byIrenaFreemanillustratedbyRobertSchusterWindWindintheinthePinesPinesbyIrenaFreemanillustratedbyRobertSchusterCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887–6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinChinaISBN10:0-15-350676-8ISBN13:978-0-15-350676-5OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350600-8(Grade3On-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350600-0(Grade3On-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357894-7ISBN13:978-0-15-357894-6Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891037312111009080706Itiswinterinthenorthwoods.Thegroundiscoveredwithsnow.Thetreesarebare.Summerseemsfaraway.Youstandquietlyandlisten.Nothingseemstobemoving.Theonlythingsthatlookalivearethepinetrees.Theystandinproudgreencolumnsagainstthecold.Thewindrustlingthroughthemmakestheonlysound.Manypeoplelovepinetrees.Perhapsitisbecausetheyareamongthefewgreenthingsinwinter.3Pinetreesareconifers.Conifersaredifferentfromotherkindsoftrees.Thewordconiferhintsatanotherword—cone.Pinetreeshavecones.Therearemanytypesofconifers.Somearesmallandgrowtoonlyaboutfivefeet(1.5m).Somearehuge,likethegiantredwoodsofCalifornia.Someconifersgrowinswamps.Somegrowwherethereishardlyanywater.Somelivefairlyshortlives.Otherslivehundredsoreventhousandsofyears.RedwoodEasternWhitePineScotchPine4Conesaredifferentfromtheseedsornutsoth...
