Pineapples Don't Have Sleeves
If ever there was a reason to pull a stop on standardized testing mania, it's this story.
The Hare and the Pineapple.
Yes, apparently in NYC's 8th grade standardized test there was a reading section, based on a story by Daniel Pinkwater, the children's author, about a hare and a pineapple having a race, based on The Tortoise and the Hare. (The story was altered from Mr. Pinkwater's original according to Mr. Pinkwater.)
So the Pineapple challenges the Hare to a race and as all the other animals are standing around, the Crow says the Pineapple has something up his sleeve because the Pineapple can't move. (It is also pointed out that pineapples don't have sleeves.)
So when Hare arrives and takes off, they are confounded but then the Hare finishes the race and everyone
The Hare and the Pineapple.
Yes, apparently in NYC's 8th grade standardized test there was a reading section, based on a story by Daniel Pinkwater, the children's author, about a hare and a pineapple having a race, based on The Tortoise and the Hare. (The story was altered from Mr. Pinkwater's original according to Mr. Pinkwater.)
So the Pineapple challenges the Hare to a race and as all the other animals are standing around, the Crow says the Pineapple has something up his sleeve because the Pineapple can't move. (It is also pointed out that pineapples don't have sleeves.)
So when Hare arrives and takes off, they are confounded but then the Hare finishes the race and everyone