RealisticFictionPAIREDREADPoetryTreasurebyDavidMurphy•illustratedbyGeradTaylorNat’s’GadTaylorTreasureSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAWordCount:2,411ComprehensionStrategy:VisualizeSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyPersonificationVocabularycommemorate,contemplate,forlorn,majesticCopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118648-8MHID:0-02-118648-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADChapter1ItTakesTime.................................2Chapter2Sorenson’sSearch............................5Chapter3TooGoodtoBeTrue..........................8Chapter4Nat’sHardWork.............................13RespondtoReading.........................16ThePhotograph...................17FocusonLiteraryElements.................20EssentialQuestionWhatcanthepastteachus?TreasurebyDavidMurphy•illustratedbyGeradTaylorNat’s’tdbyGeradTaylorTreasure“Mom,Dad,canIhaveanewcomputer?Mineissoslow,andithaswaytoolittlememory.”Nat’sdadgavehismomalookthatspokevolumes,buthetookacoupleofminutestocontemplatehisreply.“Nathaniel,”hesaid,placinghisknifeandforkcarefullyonhisplateandputtinghispalmsonthetable,“therearemanythingswe’dallliketohave,butthere’snosuchthingasmoneyfornothing.Thethingsyouvaluemostarethethingsyouhavetoworkfor.”“Howabouttryingforanewspaperroute?”hismomsuggested.“Orinquiringatthehardwarestore?They’realwayslookingforhelponSaturdays.”“WhenIwasyourage,”saidhisdad,whoobviouslyfelthehadn’tmadehimselfclear,“ifIwantedsomething,Iwentoutandearnedthemoneytopayforit.That’showIlearnedthevalueofadollar.”“Sure,”saidNat,tryingnottosoundtoodisappointed.“Noproblem.JustthoughtI’dask,that’sall.”Natunderstoodhisparents’logic,buth...
