PAIREDREADFairyTaleBirdTHEOFTruthbyJamesMcNaughtonillustratedbySandyWongTheSingersofBremenSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategySimileandMetaphorVocabularycircumstances,consideration,consults,destiny,expectations,presence,reveal,unsureWordCount:2,423ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118553-5MHID:0-02-118553-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1Twins....................................2Chapter2TheSwallows............................5Chapter3TheBirdofTruth........................8Chapter4TogetherAgain..........................13RespondtoReading....................16TheSingersofBremen........17FocusonGenre........................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanyoudotogettheinformationyouneed?BirdTHEOFTruthbyJamesMcNaughtonillustratedbySandyWongOneday,apoorfishermanwascastinghisnetintotheriverwhenhesawsomethinginthewater.Itwasshininginthesunlikeadiamond.Helifteditoutofthewater.Itwasacradlemadeofcrystal.Inthecradleweretwinbabies,agirlandaboy.Theywerecarefullywrappedinsoftblankets.Thebabieslookedupathimandsmiled.Filledwithpity,themantookthebabiesandcradlehometohiswife.Shethrewupherhandsindespair.“Wealreadyhaveeightchildren!”shecried.“Wecan’tputthembackandletthemdriftouttosea,”repliedherhusband.Thewoman’sheartsoftenedatthesightofthem.“You’reright,”shesighed,“andtencaneatascheaplyaseight.”TwinsCHAPTER12Theorphanedtwinsgrewuptobegoodandgentle.Theiradoptiveparentscametolovethemevenmorethantheirownchildren,whowerejealousandargumentative.Thecouple’sotherchildrenpickedonthetwins.Toescapetheirteasing,thetwospenthoursaloneonth...
