HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

1388041

3.3.13

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: L

DRA: 24

Genre:Legend

Strategy:Analyze/Evaluate

Skill:Story Structure

Word Count: 542

retold by Pleasant DeSpainillustrated by Capucine Mazille

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Long ago, a young boy lived in a Pueblo village. He did not laugh. He did not play with the other children.

The people called him Timid Boy.His older brother ignored Timid Boy.

Older Brother would not teach Timid Boy how to win a footrace. He would not teach him how to wrestle.

Older Brother

Timid Boy

Pueblo village

Older Brother ignored Timid Boy.

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Timid Boy left the village early one morning. He walked the long path to the tall mountain.

Pausing at the foot of the mountain, he saw two bear cubs playing near a cave. The cave was halfway up the steep trail.

Timid Boy climbed up the trail to the bear cubs.

“Don’t be scared, little ones,” he said. “I won’t hurt you.”

Timid Boy spoke to the two bear cubs.

bear cubs

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Suddenly the huge mother bear roared out of the cave.

Timid Boy took a big breath and pleaded his case.

“Please let me play with your children, Mama Bear,” he said. “I have no friends in the village.”

Mama Bear stared and sniffed.

Timid Boy spoke to the mother bear.

Mama Bear

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Finally, she nodded her shaggy head, yes.

Timid Boy played with the cubs the rest of the day. They raced and wrestled and laughed. It was the best day of his young life!

Timid Boy decided to stay with the bears at the cave.

Timid Boy wrestled with the cubs by the cave.

cave

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Back in the village, Older Brother grew worried. His little brother had not come home for days.

He went to the mountain and saw Timid Boy sleeping. There were two bear cubs by his brother’s side. A huge mother bear watched over them all.

Older Brother saw Timid Boy with the bears.

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Older Brother ran back to the village. He told the people what he had seen.

“I will bring back my brother,” he told them. “I will take my bow and my arrows.”

“No,” said a leader of the people. “Bears are our friends. Find another way to bring back your brother.”

Older Brother spoke to the leader of the people.

bow

arrows

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Older Brother thought of a plan. He went to the place of the buzzing bees. He blew smoke into the largest hive. The bees became calm.

Older Brother reached into the hive and took some honey.

Older Brother blew smoke to calm the bees.

hive

smoke

bees

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Older Brother ran up the steep trail. He came to the bear’s cave. He placed the honey on a smooth rock and waited behind a tree.

The bear family came out of the cave and began licking the honey.

Older Brother snuck up to the cave and spoke fondly to his younger brother.

“Please come home with me,” said Older Brother. “I promise to show you how to have fun.”

Older Brother asked Timid Boy to come home.

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Timid Boy said goodbye to his furry friends and returned to the pueblo.

Older Brother taught him how to have fun. Timid Boy played with the other children. He laughed and wrestled and ran.

The people said he was a new boy. They gave him a new name.Now they called him Bear Boy.

Timid Boy was now called Bear Boy.

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Responding TARGET SKILL Compare and Contrast

Copy the chart below. Add story details that tell how Timid Boy and Older Brother are alike and how they are different.

Text to Text Older Brother uses honey to trick the bears. Have you read another story where a character tricks another character? Write a summary paragraph about it. Tell what happens in that story.

Write About It

Timid Boy Older Brother

Plays with bears

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examined fondlymistpausing

peakpleadedruggedsteep

TARGET VOCABULARY

TARGET SKILL Compare and Contrast Tell how details or ideas are alike and different.

TARGET STRATEGY Analyze/Evaluate Think about what you read. Then form an opinion about it.

GENRE A legend is a story told about an unusual event as if it really happened.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT

1388041

3.3.13

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: L

DRA: 24

Genre:Legend

Strategy:Analyze/Evaluate

Skill:Story Structure

Word Count: 542