DramaPAIREDREADTheMysteryoftheSpottedDogsThePrinceWhoCouldFlybyPhilippaWerryillustratedbyCarolineHuSTRATEGIES&SKILLSWordCount:1,476ComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:ThemeVocabularyStrategySynonymsandAntonymsVocabularyannoyed,attitude,commotion,cranky,familiar,frustrated,selfish,specialtyELLVocabularycomfortable,lonely,deserveACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-119149-9MHID:0-02-119149-2PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789QLM151413121110ThePrinceWhoCouldFlybyPhilippaWerryillustratedbyCarolineHuPAIREDREADScene1AVisitor.................................2Scene2TheSpecialBook........................7Scene3ACure..................................11RespondtoReading....................16TheMysteryoftheSpottedDogs..17FocusonGenre........................20EssentialQuestionHowdoanimalcharacterschangefamiliarstories?Characters:PRINCESS,MAID,KING,QUEEN,PRINCE/CANARY,WISEWOMAN,NURSEScene:Insidethecastle,thePRINCESSislookingoutawindow.TheMAIDcomesin.MAID:Goodmorning,Princess.Wouldyoulikesomebreakfast?PRINCESS:No,thanks.MAID:(looksoutthewindow)Herecomesyourfather,theKing,andhiswife,thenewQueen.TheMAIDleavesandreturnswiththeKINGandtheQUEEN.KING:Goodmorning,daughter.Youlooktired.Areyouokay?QUEEN:(frowning)Don’tberidiculous.Shelooksfine!PrincessAVisitorSCENE12PRINCESS:I’mallright,Father.IonlywishIcouldlivewithyou.KING:Well,perhapsoneday—QUEEN:(interrupts)Youliveinalovelycastle.Whyareyoucomplaining?PRINCESS:Igetsofrustratedlivinghere.It’sverylonely.QUEEN:Wevisityou.Yourmaidtakescareofyouandkeepsyoucompanytoo.Don’tbeselfish.PRINCESS:It’sboringhere.AllIdoissitbythewindowandstareatthetrees.QUEEN:(impatiently)You...
