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Historical FictionPAIREDREADAll Work and No Play GoldenThe LittleThe Little LlamaLlamaby Paul Mason ill ust rat ed by James Wat son Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaGrades:6CV_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 3CV_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 324/01/12 3:31 PM24/01/12 3:31 PMSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:Make PredictionsSkill:Point of ViewVocabulary Strategy:Greek and Latin SuffixesVocabulary benefit,deftly,derision,eaves,expertise,impudence,legacy,symmetryELL Vocabularylivelihood,offeringWord Count:2,302Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaGrade:6ACopyright The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means,or stored in a database or retrieval system,without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.,including,but not limited to,network storage or transmission,or broadcast for distance learning.Send all inquiries to:McGraw-Hill EducationTwo Penn PlazaNew York,New York 10121ISBN:978-0-02-118674-7MHID:0-02-118674-XPrinted in the United States.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DOC 15 14 13 12 11 10IFCIBC_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 2IFCIBC_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 224/01/12 3:33 PM24/01/12 3:33 PMPAIREDREADChapter 1The Glitter of Gold .2Chapter 2Titu .5Chapter 3Sacrifice and Civilization.8Chapter 4Khonu s Plan .11Respond to Reading.16All Work and No Play .17Focus on Literary Elements.20Essential Question What influences the development of a culture?GoldenThe LittleThe Littleby Paul Mason ill ust rat ed by James Wat son LlamaLlamaProgram:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 1001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 124/01/12 4:06 PM24/01/12 4:06 PMA herd of llamas passed by Khonu who was sitting on a rock.A llama looked at him curiously.Khonu was an old man,and he watched the llamas and smiled.He thought,“You llamas are very valuable to us.You helped our people succeed.”Khonu stood up and headed for home.It was getting dark,but he could still see the llamas deftly walking across the plain and over the hill.Khonu watched one llama in particular.The llama looked regal and had pure black wool.The Glitter of GoldThe Glitter of GoldChapter Chapter 1 1 Khonu thought,“He looks so much like Titu.”When Khonu had been a boy,his uncle Urcon had a herd of llamas.Titu had been Khonu s favorite llama.The emperor s people had taken Titu away from Uncle Urcon s herd.Khonu thought,“Now,that was a story”llamaKhonu2Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 2001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 224/01/12 4:06 PM24/01/12 4:06 PMThonapu put his tools down and said to his son,“Are you watching carefully,Khonu?Please pay attention.This is for your own benefit.One day,it will be your livelihood to be a goldsmith,and you must learn to shape and sculpt gold.”Khonu said,“I was watching,Papa,”but he had been thinking about the hillside.Thonapu handed his son the statue he had been sculpting.“What do you think?”he asked.It was a half-finished statue of a golden llama.It was small enough to sit comfortably in the palm of Khonu s hand.The statue had hind legs with tiny,carefully sculpted feet.There were even gaps between the toes.The llama looked so real that its tiny tail seemed to move.Khonu wished he could sculpt like his father.He said,“It looks good,Papa.”statueKhonuThonapu3Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 3001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 324/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PMKhonu s father grunted and said,“It needs much more work.The legs need to be smoother.”He began to gently hammer a new sheet of gold for the front legs.Thonapu had been a goldsmith for many years,just like his father.One day,Khonu would be a goldsmith,too.This was Thonapu s legacy to his son.Becoming a goldsmith was Khonu s destiny.A nobleman had asked Thonapu to make the little gold statue.The nobleman was going to make an offering of the statue to Inti,the sun god.Khonu said,“The llama needs to be finished for Inti,doesn t it,Papa?”Khonu knew the festival of the sun was only a couple of days away.He was looking forward to the ceremony and the feast.Thonapu nodded and said,“Yes,it needs to be finished,and that s why I need to concentrate.Go and see if your uncle Urcon needs help.”Khonu ran through the narrow city streets.His feet slapped the paving stones,and the noise echoed off the high stone walls.He ran past women weaving under the eaves of their houses.Soon he was out in the countryside.In Other Words exactly like.En espaol,just like quiere decir tal como o exactamente como.STOP AND CHECKWhy is Thonapu making a golden llama?4Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 4001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 424/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PMTituTituChapter Chapter 2 2After a strenuous walk,Khonu found his uncle high up on the hillside.Khonu greeted his uncle Urcon warmly.