TallTalePAIREDREADTheFountainofYouthBillPecosbyAliMacKisackillustratedbyJonDavisSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularycommenced,deed,exaggeration,heroic,impress,posed,sauntered,wringELLVocabularybehave,territory,wanderedWordCount:1,961Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119109-3MHID:0-02-119109-3PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheEarlyYearsofPecosBill.................2Chapter2PecosBill,Cowboy...........................6Chapter3PecosBillandtheTornado..................12RespondtoReading........................16TheFountainofYouth............17FocusonGenre...........................20EssentialQuestionWhatkindsofstoriesdowetell?Whydowetellthem?BillPecosbyAliMacKisackillustratedbyJonDavisWhenPecosBillwasborn,hismotherthoughthernewbabywasspecial.Shewasright.Atonemonthold,PecosBillcouldtalk.Atthreemonthsold,hecouldwalk.Hewanderedoverthehillsandwrestledwithbearcubsandmountainlions.Helovedadventure,andthat’sthetruth!Whensettlersmovedwithin50milesofthefamilyfarm,Bill’sfatherdecidedtheareawastoocrowded.SoBill’sfamilypackedtheirthingsintotheirwagonandleftTexastofindaplacewithmorespace.Duringthejourney,theirwagonhitarockinthemiddleofthePecosRiver.Billwasflungoutofthewagon.Heflewthroughtheairandlanded12milesaway.Bill’sbrothersandsistersweremakingsomuchnoisethatnobodyheardBillyell.BythetimetheylookedforBill,hewasgone.PecosBillTheEarlyYearsofCHAPTERONE2WhathappenedtoBill?AnoldcoyotesawBillandtookBillwithhimtolivewithhispackofcoyotes.Billlivedwiththecoyotesfor15years.Hegrewuphowlingandhuntingwiththecoyotes.SoonBi...
