DramaPAIREDREADTheMysteryoftheMessyRoombyPhilippaWerryillustratedbyMikePhillipsBehindTrapdoorSecrettheSTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyannoyed,attitude,commotion,cranky,familiar,frustrated,selfish,specialtyWordCount:2,231ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118859-8MHID:0-02-118859-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110PAIREDREADScene1TheContestBegins............................2Scene2ABeautifulRing..............................6Scene3TrueLove.....................................9Scene4JumpingThroughHoops......................13RespondtoReading..........................16TheMysteryoftheMessyRoom....17FocusonGenre..............................20EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalcharacterschangefamiliarstories?Characters:KING,RICK,NICK,SAM,GREATTOAD,LITTLETOADS,BELLA,RICK’SWIFE,NICK’SWIFEScene:Insidethepalace.KINGissittingonhisthronesurroundedbyhisthreechildren,RICK,NICK,andSAM.KING:It’stimesomeonetookoverasrulerofthekingdom.Whowillmakethebestking?RICK:Itshouldbeme.I’mtheoldest.NICK:No,itshouldbeme.I’mthesmartest.SAM:Itwon’tbeme.I’mtheyoungest.RICK:Itcertainlywon’tbeyou!Youcouldn’truleacountry.KING:Hmmm.Ithinkthereshouldbeacontest.Iwantallofyoutogoandfindacarpet.Thepersonwhobringsmethemostbeautifulcarpetwillbecomethenextking.RICK:Thatwillbeme,then.NICK:Orme.(pointingatSAM)Anyway,itcertainlywon’tbeSam.KING:Seethesethreefeathers?WhenIblowthem,watchwherethewindtakesthem.Thatwillbethedirectionyoumustgotofindyourcarpet.TheContestBegins~SCENE1~2KINGblowsthefirstfeatherintotheair.KING:Uptothewind,andaway…tothewest.RI...
