retoldbyElizabethSmithillustratedbyJimGordonTheBoyTheBoyandtheandtheBearsBearsANativeAmericanPawneeTaleretoldbyElizabethSmithillustratedbyJimGordonCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887-6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaISBN10:0-15-350494-3ISBN13:978-0-15-350494-5OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350333-5(Grade3Below-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350333-7(Grade3Below-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357481-X(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357481-8(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891017912111009080706TheBoyandtheBearsANativeAmericanPawneeTaleCastofCharactersStorytellerChiefLittleBearBearCubCub’sMotherCub’sFather3SceneOneSetting:TheChiefiswalkingthroughaforest.Onthegroundisabearcub,crying.Storyteller:Oneday,aPawneechiefwaswalkinghome.Heglanceddown,andhesawabearcub.Itwascryingforitsmother.Thechiefgentlypickedituptoconsoleit.4Chief:Littleone,areyoulost?Areyouhungry?(HetakesfoodfromhisbagandgivesittotheCub,whoeatsitquickly.)Thatisdelicious,isn’tit?Ithinkyouarebecomingdrowsy.(HeplacestheCubonthegroundandcoversitwithleaves.)5Chief(ToCub.):Youaresafehereuntilyourmotherarrives.MywifeandIareexpectingababysoon.Ifmychildiseveraloneandafraid,Ihopetherewillbesomeonetohelp,justasIhavehelpedyou.Sl...