“Have you come to see me?Or perhaps you have only come to see the llamas?”Urcon joked.Khonu smiled and went to see the herd of llamas.The llamas were not bothered by Khonu.Some of the llamas walked up to Khonu and looked him in the eye.Urcon treated his animals well,and the llamas were gentle.Khonu knew that it was not wise to mistreat a llama.Once,he had seen a man put a very heavy load on his llama.The llama had sat down and refused to move.A crowd of people had gathered around the man and the llama.They had laughed at the man in derision until the man lightened the llama s load.herd 5Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 5001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 524/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PMKhonu went to see his favorite llama,called Titu.Titu had pure black wool and was taller than the other llamas.Titu held his head high and had a long and graceful neck.Titu s ears were alert,and his legs were as strong as tree branches.Khonu rubbed the fur on Titu s neck.Khonu observed that Titu looked a lot like the golden llama his father was sculpting.Khonu thought it would be fun to travel with Titu.Khonu knew that llamas can walk over the uneven terrain of the mountainsides,even at high altitudes,or heights,where the air is thin and hard to breathe.Urcon strolled over to Khonu.He looked worried as he said,“Don t get too attached to Titu.”Khonu did not like the tone of his uncle s voice.It worried him.He asked,“What do you mean?”Urcon did not look at his nephew but simply said,“Ask your father.”STOP AND CHECKWhy does Khonu like Titu so much?6Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 6001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 624/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PM Titu Urcon7Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 7001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 724/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PMBack at Thonapu s workshop,Khonu sat in shock.Thonapu had just told Khonu that Titu was going to be an offering to Inti,the sun god.Titu would be a sacrifice.Thonapu said,“You know that Titu belongs to the sun,just like this golden llama.”Thonapu tried to explain to his son by telling him a local legend.“A long time ago,Inti,the sun god,looked down and saw the people living like beasts.Inti sent his daughter and son down to Earth to teach the people to live better.“Inti gave his son and daughter a golden rod to take to Earth.Inti commanded,Travel north and push this golden rod into the ground as you cross the land.When the rod disappears,you will know you have discovered the place to build the sacred city.”Thonapu paused to hammer a sheet of gold.He inspected the miniature llama and checked that the legs were in perfect symmetry.Sacrifice and CivilizationSacrifice and CivilizationChapter Chapter 3 3Thonapu s is a possessive noun.Can you find an example of a possessive noun on page 4?LanguageDetective8Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 8001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 824/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PM“Inti s son and daughter traveled the mountains until they reached a beautiful valley.They took the golden rod and pushed it into the ground.The rod disappeared.”Khonu smiled and said,“They had found Cuzco.”“Yes,they had found Cuzco.”Thonapu continued,“Inti s children taught the people to hunt,farm,build,and cook.We owe so much to Inti.He is the sunlight that makes our crops grow each year.”Khonu was still upset,and he demanded,“But why must Titu be the offering?”Thonapu replied,“Llamas are treasured animals.We can weave cloth from their wool,and we use them to build canals and clear land for farming.Llamas helped people build this city.”Khonu sighed.“I know,Papa.”His father added,“So we offer the most important animal to the most important god.There is not a better gift to show our gratitude.”rod9Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 9001_009_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 924/01/12 4:07 PM24/01/12 4:07 PMOn the day before the festival,the entire city was buzzing with excitement,but Khonu was not in the mood for celebrations.That night at home,Khonu felt like his insides were twisting,and Thonapu was tired.Thonapu had not finished the golden llama,so he had apologized to the nobleman.Khonu s mother was the only cheerful one in the family.She was humming as she prepared clothes for the next day s festivities.While his father worried about the unfinished statue,Khonu had an idea.