&&000 USA SCHOOLBOOKS US902X.TXT 5 PUBLISHERS: (1) SILVER BURDETT GINN; AND (2) MACMILLAN/McGRAW HILL & ANOTHER MACMILLAN; SCOTT FORESMAN & HARCOURT BRACE 1991 & Houghton Mifflin 9 July 2004 2ND GRADE scanned, ocr'd and edited by dph 25 June 2004 &&111 "Look," says =Peter, "here's where the mice have disappeared to. They've made a winter home under the roots. They are eating the nuts and seeds they have stored here." "I'm very hungry myself," says =Sebastian, licking his whiskers. "Do you see that badger? Badgers sleep underground all winter. During their long winter sleep they don't have to eat at all." "The badger is smiling in his sleep," says =Peter. "I think he is dreaming about the spring." "Let's not wake him," says =Sebastian. "It's time to travel on." "Why can't the fox sleep?" asks =Peter. "He has to hunt," says =Sebastian. "He's hungry all year long." "It's stopped snowing," says =Peter. "It's so quiet I can hear the birds rustling their feathers. " "It's easier to hear in the winter," says Sebastian. "Is this a magic forest?" asks =Peter. "I think I see elves hiding in the trees." A few days later, =Glenmae and I went for a walk. She said we were going to find =son special plants she would use to make dye. didn't know what "dye" meant, but it sounded like a picnic to me. I do love to =e plants. That's what got me into trouble. While =Glenmae was out looking for more plants, I ate every one she had already collected in her bucket. They were delicious! The next day, =Glenmae made me stay home while she walked miles to a store. =Sr said the dye she could buy wasn't the same as the kind she makes from plants, but since I'd made such a pig of myself, it would have to do. I was really worried that she would still be angry with me when she got back. She wasn't, though, and pretty soon she had three big pots of dye boiling over a fire. Soon after her journey began, the donkey met a hunting dog. He was panting as if he had run very far. "Why are you panting so hard?" the donkey asked. "For many years I served my master well. Now that I'm getting on in years and feel weaker every day, I can't hunt with the pack. My master doesn't need me. I ran away, but where am I to go from here?" "I'm going to =Bremen," said the donkey. "Why don't you come with me? We could make music in the streets, and I'm sure the people would pay us well." The dog howled his hunting call, and the donkey brayed back. The two went on to =Bremen together. Before long they met a cat. She was sitting by the roadside, looking down at the ground. "Why are you so sad?" the donkey asked. "It's hard to be cheerful. Just because I'm old and want to sit by the fire instead of chasing mice, my master wants to get rid of me. I ran off, but now I don't know where to turn." Poor little =Chang was all out of breath from saying that great long name, and he didn't think he could say it one more time. But then he thought of his brother in the old well. =Chang bowed his little head clear to the sand, took a deep breath and slowly, very slowly said, "Most Honorable Mother, =Tikki is at the bottom of the well." "Oh, not my first and honored son, heir of all I possess! Run quickly and tell the =OldMan. With The Ladder that your brother has fallen into the well." So =Chang ran as fast as his little legs would carry him to the =OldMan With The Ladder. Under a tree the =OldMan With The Ladder sat bowed and silent. "=OldMan, =OldMan," shouted =Chang. "Come right away! =Tikki has fallen into the stone well! " Have you ever wanted to help someone? Everyone in =Tony's family is busy. =Tony wants to find a way to help. One time =Tony's mother and father bought a house in the country. It was a small house and very broken. =Tony's father liked it because there was green grass everywhere, sweet water, and good air to breathe all day long. "Smell the air!" =Tony's father would say, and everyone would stop what they were doing and breathe in and breathe out. There was a lot of work to do in the country-painting, cleaning, hanging up curtains, hammering, nailing, and things like that. "Let me help," =Tony would say to his father. "Let me hammer." "No, you are too small," = Tony's father would answer. "You would hit yourself with the hammer, so it's not a good idea." "Let me help!" =Tony said to his mother, who was sewing curtains. Despite everyone's best efforts, still Mrs =Pelligrino would sniff in deeply now and then-and the old sadness would be upon her again. The girls had grown very fond of Mrs =Pelligrino. They wanted to make her really happy at least once before she had to leave. The key seemed to be connected to the word pizza. If only they could find out