PAIREDREADTheFountainofYouthTallTaleBillPecosbyAliMacKisackillustratedbyJonDavisSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:PointofViewVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularycommenced,deeds,exaggeration,heroic,impress,posed,sauntered,wringWordCount:2,642Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118617-4MHID:0-02-118617-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1TheEarlyYearsofPecosBill.................2Chapter2PecosBill,Cowboy...........................6Chapter3PecosBillandtheTornado..................12RespondtoReading........................16TheFountainofYouth............17FocusonGenre...........................20EssentialQuestionWhatkindsofstoriesdowetell?Whydowetellthem?BillPecosbyAliMacKisackillustratedbyJonDavisFromthemomentPecosBillwasborn,hismomfelttherewassomethingmightyspecialaboutthisnewbaby.Andshewasright.Atonemonthold,hewasalreadytalking.Bythreemonths,Billwaswalkingonhisown.Hewouldwanderawayfromhisparents’homesteadinTexastowrestlewithbearcubsandmountainlionsuntilitwastimeforhissupper.Hewasoneforadventure,thatlittlefellow—makenomistake.Now,you’dthinktherewasplentyofroomoutwestforBillandhis18brothersandsisters,wouldn’tyou?Butwhenothersettlerssetupahomesteadalittlemorethan50milesaway,Bill’sfatherdecidedtheplacewasgettingtoocrowded.So,quickasyoulike,thefamilyloadedupthewagonandsetofftofindsomeplacewherethey’dhaveabitmoreelbowroom.Well,thewaytheytellit,thatwagonhitarockinthemiddleofthePecosRiver.LittleBill,whowassleepingintheback,wasflungrightclearofthewagon.Helandedonthebank12milesdownstream.HisbrothersandsistersweremakingsomuchnoisethatnobodyheardlittleBi...
