LanguageArtsretoldbyJayParkerillustratedbyJiriTiborNovakHummingbirdandHeronHummingbirdandHeronCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinMexicoISBN10:0-15-350641-5ISBN13:978-0-15-350641-3OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350599-0(Grade2On-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350599-7(Grade2On-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357822-X(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357822-9(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891005015141312111009080706retoldbyJayParkerillustratedbyJiriTiborNovak3Longago,bothHeronandHummingbirdatefish.Hummingbird,whowastinyandfast,atetinyfish.Heron,whowasbigandslow,atebigfish.4Oneday,HummingbirdsharedwithHeronwhathehadbeenthinking.“Theremaynotalwaysbeenoughfishforallthebirdslikeus,”saidHummingbird.“Theremaynotbe,”agreedHeron.5“Perhapsonlyoneofusshouldeatfish,”Heronsuggested.“Shallwehavearacetodecidewhothatwillbe?”askedHummingbird.“Thatseemsfair,”saidHeron.6Thebirdsdecidedtheywouldracetoatreetheybothknew.“It’salongwayfromhere,though,”saidbig,slowHeron.“Itiscleartomethattheracewilltakefourdays.”“Iacceptthat,”Hummingbirdsaid,thinkinghecouldgettheremuchfaster.7Theystartedtheracethenextmorning.Heronflewstraightahead.Hummingbirdflewincirclesaroundhisfriend.8ThenH...