what it meant. =May had an idea where they could try. They went to the library. The librarian helped them look it up in the dictionary: pizza an =Italian baked dish consisting of a shallow pie-like crust covered usually with a spiced mixture of tomatoes and cheese. "Pie-like? With tomatoes?" said =Peggy. Judy suggested they look in a cookbook. They had to look in a lot of cookbooks before they finally found one with a recipe for Pizza Pie. =Peggy copied out the list of ingredients: yeast, flour, tomato paste, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, olive oil, garlic, oregano, and pepper. "It sure doesn't sound like pie to me," said =May. The arm holding the torch was sent to =Philadelphia for =America's =100th birthday celebration in =1876. Afterward, it stood in =MadisonSquare in =NewYorkCity for a number of years. =Liberty's head was shown at the =World'sFair in =Paris during this time. Visitors were able to climb inside and look around. In this way, money was raised to pay for the statue. Then, a skin of gleaming copper was put onto the skeleton and held in place with iron straps. As the huge statue grew, all of =Paris watched with great fascination. Finally, in =1884, =Liberty was completed. There was a big celebration in =Paris. Many famous people came to see her. Only a few had the energy to climb all the way to the crown =168 steps! Then began the hard work of taking =Liberty apart for the long voyage across the =Atlantic Ocean. Each piece was marked and packed into a crate. There were =214 crates in all. They were carried by train and then put on a ship to =America. "Things could be worse," I said. "The bread dough could rise and rise until all our toys and furniture are covered. It could happen. I know all about yeast." =Mom said, "Go and get ready for the slumber party tonight." April =17 Slumber parties are great! =Thad and =Jane and =Paul came with sleeping bags. =Mom's friends came with pizza. My friends and I told jokes all night long. But in the morning we had to say goodbye to our house and to our friends. We all cried. =Thad and his mom took us to the airport. They promised to write. We promised to write back. We all waved and waved. April =17 (written on an airplane) When we took off, I could see the mountains. Now I can just see clouds. We're really high-flying from the west coast of the =UnitedStates of =America to the east coast. So far, =Mom and I have played word games, and I've talked to some other people. We ate lunch from a tray on the seat back. Westward, ever westward, the three small ships sailed on new routes across the =Atlantic Ocean. As August turned into September, there was no sign of land. The sailors became frightened. They had never sailed on the ocean for so long. They wanted =Christopher to turn back. But =Christopher would not. Then, on October =12, after many long weeks at sea, one of the sailors saw a tiny strip of sand shining in the early morning light. "Land! Land!" the sailor cried. =Christopher and some of the sailors rowed to shore in a few small boats. =Christopher was very happy. He thought that he had landed in the =EastIndies, near =Asia. But he was wrong. =Christopher had landed on islands near what we now call =NorthAmerica and =SouthAmerica. "Why didn't I think of this before?" said =Sam's mom. "Most kids in =Mexico play soccer." "Soccer? Nobody plays that around here," said =Sam. "Well, maybe they will now," said his mother with a smile. At home, =Marco took his new ball outside. He practiced bouncing it on his knees. He kicked it around with his feet. =Chris and =Billy came over. =Marco kicked the ball to =Chris. =Chris caught it with his hands. "No hands," said =Marco. He kicked the ball to =Billy. =Billy caught it with his hands, too. "No hands!" yelled =Marco. "Head! Chest! Knees!" He bounced the ball off his chest. Then =Marco kicked the ball to =Sam. =Sam let the ball fall off his chest. =Rosemary laughed and said, "Your glasses need windshield wipers."' But =Michael looked worried. "How come your glasses don't work?" In the classroom, I hung up my jacket and put my hat on the shelf. "Where is our fish monitor?" asked Miss =Tyler. I ran to give =Goldie some food. This time I looked at the box. The letters looked big and sharp. "G is for =Goldie," I said. "F is for =Frank. " "Oh, no," said =Billy. "F is for fish. G is for gerbil." =Michael frowned and said, "I don't think your glasses help." I tiptoed into the closet and put the glasses inside my hat. Alice looked at me. "Where are your blue glasses?" she whispered. Now it's time for your kite to be covered. Sometimes people use cloth, but most kites are covered with paper. If you