HistoricalFictionPAIREDREADTheCatfurCloakictionictionSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:2,965ComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:CauseandEffectVocabularyStrategyAdagesandProverbsVocabularydisposed,eavesdropping,fortitude,infinite,retaliation,rigors,stoop,undauntedCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118582-5MHID:0-02-118582-4PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110byKimGriswellillustratedbyMatTaitbyKmGriswellbyKimGriswellbKGbKiGillPAIREDREADChapter1ThePromisedLand.............................2Chapter2FirstImpressions...............................7Chapter3TheSwimmingHole...........................11RespondtoReading...........................16TheCatfurCloak...................17FocusonLiteraryElements....................20EssentialQuestionHowdopeopleshowinnerstrength?MaisieBoykinswaitedonthestoopoutsidethegeneralstoreinCairo,Georgia.Theclerkhadtakenheremptyjarinsidetofillitwiththick,sweetmolassesfromthecypressbarrel.Maisie’smouthwateredassheimaginedthesyrupsoakingintoahotsliceofthecornponeshewouldcookforsupper.Maisiehadalwayskepthouseforherpapaandherlittlebrother,Lester.Earlierthatday,she’dsewedcurtainsfromfloursacksandusedbitsofyellowandbrownthreadtoembroidertinysunflowersintoeachcorner.Theclerkcamebackoutsideandtappedafingernailonthejar.“Howyougonnapayforthis?”“Papasaidputitontheaccount.”Themansnorted.“Onaccountofyouhavenomoney?”Maisie’scheekswenthot.“No,sir,”shewhispered.“Papasaysthere’smoneyleftfromthefurnish.”ForasharecroppingfamilylikeMaisie’s,the“furnish”meantthegoodsthestorefurnishedtothefamilybeforethecropscamein.Mostyears,byharvesttime,sharecroppersalreadyowedthestoreeveryce...
