Description:
Little Cloud likes to stand out from the crowd. When all the other clouds drift up,
he goes his own way, changing shapes to become a sheep, an airplane,
a shark and a funny clown.
Transcription:
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
The clouds drifted slowly across the sky.
Little Cloud trailed behind. The clouds pushed upward and away.
Little Cloud pushed downward and touched the tops of the houses and trees.
The clouds moved out of sight.Little Cloud changed into a giant cloud.
Little Cloud changed into a sheep. Sheep and clouds sometimes look alike.
Little Cloud changed into an airplane. Little Cloud often saw airplanes flying
through the clouds. Little Cloud changed into a shark. Little Cloud once saw
a shark through the waves of the ocean. Little Cloud changed into two trees.
Little Cloud liked the way trees never moved and stayed in one place.
Little Cloud changed into a rabbit. Little Cloud loved to watch rabbits dash
across the meadows. Then Little Cloud changed into a hat because.
Little Cloud changed into a cloud and needed a hat. The other clouds
drifted back. They huddled close together.
Clouds: Little Cloud, Little
Cloud
Narrator: They called
Clouds: Come back
Little Cloud drifted toward
the clouds. Then all the clouds changed into one big cloud
and rained! The end.
Questions:
1. Where is Little Cloud?
2. What has Little Cloud changed into?
3. Where does the rain come from?