use newspaper or a big bag, you won't have to spend anything for paper. Put your paper on the floor and place the sticks on top of it. Hold the sticks in place with one hand. Trace around the string with the other. Then take the sticks off the paper. Do not cut on the trace, but cut =2 inches to the right of where you made the trace. Look at this picture before you cut. You will need to cut off each end of the paper, as the picture shows. Now you can draw a picture on your kite. Draw a face, an animal, or anything at all. Make your picture big, so you can see it when your kite is flying overhead. All day long, birds came by and asked =Ed to write messages for them. When the day was over, all of the island was covered with messages. Ed was very tired. =Talbot flew down and gave =Ed a fish. "You are doing a very good job," said =Talbot. "How come you look so sad?" "I miss my friends on my other island," said =Ed. "Where is your other island?" asked =Talbot. "Way over there someplace," said =Ed. "Too bad you can't fly," said =Talbot. "You could see it from the sky." "Well, I can't fly," said =Ed. "It's not very hard," said =Talbot. - "It is for penguins," said =Ed. =Talbot flew away. "Listen," says =Grandpa. "I will play a song I learned when I was your age. It was the song I liked best." He plays the tune while I listen. That is the way =Grandpa learns new tunes. By listening. "Now," says =Grandpa, "the two of us can try it. That's fine," says =Grandpa as we play. =Grandpa and I walk outside, to the front yard. We walk to the water. =Grandpa was not blind all his life. He remembers in his mind the gleam of the sun on the water. "I feel a south wind," says =Grandpa. I can tell which way the wind goes because I see the way the tops of the trees lean. =Grandpa tells by the way the wind feels on his face. When we come to the water, I see a blackbird with a red patch. It is on a cattail. "What is that bird over there, =Grandpa?" "=Conk-a-ree," the bird calls to us. "But she did lend me five dollars," said =Leo. "So did mine," said =Emily. A week later a package came in the mail. "Can I open it, please?" asked =Emily. "Let's open it together," said =Leo. "They are very small flags," said =Emily. "And made of paper!" "What did you expect for ten cents?" asked =Leo. "They are not the kind you put on a shed," said =Emily. "They are the kind you "A small f lag on the shed is better than none, said =Leo. Early the next morning, the shoemaker heard a knock at his door. It was the rich man. "Why would my rich neighbor come to see me?" the shoemaker asked himself. "He would not need me to fix his shoes. He could just buy new ones!" The rich man had not come for shoes. He wanted to talk to the shoemaker about money. "Tell me, how much money do you earn in one year?" he asked. "One year?" the shoemaker laughed. "I'm sorry, but I don't know. It isn't worth it to keep records of my money. I don't earn enough for that." "Well," the rich man said, "what are you paid in one day?" "Sometimes a lot, sometimes a little," answered the shoemaker. "If I spend my money wisely, I can always get by." Some of the children used clay to make their animals. To make a clay animal, begin with a ball of clay. The ball of clay should fit in your hand. Form one end until it looks like an egg. This can be the head. Now, pull out the other end of the clay ball to form the body. Pull out small bits of clay from the body. These bits can form the legs, the tail, and the ears of your animal. Would you like your animal to have interesting skin? Use a pencil or stick to make lines in the skin. If you do something that you don't like, you can fix the animal. Rub a little water on the clay and try again. Her mother walked slowly through th bushes, picking blueberries as she went and putting them in her pail. =LittleSal struggled along behind, picking blueberri and eating every single one. =LittlSal hurried ahead and dropped < blueberry in her mother's pail. It didn't sound kuplink! because the bottom of the pail was already covered with berries. She reached down inside to get her berry back Though she really didn't mean to, she pulled out a large handful, because there were so many blueberries right up close tc the one she had put in. Her mother stopped picking and said, "Now, =Sal, you run along and pick your own berries. =Mother wants to take her berries home and can them for next winter "She knew that, =Carmela. Every smile and hug and visit told her that you loved her," said her mother. "Now it's =TioJuan who needs our love. He will be very lonely." The next night =Carmela's mother asked =Tio uan to dinner. =Carmela met him at the door and gave him a