Indicators (w/ examples)

Dress-ups are bolded and underlined

(1) Openers (& the vss) are numbered within parenthesis, bolded, and highlighted with yellow

(Q-DEC 1)  DECs are named within parenthesis, bolded, and highlighted with yellow

Vocabulary words are highlighted in light blue.

Here are examples of proper indications of: 
dress-ups
openers
DECs 
M3s
OWLs
vocabulary words 
 

          As everyone knows, cats are fatally dangerous to little mouselings.  The addition of felines to their barn necessitated an emergency mouse meeting.  Dealing with the vexing threat of the bloodthirsty cats was the first point of order for the anxious mice.  (Q-DEC1) How could they outsmart the cats? (ALLIT)The mice needed a strategically smart solution.  They had held a meeting like this once before when the farmer had rescued a momma cat and made her a little bed in the barn. Luckily, that was situation was remedied when the cat's owner was contacted a day later.  It had been a traumatic day for the mouse community that resided in the barn. Once again the rodents found themselves trying to think of a way to foil their natural enemy.  Their first idea was to place a GPS signal in the cat’s food so they could at least track the tabby. It almost worked.  The cat had consumed every morsel in its bowl. (M3-v)Excitedly, the mice meowed, purred, and high-fived each other. So happy were they that the cat had finished the food that they did not realize the flaw in their plan.  The GPS was in the feline’s stomach and their plan was working, or so they thought!  Unfortunately, the signal was drowned out by the cat’s fur!  
(DEC 3) Oy vey!  (DEC 5)Well, if at first you don't succeed; try, try again!
        The next plan was to covertly put cat food in the mousetraps. As they heard the loud snaps of the mousetraps, they began to rejoice until they heard the hound's pitiful, high pitched cries of pain. They discovered the humiliated hound yelping with numerous mousetraps hanging from his red nose.  
         (2)After a few more community meetings, they hatched a new plan. The mice, who all knew how to read and write, put an ad in the paper to sell the kitty. When a pet store owner called about the ad in the paper, the farmer became quite befuddled.  He was confused because he did not know about the classified and since he was such an animal lover, he ended up buying another cat. This is when the trouble doubled for the mice! 
           The rodents decided that they had to resort to scare tactics. To scare the tabbies, the mice borrowed the farmer’s new ATV and tried to chase the cats away. Instead of disposing of the cats, they lost control and ended disposing of the ATV by accidentally driving it into the lake. Next, they tried sending fake notes to the cats to make them fight, but the playful pussycats did not know how to read. Unfortunately those scathing notes were found and read by the farmer. (EPIPHORA)To this day the farmer is still perplexed and wonders why anyone would leave a note telling him that he has dog breath.  How could he have dog breath? His toothpaste is mint flavored and definitely does not smell like dog breath. Or, does it? The poor farmer brushes his teeth ten times a day now -- with a new toothpaste!
       The furry little animals even tried sedating the cats with a tranquilizer gun that they "borrowed" from the farmer.  (3)Unfortunately, they missed and hit the farmer who took an unexpected nap in the haystack for the rest of the day. (vss)The mice were stumped. If they did not take action they would surely become a cat snack.