Balloons on Parade
By Anne Handley
What do you see?
Is it a cat?
Is it a dog?
No, it is a clown!
It is a balloon!
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The balloons are in a parade.
Some look like animals.
Others look like people.
The balloons are very big.
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Balloons are made of pieces.
People sew them together.
It takes a long time to make a balloon.
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People fill balloons with a gas.
The balloons grow larger.
They begin to float.
But they do not get away!
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Balloons have ropes.
The ropes hang down.
Lots of people hold the ropes.
These people are strong.
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The people have help, too.
People drive trucks under the balloons.
The balloons are tied to them.
They cannot float away.
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There is a big parade each year.
It happens on Thanksgiving Day.
It is dark when the balloons come out.
The streets are empty.
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Soon people are everywhere.
They come to watch the parade.
Others watch on television.
Do you watch, too?
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Glossary
balloon: a bag of material filled with gas
float: to go up in the air
gas: something like air. It fills up things like balloons.
parade: people who move together down a street.
Sometimes there are balloons and cars, too.
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