3rd Grade Reading Comprehension

Free printable Navajo legend for 3rd grade reading comprehension. Print the reading passage for offline use as a worksheet or test comprehension with the online quiz.

The Lizards' and Coyote's Slide Ride

based on a Navajo legend

The lizards gather at the top of a rocky hill to play their favorite game of sliding down the hill on big flat rocks.

Coyote watches them and thinks, "That looks like fun. I'd like to try it."

Coyote asks the lizards if he can join in.
"Maybe you can try it on a small rock, but you'll probably crash and die if you try the big one," says the old lizard. "It's taken us lizards years of practice."

Coyote, being a bit of a show-off, says, "The small rock looks way too easy for me. I'll try the big one."

"You'll be sorry," says the lizard. "You should stick to running and chasing rabbits. You're good at that."

Coyote steps onto the big rock, tips it, and goes flying down the hill. Coyote loses control and the rock catches the edge of the rocky hill. It flips into the air and takes Coyote with it. Then the big rock falls and squashes Coyote.

The lizards gather around and wonder what to do with the squashed coyote in the middle of the hill.
"We can't leave him here, but how can we move him? He’s very heavy." The old lizard says, "We should bring him back to life. Then he could leave on his own."

And so they did. They used their magic to bring Coyote back to life. Coyote went on his way and never asked again to join in the lizards' games.

Source: worksheetsplus.com/Reading/LizardCoyote.html The Lizards' and Coyote's Slide Ride
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What is the lizards' favorite game?
hide and seek
sliding on rocks
chasing rabbits
sliding on rocks Where does this story take place?
in a forest
by a pond
on a rocky hill
on a rocky hill According to the old lizard, what is Coyote good at?
chasing rabbits
sliding on rocks
listening to others
chasing rabbits It took many years for lizards to be good at sliding on big rocks.
True
False
The story doesn't say.
True Why did Coyote try the big rock slide?
He's a show-off.
He thought the small rock was too easy.
Both are true.
Both are true. What made Coyote's rock go flying?
It caught on a smaller rock.
The lizards got in the way.
Coyote lost control and hit the edge of the hill.
Coyote lost control and hit the edge of the hill. Why couldn't the lizards move Coyote off the hill?
Coyote was too heavy.
The hill was too steep.
It was late and getting dark.
Coyote was too heavy. How did the lizards bring Coyote back to life?
They gave Coyote a special drink.
They used magic.
They poured water on him.
They used magic.

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