MythPAIREDREADTheProTwinsByJamesmcNaugHToNiLLusTRaTeDByDaViDouRoTwiNsSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ProblemandSolutionVocabularyStrategyWordOriginsVocabularyaudacity,deception,desolate,exploits,oblivious,somber,steadfast,valiantWordCount:3,004Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119270-0MHID:0-02-119270-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110ByJamesmcNaugHToNiLLusTRaTeDByDaViDouRoTwiNsEssentialQuestionWhydopeopletellandretellmyths?PAIREDREADChapter1TheTwins.....................................2Chapter2TheLordsofDarkness..........................6Chapter3TheBallGame.................................9Chapter4TheHeroTwinsReturn........................13RespondtoReading...........................16TheProTwins.....................17FocusonGenre...............................20CHAPTER1Manyyearsago,intheancientcivilizationoftheMayanpeople,therelivedtwoyoungbrothers.Theyweretwins,andtheirnameswereXbalanque(shi-BAY-lan-kay)andHunahpu(WAH-nuh-pwuh).Oneday,theboyswentouttoclearagardeninthedensejunglefortheirgrandmother.Whenthetwinsreturnedtotheclearingthenextmorning,however,theyfoundthatthejunglehadgrownbackovernight.Mystified,theyclearedthegroundagain,andthatevening,theyhidnearbytoseewhatwouldhappen.Assoonasnightfell,animalscameoutofthejungleandswiftlyplantedtreesandvegetationintheclearing.“Aha!”criedthetwins,leapinguptocatchthem,buttheanimalsweretooquick.Thetwinscouldonlygrabadeerandarabbitbytheirtails,butthetailsbrokeoffandtheanimalsescaped—whichiswhydeerandrabbitsnowhavelittletails.Finally,byworkingtogether,thetwinsmanagedtocatcharat.“Howshallwepunishthislittlenocturnalgar...
