CHALLENGE! Integrity
No one was around. Little Gracie was chilling. She was kind of bummed, because her dad had
been illing. They’d been barking at each other, every minute of the hour. She was feeling like a
villain and her attitude was sour. She was on the steps, with her chin in both hands, when a guy
walked by, a twenty floated from his pants. Gracie’s mouth, well, it fell agape, and she’d be
twenty dollars richer for goodness sake.
She walked to the street, stretched out her hand and grabbed it, but the man kept walking, he
didn’t notice that she nabbed it. Gracie watched him fade, as the seconds flew by. She was
battling inside, and did not know why. This was a fat sized bill, she could by some rad things;
maybe a purse, or some glistening rings. She looked up and saw the man had started to
turn. She had his twenty bucks and her conscience, felt the burn.
Her momma once told her, when you don’t know what to do, you’ve got to listen to your heart,
it’ll get you through. She was a statue staring, at the bill she got. She felt the right thing, and
she broke into a trot. She caught up to this fellow, and said “Hey Maann! You dropped a
twenty bill,” and she placed it in his hand.
His eyes lit up. A smile spread across his face. So he granted her a hug. A tear followed the
embrace. Gracie walked home, with her head to the sky. She felt good inside, and she knew
why. Though no one was watching, she did the right thing. She was floating above ground like
she’d sprouted some wings. She thought about decisions, how good they could feel, if you
knew how to act, how to be the real deal.
That was the day, she learned her lesson. If you show integrity, then you are not stressing.
Integrity is more, than an honesty vacation. You must always do what’s right, no matter the
situation. We all know the difference between right and wrong. The question is can everybody
stay strong?
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Day3 D.O.K.3
1) Compare how Gracie felt at the beginning of the story, to the end.
A) Beginning: excited and lively - End: depressed and down
B) Beginning: angry and violent - End: happy and nice
C) Beginning: sad and mad - End: proud and happy
D) Beginning: somber and lonely - End: mad and reactive
2) If you wanted to read more stories about integrity, how would you find them?
A) By looking in the fiction section of a library
B) By doing an on-line search for stories about integrity.
C) By looking in the non-fiction section of a library.
D) By doing an on-line search about lessons.
3) Which sentences best describe the plot of this story?
A) Gracie fights with her dad. She then sees a man drop some money and has to make a
tough decision, and she decides to pick it up and give it back.
B) Gracie sees and man who needs help. She decides to help him so everything turns out
fine.
C) The man in the story loses something important and needs help. Gracie helps and the
man rewards her with integrity.
D) Gracie learns about integrity. She decides she likes it and ends up passing it along to
other people who need it.
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4) What is the problem in this story? What is the solution in this story?
A) Problem: Gracie loses some money. - Solution: She gets it back from a man with integrity.
B) Problem: The man loses some money and Gracie wants it. - Solution: Gracie buys new
things.
C) Problem: Gracie sees a man lose money and doesn’t know what to do. - Solution: She
chooses integrity and gives it back.
D) Problem: Gracie gets twenty dollars and doesn’t know what to buy. - Solution: She gets
rings.
5) What does, “She was floating above ground as if she’d sprouted some wings” mean?
A) She had a good feeling because she found twenty dollars.
B) Gracie was truly floating above the ground like a balloon.
C) She had made a good decision and felt very good
D) Gracie felt like she could fly because she had $20.00.
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