Name: ________________________
Caps For Sale Summary
A summary is a shortened retelling of a story. In a summary, only the main parts
of the story are included. Important events are included in a summary, but details
are left out.
Directions: Use the sentences below to help you summarize the story Caps For
Sale.
1. Once there was a peddler selling ________________________.
2. One day, he _________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________.
3. So he _________________________________________________
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4. When he woke up, __________________________________________
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5. He looked up in the tree and saw ______________________________
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6. The peddler didn’t know what to do. He shook his _______________
and shook his _______________ , and stomped his _______________.
7. The monkeys _______________ and _______________ and
stomped their _______________.
8. Finally, the peddler _________________________________________
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9. The monkeys _________________________________________
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10. The peddler picked up the caps and __________________________
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