Sentence Imitation

"Here's a good rule to remember about rattlesnakes and scorpions:  If you don't bother them, they won't bother you."
"Usually."
Holes, Louise Sachar p. 4

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Sentence Modelling

"I don't really remember this happening, but they say that when my uncle Herm's family came over to see our presents, as they were coming through the front door I got down into a four-point stance, growled, "Hut! Hut! Hut!" and charged ahead with my brand-new helmet." 
Jerry Spinelli, Crash (p1)