big hug. For the first time in a week, =TioJuan smiled. "=Carmelita, tomorrow you must come next door. I would like you to meet my new granddaughter. She was born yesterday. Her parents have named her =Rosita, little =Rose, after her grandmother." Even with all the help she gets, only =Tiffany can make herself a world skating star. Some skating stars want to win more than anything else. =Tiffany is not one of them. "I have to put on that feeling like a coat," she says. "When I skate, I forget about the world. I don't worry about what my mother or my coach thinks. I just skate my best." =Tiffany has learned to think in a way that help her win. "If you believe you can do something, you usually can," she says. Once =Tiffany was in a two-day contest. On the first day she did not skate well. Her strokes were not quite right. She tried to make a jump. Instead, she lost her balance and fell. Everyone had been sure she would win. =Tiffany was stubborn and would not give up. "I have to count more on myself," she said. "How can I skate better tomorrow?" The next day, =Tiffany began her skating with three jumps. They were as hard as the one that had made her fall. She did not fall this time. She went on to win the contest. =Mandy put on clean jeans, her favorite sweater, and her floppy hat. =Mandy's grandmother came in any coat and a funny hat with flowers. She had an interesting box in her arms. "And who is this little fellow?" she said to =Mandy. "Why, that's our =Mandy," said Mandy's mother quickly. "Oh, dear," said =Mandy's grandmother, embarrassed. She was fumbling with her packages and trying to smile at Mandy. "I can hardly wait to see =Mandy in this," =Mandy's grandmother said. Maybe it's cowboy clothes, =Mandy thought, tearing the ribbons off. The dress was yellow. So was the hat. The purse had a little laced inside. "Thank you," said =Mandy softly but politely. She tried to smile but it came out crooked. "What's up, =Louie-why so sad?" =Barney asked. "The kids are laughing at me." "Laughing at you-why?" "Well" "Come on, you can tell me. I'm your =Pop now." "Well," =Louie said, "they call you the junkman." "Junk?" =Barney growled. "They should know better than to call this junk. All a person needs is some imagination! And a little of that stuff can take you right out of this world. What do you say, Louie, want to give it a try?" Louie and his parents got to work. "What's going on?" the kids asked. "I'm going out of this world," =Louie answered. &&000 &&000 USA SCHOOLBOOKS [US902b.TXT] 1990s 2nd grade TWO SAMPLES" from Macmillan/McGraw Hill & Harcourt Brace (plus others below) Xeroxed and later scanned, ocr'd and edited by DPH 22 June 2004 &&111 "You know," my father said, "there's something we could do. We could walk out on the bridge. And if you wanted, you could send a new message. Your bottle would have a good chance from there. It's past the curve in the river." I thought about it. I decided to do it. And I told my father. "You know," he said, "if you don't mind my advice-put something special about yourself in the bottle, for the person who finds it." "Why?" I asked. "It'll give the wind and the water something special to carry. If you send something you care about, it might bring you luck." was working on my new message. And then I thought about =Huey and =Gloria. I thought how they might want to send bottles too. It didn't seem so important anymore that I be the only one to do it. And that's what we did. We all got new bottles, and we put something special ' in each one. We each made a picture of ourselves for our bottle. And in his, =Huey put his favorite joke: Where does a hamburger go on New Year's Eve? To a meat ball. his is something I learned in school: The whole body is mostly water. We think we're solid, but we're not. You can tell sometimes from your blood and tears and stuff that what you're like inside isn't what you're like outside, but usually you'd never know. Also, the whole earth is mostly water-threequarters ocean. The continents are just little stopping places. And using water-streams and rivers and oceans-anybody could put a message in a bottle and send it all the way around the world. The tires on my bike are f lat. The sky is grouchy gray. At least it sure feels like that Since =Hanna moved away. Chocolate ice cream tastes like prunes. December's come to stay. They've taken back the Mays and Junes Since =Hanna moved away. Flowers smell like halibut. Velvet feels like hay. Every handsome dog's a mutt Since =Hanna moved away. I Nothing's fun to laugh about. Nothing's fun to play. They call me, but I won't come out Since =Hanna moved away. Saturday is chore day. =Mom mows the lawn.