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96. A Tornado
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It was a warm spring day. It was
, but a storm was coming. The sky turned
gray. Then a black funnel descended from the
. The black funnel touched the ground. It was
tornado. A tornado is strong. A tornado picks
cars and trucks. They fly through the air
pieces of paper. The tornado siren blasted. It
everyone in town to take cover. Everyone gathered
kids and pets. They went downstairs into their
. A tornado can destroy a house, but the
is safe. Sometimes a tornado hits a town
warning. A year ago, a man was sitting
his bathtub. He was enjoying his bath. He
a loud sound. He thought a train was
into his house. But he did not live
the railroad tracks. It wasn’t a train. A
struck his house without warning. The tornado destroyed
man’s whole house. Suddenly he was taking his
outside. The roof and walls of his house
gone. His wife came home. At first she
because her house was gone. Then she laughed.
husband looked so funny sitting in the tub.
couldn’t leave the tub because he had no
. He didn’t want his neighbors to see him
clothes. His wife had a towel in the
of her car. She gave him a towel,
he climbed out of the tub. They were
happy that he was alive.
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