WhyTreeFrogSingsatNightbyJakeHarrisillustratedbyStuartBillingtonLanguageArtsCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887–6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedinMexicoISBN10:0-15-351437-XISBN13:978-0-15-351437-1OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-351212-1(Grade2AdvancedCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-351212-4(Grade2AdvancedCollection)ISBN10:0-15-358072-0(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-358072-7(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891005015141312111009080706byJakeHarrisillustratedbyStuartBillingtonWhyTreeFrogSingsatNight3Thetiny,goldentreefroglikestosingatnight.Itsbright,littlesongcanbeheardonwarm,dampsummernights.Itisasmuchapartofdarknessasarethestarsinthesky.Longago,though,littleTreeFrog’schirrup-chirrup-chirrupwasonlyheardduringtheday.Itwasnotatallwelcomedbytheotheranimalsthatlivedinthepond.4“WhotoldTreeFrogthathecouldsingallday?”majesticGrayHeronwouldmoan.“Thatracketrufflesmyfeathers.TreeFrog!Pleasestopthatnoiseimmediately!”5“WouldsomeonetellTreeFrogtotakeanap?”wailedDragonfly.“Thatcroakofhisisenoughtomakemeflyawayandfindanewhome.WhyshouldIbudgefromthepond?”Dragonflyflewtothefarsideofthewatertogetawayfromthesound,hiswingstwitching.6“There’snopeaceonthepondwithTreeFrogmakinghisterriblenoise,”saidDuck.“Eventheothe...