= Dad washes clothes and cleans the garage. Then he brings the clean clothes to the =Princess, and she folds them into piles on the table. I, =Patty =Jean the Maid, clean the bathroom. One Saturday, =Mom asked me to fold clothes because Princess =Pooh had therapy. I sat at the table pretending I was the =Princess. I folded the clothes very fast and put them in perfect stacks. When the =Princess came home, I waited for =Mom to tell her to clean the bathroom. But =Mom put her right to bed because she was tired. So I, exhausted =PattyJean, . had to clean the bathroom, too. It is summer now. All my friends have gone to camp-everyone except me. =Mom says there's no money to send me to camp because the =Princess got new braces for her legs. The next day, =Harold came out of his classroom with =Douglas. "He wants to walk home with us," =Harold said to =Lizzie. "He can't," said =Lizzie. "Why not?" asked =Harold "Harold, remember the rules. We're best friends and we always walk home together," =Lizzie said. "Just you and me." "Oh yeah," said =Harold. "I forgot." =Douglas looked very sad. "Sorry, =Douglas," =Harold said. "See you tomorrow." "=Douglas's ears stick out," Lizzie said on the way home. "So what?" said =Harold. "His shoelaces are always dripping," said =Lizzie. "I don't care about that," said =Harold. "I'll meet you in the clubhouse just as =ChiHai spoke, a snowrock stung her chin. That red-haired boy darted behind the dumpster. He was laughing hard. I tried, but I could not be a noble Dragon. Before I knew it, I was scooping up snow. My hands burned and my fingers turned red. I threw my snowrock and the laughing stopped. Suddenly, the boy tackled me! We rolled in the snow, kicking and yelling, until the principal's large hand pinched my shoulder. "Inside!" he thundered, and he marched us to our classroom. Flags are also used for signaling. Some flags show their meaning through color and design. A race car zooms by! A checkered flag signals to the driver that he has completed the race. A ship can use flags to send messages to other ships. Each flag signals a different message. Sometimes the way flags are moved gives their signal. A =BoyScout moves two flags into different positions to signal letters of the alphabet to a friend. This is called semaphore signaling. When one flag is used, it is called wigwagging. Tiger came closer to her cave, she passed through clouds of tiny white butterflies. She heard monkeys and barking deer. She saw green-striped snakes, quails and pheasants. None of the animals listened to her song-except one big, clever, black bird, the =Eu bird. "Hmm," said =Bird to herself. "I wonder why =Tiger is coming down the mountain singing that song and grinning from ear to ear. I'd better find out." So =Bird soared up the ladder which was a shortcut to =Shao's home. =JanetStevens =JanetStevens has always liked art. When she was little, she thought-her sister and brother were better at things than she was. Then she found out that she was good at art and that made her feel happy Can you tell that =JanetStevens loves animals? She is well-known for the funny animals she draws in her books. She probably had fun drawing =Anansi and all -the animals he tricks! =JanetStevens is married and has two children. She likes to go camping, skiing, and bikeriding with her family. =Emily ran over to her best friend =Alice's house. "=Oooh, =Alice, where did you get those cool sunglasses?" she asked. "My grandma sent them to me from =Florida," said =Alice. "Here, you can try them on." =Emily tried on =Alice's new sunglasses. She looked up at the sky. She looked down at the ground. Everything looked pink and happy. =Elephant ran down the road, carrying the melon with =Anansi inside. Along the way, he ran into =Hippo. "Where are you going with that melon?" =Hippo asked. "I'm taking it to the king," =Elephant told him. "What for? The king has hundreds of melons." "He doesn't have one like this," =Elephant said. "This is a talking melon." =Hippo didn't believe =Elephant. "A talking melon? What an idea! That's as ridiculous as . . ." Then, we could fly to do =Pablo's and =tiaElisa's store. =Pablo is my uncle, my =tio, and =Elisa is my aunt, my =Ma. They'd be surprised when we flew in, but they'd offer us a cool lemonaid. Flying is hot work. ="Peroquierovolarmas," =Abuela would say. She wants to fly more. I want to fly more too. We could fly to =lasnubes, the clouds. One looks like a cat, =ungato. One looks like a bear, =un =oso. One looks like a chair, =unasilla. "=Descansemosunmomento," =Abuela would say. She wants to rest a moment. We would rest in our chair, and =Abuela would hold me in her arms, with the whole