PAIREDREADFolktaleFoxandCranebyJuliaWallillustratedbyTimJonesMouseTheTheandtheandtheSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyattracted,dazzling,fabric,greed,honest,requested,soared,trudgedWordCount:1,253Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119081-2MHID:0-02-119081-XPrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhataresomemessagesinanimalstories?Chapter1SomethingRoundandSilver...........2Chapter2MartinaBuysSomeCornCakes.......5Chapter3AnimalsComeCalling.................8Chapter4PerezFallsintothePot..............12RespondtoReading.................16FoxandCrane..............17FocusonLiteraryElements..........20byJuliaWallillustratedbyTimJonesTheTheandtheandtheMartinaCockroachwascleaningherhousewhenashinyobjectattractedhereye.Somethingroundandsilverwasstuckinagapbetweenthefloorboards.“Whatonearthcouldthatbe?”Martinamuttered.Shemovedclosertotakealook.Chapter1SomethingRoundSomethingRoundandSilverandSilver2Martinapulledandtuggedtogettheroundsilverthingout,andjustwhenshethoughtshecouldn’tpullandtuganymore,outitpopped.Thesilverthingwobbledwildlyseveraltimes,makinganoiselikeadrumroll,andthencametoastop.Martinacreptcloser.Afternearlybeingsquashedbyit,shewasalittleafraidofwhatitmightbe.“Oh!”sheexclaimed.“It’sacoin!”Shethought,“Icouldbuymyselfsomethingspecial.”Thenshehadanotheridea—perhapsshecouldusethisnewtreasuretohelpher.Martinasatdownandthought.Sherealizedthatgoodfortunehadcomeherwayandshewantedtomakethemostofit.3“Icouldusethecointohelpmechooseahusband,”Martinathought.Shehadfoursuitorsandcouldn’tdecidewhicho...
