Runaway Ralph

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Runaway Ralph

• By Beverly Cleary

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Main Characters

• Ralph The mouse that owns a motorcycle.
• Garf - Ralphs friend at camp.

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Supporting Characters

• Aunt Jill The camp counselor.
• Casto The camps cat.
• Karen A girl at camp that loses her watch and
  cannot find it.
• Sam The camps guard dog.

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Summary

• There is a mouse named Ralph that has a
  motorcycle and lives at the Mountain View Inn
  with his mom, Uncle Lester and brothers and
  sisters. He hates it when his mom tells him what
  to do. So one day, he decides to leave the hotel
  and when he leaves he drives his motorcycle and
  finds a camp. He is so tired from the trip, so
  he decides to take a nap under a tree. As he
  closes his eyes, a cat jumps in front of him and
  says, I want to eat you. Then a boy named Garf
  catches Ralph in a butterfly net. Garf decides
  that he wants Ralph to be his pet. One day,
  Karen loses her watch and cannot find it.
  Everybody thinks Garf stole it because he is
  always in the craft shop where it was taken. But
  then Karen finds her watch in her sleeping bag
  where Ralph put it after the cat, Casto, stole
  it. Ralph then needs to go home but his
  motorcycle is out of gas so Garf and his parents
  take Ralph back to the Inn and he lives happily
  ever after.

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Plot

• Beginning Ralph lives with his parents at the
  Inn.
• Middle Ralph finds a camp.
• End Ralph goes home with Garf.

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Setting

• The story first takes place at the Mountain View
  Inn, the home of Ralph and his family. He then
  finds a camp in the woods by a pond.

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Problems and Solutions

• Problem 1
• Ralph doesnt like the Inn.

• Solution 1
• He leaves and finds a camp.

• Solution 2
• Ralph hides it in her sleeping bag so she would
  find it.

• Problem 2
• Karen cannot find her watch.

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Vocabulary

• Alfalfa A plant.
• Mortal Causing death.
• Nigh Close or near.
• Horrid Dreadful.
• Struggled To progress with difficulty.
• Boosted To raise or lift by pushing up from
  behind or below.

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The End

• By Taylor Hauser