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When Farmer Brown and the animals are invited to Farm Day at school, he instructs them to be on their best behavior, forgetting that school can be like a barnyard.

In his apple orchard, a farmer meets a little man named Take and follows his advice, which does not turn out well, and the next day meets a little man named Give, whose advice is just as bad.

On a rainy day, everyone on the farm stays inside except the cows, who enjoy the rain, mud, and wind.

When the farmhouse roof begins to leak, Farmer Claude and Farme Maude seek shelter in the shed with the animals, but when that roof leaks, too, they all head for the truck.

Ming and her family harvest rice at the base of a tall mountain. They could sell the extra rice at market on the other side of the mountain but the dragon on the mountain steals the rice. Ming decides to try on her own to get past the dragon so she packs up her ox and heads to the market. When the bully dragon tries to stop her, Ming outwits the bully and makes it safely to market and back home with the money. Includes glossary, as well as questions...