PAIREDREADFolktaleFoxandCatBadgerThetheandFanbyJanineScottbyJanineScottillustratedillustratedbybyAkiAkiFukuokaFukuokaSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategyRootWordsVocabularyattracted,dazzling,fabric,greed,honest,requested,soared,trudgedWordCount:1,850ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119116-1MHID:0-02-119116-6PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADEssentialQuestionWhataresomemessagesinanimalstories?Chapter1FunintheForest.........................2Chapter2Badger’sTrick.............................8Chapter3IntheClouds............................12RespondtoReading......................16FoxandCat....................17FocusonLiteraryElements...............20BadgerThetheandFanbyJanineScottbyJanineScottillustratedillustratedbybyAkiAkiFukuokaFukuokaLongago,inthebambooforestsofJapan,therelivedthreelittleelf-likechildrencalledtengu.Alltenguchildrenhadverylongnoses.Theirnoseswerealwayswigglingandwagglingaboutastheylaughedandplayed.Tenguchildrendidn’thaveacareintheworld.Theywereplayfulchildrenwholikedtohavefunallthetime.Oneoftheirfavoriteplaythingswasafanmadefromfinesilk.Thesilkwasdecoratedwithdelicatepinkcherryblossoms.Thetenguchildrenspenthourstakingturnsfanningthemselvesandthenrollingaroundonthegroundlaughing.Chapter1FunintheForest2Now,thiswasnoregularfan.Itwasamagicfan.Asthetenguchildrenfannedthemselves,theirlongnosesdidsomethingastonishing—theychangedsize.Whenthetenguchildrenfannedtheirnoseswithonesideofthefan,theiralreadylongnosesgrewevenlonger.Butwhentheyusedtheothersideofthefan,theirnosesreturnedtotheirnormalsize.Thetenguchildrenplayed...
