DramaPAIREDREADIt’sPartyTime!retoldbyElizabethBreretonillustratedbyClareCaddyMidasandtheDonkeyEarsAPlaySTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:MakePredictionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyalarmed,anguish,necessary,obsessed,possess,reward,treasure,wealthWordcount:1,206Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118830-7MHID:0-02-118830-0PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADCharacters............................2SceneOneTheMusicContest....................3SceneTwoANewHairstyle......................7SceneThreeTheSecretIsOut!....................12RespondtoReading...................16It’sPartyTime!..............17FocusonGenre......................20EssentialQuestionHowdoyoudecidewhatisimportant?retoldbyElizabethBreretonillustratedbyClareCaddyMidasandtheDonkeyEarsAPlayMidasandtheDonkeyEarsCharactersTownspersonPanKingMidasApolloBarberMotherEarthPropsNeededchaircrownmirrorwinner’swreathdonkeyearsscissors2SceneOneTheMusicContestKingMidassitsonhisthrone,facingtheaudience.Heiswearingacrown.PanandApollostandateithersideofhim.Townspersonenters,stageright,andfacesthecrowd.TOWNSPERSON:InAncientGreece,therewasonceavainandfoolishking,whowasobsessedwithwealth.Oneday,twogodsaskedthiskingtojudgeasingingcontestbetweenthem.Andthisishowourstorybegins…(Townspersonexits,stageright.)3PAN:(smiling)Mydearfriend,KingMidas.Ihavepreparedasongjustforyou.KINGMIDAS:OhPan,Ialwayslovetohearyousing.Iknowyouwilldowellinthiscontest.APOLLO:(upset)Perhapsyoushouldwaittohearusbothbeforeyoudecidethewinner,KingMidas.I,too,possessabeautifulvoice.KINGMIDAS:Oh,yes—ofcourse,Apollo.Pleasebegin.(Apollosings.KingMidastake...
