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     Since Erica was a young girl, she had always wanted to meet an alien. Then one day, something truly

unbelievable happened. 

     Erica woke up early one bright, sunny Saturday morning. It was a beautiful day, so she went outside

to enjoy her breakfast in the sunshine. Then she heard a strange sound coming from the garden. She looked

up and saw a short, green creature standing in the middle of the garden. It had two big brown eyes and three

ears on top of its head. It was an alien.

     The alien and Erica stared at each other, neither of them moving. Though meeting an alien was a dream

to come true, she was not quite prepared for it. She had to keep up the courage to talk to the alien. So Erica

walked over to it cautiously.

     Suddenly, the alien opened its mouth and said, "Prue." The alien then picked one of the flowers and

handed it to Erica. "Prue." the alien said again and pointed to the flower.

     Erica was very excited to finally meet a real, live alien. Even though they were speaking in completely

different languages, they could understand each other. Erica spent the whole day accompanying the alien.

They walked around Erica's garden and picked up different things that they saw-flowers, grass and other

plants. Erica showed the alien some of her old toys, saying the English words for all these things and hoping

to teach it English. After Erica said each English word, the alien said something in its language. They were

teaching each other!

     When the sun began to set in the evening, the alien looked up at the sky. He pointed to the sky, and said,

"Keeta m'gul arul." "I understand," said Erica. The alien smiled at Erica, and she smiled back and waved at it.

The alien then walked off and disappeared right before her eyes. Although Erica was sad to see the alien go,

she was happy because one of her lifelong dreams had finally come true.

1. The alien was _____ when Erica first saw it. [ ]

A. holding a glass of orange juice

B. standing in the garden

C. playing with a toy

D. holding a flower

2. The alien and Erica were able to communicate by _____ things and speaking. [ ]

A. talking about

B. smelling

C. pointing at

D. walking around

3. "Keeta m'gul arul." probably means _____. [ ]

A. "I like the day"

B. "Hello"

C. "It's a flower"

D. "I have to go home now"