Gracie and Lane are gators who live in a swamp. Gracie likes Lane and bats her eyelashes at him, causing Lane to fall in love with her. Every day, the couple swims through the swamp looking for food, with Lane letting Gracie eat from the left side and Gracie letting Lane eat from the right side when those sides have more food. One day they find two picnic blankets with different amounts of hamburgers on each side and take turns eating the greater amounts according to their usual system.

1. Gracie & Lane Gators By: Mrs. Judy

2. Once upon a time in a swamp far, far away, lived

3. Gracie & Lane Gator.

4. Gracie was such a silly, gator that liked the boys! She would bat her long eyelashes at Lane and blow him kisses!

5. Well that made Lane fall in LOVE with her!

6. Every day, Gracie and Lane would swim through the swamp together and look for things to eat .

7. Lane was a gentleman. He knew that Gracie only liked to eat things that were on the left side of the swamp. So, when the most food was on the left, he let her have it.

8. Gracie thought Lane was so nice, and she didn’t want to be a greedy gator. So when the most food was on the right side of the swamp, she let Lane have it.

9. One day, they found some food. It looked like a whole family had been on a picnic and forgot to pick up their food!

10. They swam over to the first blanket of food.

11. 10 4 On the left side, there was a stack of 10 hamburgers. On the right side, there was a stack 4 hamburgers. Since the greater amount of food is on the left , Gracie ate the food!

12. 10 > 4 10 is greater than 4

13. Then they swam over to the second blanket of food.

14. 3 7 On the left side, there was a stack of 3 hamburgers . On the right side, there was a stack of 7 hamburgers. Since the greater amount of food is on the right , Lane ate the food!

15. 3 < 7 3 is less than 7

16. Gracie and Lane were so full after eating all of that food, they swam home and took a nap! THE END