“Where do they take the sacrificial llamas?”he asked his mother quietly.Thonapu grumbled,“Are you still complaining about that?”Khonu s mother looked at her son with pity and said,“They re in a pen opposite the main square,but there s nothing you can do,Khonu.”Khonu thought,“Oh,yes,there is.”STOP AND CHECKWhy are llamas important to the people of Cuzco?10Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 10010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 1024/01/12 3:47 PM24/01/12 3:47 PMKhonus PlanKhonus PlanChapter Chapter 4 4After Khonu s parents had fallen asleep,Khonu crept to his father s workshop as quietly as possible.He found the unfinished golden llama.Khonu closely examined the miniature llama.The golden statue was sleek and smooth,which showed his father had great expertise.The statue was finished except for its head.Khonu was not as skilled as his father,but he would be careful.He knew he must finish the statue to save Titu.The head of the llama needed ears,a mouth,and eyes.Khonu closed his eyes and imagined Titu so he could engrave Titu s face on the statue.A llama that looked dignified,clever,and kind would be worthy of the sun god.When he was ready to work,Khonu laid out his father s tools in an orderly row.His father had taught him that it was important to organize the tools before he began.Khonu picked up the small hammer and began tapping slowly.His fingers were shaking.It was going to be a long night.hammercandle11Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 11010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 1124/01/12 3:47 PM24/01/12 3:47 PMThe next morning before sunrise,Khonu and his family went to the square in the center of the city.The square was full of people who were waiting for the festivities to begin.Khonu heard excited voices all around,and the sound of drums and pipes filled the air.Khonu had finished the golden llama an hour earlier.He carried the statue in his tunic.Khonu hoped his plan would work.He spotted the pen with the sacrificial llamasit was now or never.Khonu grabbed his father s hand and said,“Please,may I say good-bye to Titu?”Thonapu saw where Khonu was pointing.He said kindly,“Come along,then.”Khonu looked quickly over the herd.His heart was racing.How would he recognize Titu in the dark?All the llamas looked so similar!Then Khonu saw a pair of ears.The ears were more alert than the others,and the head rose higher than the rest.Khonu shouted,“Titu!”Father s is a singluar possessive noun.What is the plural possessive noun of father s?LanguageDetective12Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 12010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 1224/01/12 3:47 PM24/01/12 3:47 PM Khonu dragged his father over to Titu.An official was getting ready to lead Titu away.Before Thonapu could stop him,Khonu cried out,“Sir,sir!”The official frowned at the sound of a boy calling to him with impudence.The official stared at Khonu and snapped at him,“What is it?”Khonu said,“That llama there,can he be saved?”His father hissed,“Khonu!”and tried to pull Khonu back.Thonapu bowed to the official.“I apologize for my son,sir.He does not mean anything by it.”The official asked,“Why should I spare the llama?He is to become a gift to Inti.”Khonu reached into his tunic and held out the little gold llama.“Perhaps Inti would accept this instead.”cloakofficial In Other Words he wasn t trying to offend you.En espaol,he does not mean anything by it quiere decir no estaba tratando de ofender.13Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 13010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 1324/01/12 3:47 PM24/01/12 3:47 PMThonapu was horrified.He started to say,“It isn t finished!”but the official was already inspecting the tiny,golden statue.“This is fine work.Did you make it?”he asked Thonapu.Thonapu looked at the completed statue and was puzzled.Then he looked at Khonu.His son s eyes were wide,silently pleading with his father.Thonapu understood what had happened.“Yes,sir,it is our work,mine and my son s.”The official said,“I congratulate you.It is a fine gift and worthy of Inti.”The official thought for a moment,then untied Titu.“You may take this llama back to his herd.”Khonu and Thonapu bowed to the official.Khonu said,“Thank you,sir.”Thonapu took his son by the arm,and they hurried away.When they were out of sight of the official,Thonapu let out an enormous sigh of relief.He said to his son,“You owe me a llama statue,Khonu.You are going to work with me.”14Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60Program:CR 14Component:LRG6 U2 W4 E PDFVendor:Learning MediaLevel:60010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 14010_016_CR14_LR_G6_U2W4L60_E_118674.indd 1424/01/12 3:47 PM24/01/12 3:47 PM Khonu stopped to