4th Grade Reading Comprehension (Set 1) - Cochise

_____Cochise is a cat. He’s nine years old. When he was younger he liked to wander a bit. He usually came home after a day or two. His owners, the Aiosa family, never worried about Cochise because he always came home.
_____The Aiosas decided to move from their house in Rockland County, New York, to a new home in Paterson, New Jersey. They packed all their things, and the moving van arrived to transport the furniture to their new place. The Aiosas were all ready to depart when they realized that Cochise was nowhere to be seen. They searched and searched, but they couldn’t locate the cat anywhere. Jeremy Aiosa was only two, but he missed his cat. He was sad that he had to move and leave the cat behind.
_____The Aiosas settled in their new home in New Jersey. Sometimes they wondered about what happened to Cochise. Four years passed. Jeremy’s younger brother, Paul was three. Paul had never known Cochise, but Jeremy told his little brother about the cat that vanished.
_____Then one day there was a scratch at the door. It was Cochise. He was thin and he had a sore foot. Other than that he APPEARED to be fine. Now he enjoys playing with Jeremy and Paul. He’s an older and wiser cat now, and he doesn’t wander the way he used to. No one can figure out how Cochise found the Aiosas’ new home in another state, and what he was doing during the four years it took him to get there.