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Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Monkey Buys Trouble
Read the story. Then answer the questions.
Monkey sniffed. Something smelled delicious. His mouth watered. He peered
down from his tree at the hut below. In her kitchen, Mama Marie wrapped up
the warm coconut cookies she had just made and put them into her basket. She
hurried towards the village market. Monkey’s stomach rumbled. As Mama
Marie trod down the street, then there was a sudden flurry of skirts and a
tangle of petticoats. Monkey climbed down for a closer look. “Oh my! Mama
Marie moaned. “I can’t believe all this trouble I’ve got. When Monkey saw her
basket broken, he swung down from his tree and scooped up the trouble. Soon
all the cookies were gone. “I must have more of this trouble,” he thought as he
licked the crumbs from his paws. He run to find a store that might sell him
some. “I’d like some trouble,” Monkey said to the storekeeper. The storekeeper
nodded. “Wait right there, here you are,” said the storekeeper. “A whole sack
full of trouble.” Monkey couldn’t wait for some more of that tasty treat called
trouble. He sat down and untied the knot of the sack. Three dogs burst from the
sack. The dogs circled him. Monkey ran up. He spied a tree ahead and leaped for
a branch, gasping for breath, and looked down at the dogs glaring up at him.
When the sun sank behind the village, the dogs slunk away. Monkey swung
down from the tree, and dashed to the village well. His day had been filled with
nothing but trouble. In the moonlight he climbed as high as he could. And the
lesson he learned? Don’t go looking for trouble.
Answer each question.
1. Why did Monkey peer down from the tree at the hut?
2. What happened with Mama Marie?
3. Did the storekeeper give him “Trouble”?
4. What happened when he untied the knot of the sack?
5. What lesson did the Monkey learn?
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Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Grade 4 Reading Comprehension Worksheet
Monkey Buys Trouble
Read the story. Then answer the questions.
Monkey sniffed. Something smelled delicious. His mouth watered. He peered down from his
tree at the hut below. In her kitchen, Mama Marie wrapped up the warm coconut cookies she
had just made and put them into her basket. She hurried towards the village market.
Monkey’s stomach rumbled. As Mama Marie trod down the street, then there was a sudden
flurry of skirts and a tangle of petticoats. Monkey climbed down for a closer look. “Oh my!
Mama Marie moaned. “I can’t believe all this trouble I’ve got. When Monkey saw her basket
broken, he swung down from his tree and scooped up the trouble. Soon all the cookies were
gone. “I must have more of this trouble,” he thought as he licked the crumbs from his paws.
He run to find a store that might sell him some. “I’d like some trouble,” Monkey said to the
storekeeper. The storekeeper nodded. “Wait right there, here you are,” said the storekeeper.
“A whole sack full of trouble.” Monkey couldn’t wait for some more of that tasty treat called
trouble. He sat down and untied the knot of the sack. Three dogs burst from the sack. The
dogs circled him. Monkey ran up. He spied a tree ahead and leaped for a branch, gasping for
breath, and looked down at the dogs glaring up at him. When the sun sank behind the village,
the dogs slunk away. Monkey swung down from the tree, and dashed to the village well. His
day had been filled with nothing but trouble. In the moonlight he climbed as high as he could.
And the lesson he learned? Don’t go looking for trouble.
Answer each question.
1. What did Monkey peer down from the tree at the hut?
Monkey peered down that in her kitchen, Mama Marie wrapped up the warm coconut
cookies she had just made and put them into her basket.
2. What did happen with Mama Marie?
As Mama Marie trod down the street, she fell down and her basket broken and all the
coconut cookies scattered over the ground.
3. Did the storekeeper give him “Trouble”?
Yes, the storekeeper gave the Monkey “A sack full of trouble.”
4. What happened when the Monkey untied the knot of the sack?
Three dogs burst from the sack and they circled him. Monkey ran up and leaped for a
branch of the tree to save his life.
5. What lesson did the Monkey learn?
The Monkey learned the lesson, “Don’t go looking for trouble.”
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