Horrible Lori

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Horrible Lori
A Reading A–Z Read-Aloud Book
R-controlled O • Word Count: 551
Horrible Lori
Written by Dolores Kleinholz

Illustrated by Nora Voutas
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Horrible Lori
WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK
High-frequency words:
1–100 a, about, all, an, and, are, at, away,
be, but, can, come, each, for, four, from, has, he, her, his,
how, I, if, in, is, it, like, look, more, was, no, not, of, on,
other, our, out, play, said, see, she, so, some, than, that,
the, their, they, this, to, up, we, were, what, will, with,
would, you, your
101–200 come, good, help, here, into, little, off,
please, under, yes
R-controlled /o/ words:
ordinary, morning, Corey’s, neighborhood, chores,
Theodore, explore, outdoors, fort, corner, orchard,
neighbor, Norman, lords, roared, horses, armor, swords,
snorted, tore, porch, ignored, important, orangutan,
Jordan’s, Lori, retorted, incorrigible, horrible, normal, four,
sport, implored, Matterhorn, popcorn, short, form, core,
tore, orchid, airport, sandstorm, more, ordered, soaring,
orbit, cardboard, coloring, bored, stormed, door, worn,
formula, thorny, orange, story, or, for, implored
Horrible Lori
A ReadingA–Z Read-Aloud
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Written by Dolores Kleinholz
Illustrated by Nora Voutas
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The boys snorted like horses and tore
around the backyard. Corey’s mother
It was an ordinary Saturday morning appeared on the back porch. “Corey, please
in Corey’s neighborhood. After doing come here,” she said.
their chores, Corey and his best friend, Corey ignored her and kept charging
Theodore, were ready to explore and play around the yard.
outdoors all day. “Corey!” Mom shouted. “This is
“Let’s build a fort in a corner of the important, so please come here.”
orchard!” Theodore said. “Should we invite Corey hurried over to hear his mother’s
your neighbor Norman to help us?” important news.
“No, our fort will be for us only. We’ll be “I need you to baby-sit Mrs. Jordon’s
lords of the castle!” Corey roared. “We’ll little girl, Lori, so her mom and I can talk
ride horses and wear armor and swords.” for a while,” Mom said.
3 4
“Forget it, Mom,” Corey retorted.
“Theodore and I are building a fort this
morning. Besides, Dad says Lori is
incorrigible.”
Theodore poked Corey with his elbow.
“What does incorrigible mean?” he asked.
“Dad says it means Lori has horrible
manners and she acts worse than an
orangutan,” Corey said.
“Lori is not incorrigible. She’s just a

normal four-year-old girl. If you’re a good
sport about Lori,” Mom implored, “I
promise to take you and Theodore to the
Matterhorn Movieplex for popcorn and
a movie.”
Corey and Theodore grinned at each
other and nodded.
5 6
A short form stepped out from behind “See what I mean? She’s Horrible Lori.”
Corey’s mom. She was gnawing on an Corey groaned. “Come on, Lori, let’s play
apple. in the sandbox.”
“She doesn’t look like an orangutan,” The boys walked away, but not before
Theodore said. “She looks like an ordinary Lori tore an orchid from its pot and threw
kid.” it on the porch. “I’m four!” she shouted.
Lori threw her apple core, and it hit
Theodore on the head. BONK!
7 8
Corey and Theodore found some toy
airplanes and began to build a busy airport Next they played astronauts in orbit,
in the sandbox. Like a horrible giant, Lori but Horrible Lori broke their cardboard
kicked up a sandstorm and destroyed the spaceship. They gave Lori a coloring book
entire airport. and crayons, but she tore out the pages
“Lori, no more kicking!” Corey ordered. and broke all the crayons. They played
“I’m four!” Horrible Lori roared. She with toy cars and trucks until Lori got
kicked another plane, sending it soaring bored. She stormed off and threw a toy
out of the sandbox and into a bush. motorcycle into the yard next door.
9 10
“No more. I’m worn out!” Theodore said. “Should I feed you this orange, read you
“What’s the secret formula for making a story, or both?” Norman asked, patting
Horrible Lori behave?” Lori’s head. She looked as if she would melt
Suddenly, Norman, the neighbor, with delight.
crawled through the thorny bushes carrying “Can I baby-sit her for a while?” Norman
the broken toy motorcycle, a book, and an implored the older boys.
orange. He gave Lori the orange and tickled “YES!” Corey and Theodore shouted.
her under the chin. And that’s how the boys discovered
“I’m four!” Lori said. Norman laughed. that Norman was their secret formula
for turning Horrible Lori into just an
ordinary kid.
11 12

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