little girl. But they
said to himself. couldn’t, she just kept chasing them!
“Stand still so I can hug you, you silly
trolls,” she giggled.
vivst twinkl.com.au
In his tree, Tricky had
heard the screams from the
bridge. He turned to look
and saw his brothers being
chased around the bridge by
a tiny little girl! He couldn’t
believe his eyes. He jumped
down from the tree and ran
back to the bridge. When
he got there, he found his
brothers huddled together
against the rail of the
bridge, crying, “Please
leave us alone! We don’t
like hugs!”as the little girl
covered them in hugs and kisses.
He laughed loudly. The little girl turned around.

“Who are you?” she asked.
“I’m Tricky,” Tricky replied. “What are you doing to

my brothers?”
“They are so funny and cute,” replied the girl. “I

want to take them home and play with them!”
“They aren’t cute, they are cruel,” said Tricky. “They

like to scare people all day. But I would
like to have a friend to play with.”
“Really?” asked the girl. “Well come

on, let’s go to the park and play!” And
off they skipped happily together.
And do you know what? The three

brothers were so scared of the little
girl, that they never scared any other child ever again. (But they did carry on scaring
the adults!)
vivst twinkl.com.au

The Moon & Tricky The Trolls - Reading Booklet

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

The Moon & Tricky The Trolls - Reading Booklet

Uploaded by

Document Information

Original Title

Copyright

Available Formats

Share this document

Share or Embed Document

Sharing Options

Did you find this document useful?

Is this content inappropriate?

Copyright:

Available Formats

The Moon & Tricky The Trolls - Reading Booklet

Uploaded by

Copyright:

Available Formats

Reading Booklet

Year 2 Reading Assessment - Paper 2

Tricky the Troll

The moon has a face like the clock in the hall;

The squalling cat and the squeaking mouse,

But all of the things that belong to the day,

- Robert Louis Stevenson

Tricky was a troll. A

OAAAAARR loudest roar.

stood looking at Stinky. Then, after a moment, she

smiled! Stinky stared at the little girl. Why wasn’t she

Underneath the bridge, Snotty looked at his brother.

“Why isn’t she crying?” he whispered to Slimy.

He laughed loudly. The little girl turned around.

“I’m Tricky,” Tricky replied. “What are you doing to

“They are so funny and cute,” replied the girl. “I

“They aren’t cute, they are cruel,” said Tricky. “They

“Really?” asked the girl. “Well come

And do you know what? The three

You might also like