sky our house, =nuestracasa. buela takes me on the bus. We go all around the city. =Abuela is my grandma. She is my mother's mother. =Abuela means "grandma" in =Spanish. =Abuela speaks mostly =Spanish because that's what people spoke where she grew up, before she came to this country. =Abuela and I are always going places. Today we're going to the park. =Elparqueeslindo," says =Abuela. I know what she means. I think the park is beautiful too. =Tantospajaros," =Abuela says as a flock of birds surrounds us. So many birds. They're picking up the bread we brought. Then go to the shelter, sir," said the pet store lady. "You are sure to find a cat." Mr =Putter went to the shelter. "Have you any cats?" he asked the shelter man. "We have a fat gray one, a thin black one, Iand an old yellow one," said the man. "Did you say old?" asked Mr =Putter. The shelter man brought Mr =Putter the old yellow cat. Its bones creaked, its fur was thinning, and it seemed a little deaf. Mr =Putter creaked, his hair was thinning, and he was a little deaf, too. Dear Reader, many kids know my artwork from my =Arthur books, but I like to do information books, too. I have done several books using these dinosaur characters. I chose to draw dinosaurs because they are powerful animals and I want my readers to feel powerful. I am proud of these books because I think they help kids feel good about themselves. When I was young, I spent most of my time drawing. After my grandmother took me to an art museum, I became interested in painting. My three children are also interested in art. Today, when I'm not working, I like to spend time gardening. My wife, =Laurie, and I grow flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Your friend, =SucieStevenson has been writing children's books and drawing pictures for them for many years. One way that this artist gets ideas for her art is to think about the big family she grew up in. When she made the pictures for this story, she used her memories of the things she and her sister used to do together. Another way that =SucieStevenson gets ideas for her art is to go to the beautiful seashore on =CapeCod in =Massachusetts. She loves it there! That's where she lives with her two =Labrador retrievers. ' &&000 end of these two publisher's samples &&000 USA schoolbooks [uS902B.TXT] Two more samples: Silver Burdett Ginn;Houghton Mifflin Grade 2 1990s Scanned, ocr'd and edited by dph 25 June 2004 &&111 Last summer I discovered an old barn. It was full of great things. There were boxes, pieces of wood. There were even nails and a hammer. I could build anything I wanted. I'll build a flying machine, I thought, and I started building. I worked all day. My flying machine was almost finished but it was dinner time and I had to wash the dog. "=Snake, " said =Hippo, " I would like to make a wish. But I don't know what to wish for. " " Wish for bright colors, like mine, " said =Snake. =Hippo saw himself with bright colors like =Snake's. " I don't think so, " said =Hippo. And he went to see =Monkey. Mr =Brown counted again. Again he counted only four. " I know what is wrong, " said the fisherman. " You forgot to count yourself. " " I will try again, " said Mr =Brown. "One is here. Two are here. Three are here. And four are here. And five are here. And SIX are here!"' "But there should be five, " said Mrs =Brown. "You're right! The wolf did not eat all my green beans," said one woman. She ran home and took the beans from under her bed. "And I have a turnip," said another woman. She ran home and took the turnip from under a basket. The travelers put the beans and the turnip into the pot. " M-m-m. Smell the soup! It is better now," said the second traveler. "But peas and beets would make it even better. Can you find some?" =Robert saw =Will. "Did you lose something?" he asked. " I thought I saw a frog, " said =Will. "That's funny, looking for a frog," said =Robert. "What's funny about it? I like frogs," said =Will. " I know where there are frogs," said =Robert. "Right in my garden." "You're just saying that," said =Will. "I mean it," said =Robert. "You can see for yourself." " If I had a frog in my garden, I'd share it," said =Will. Since =Hanna Moved Away The tires on my bike are flat. The sky is grouchy gray. At least it sure feels like that Since =Hanna moved away. Chocolate ice cream tastes like prunes. December's come to stay. They've taken back the Mays and Junes Since =Hanna moved away. Flowers smell like halibut. Velvet feels like hay. Every handsome dog's a mutt Since =Hanna moved away. Nothing's fun to laugh about. Nothing's fun to play. They call me, but I won't come out Since =Hanna moved away. I was on my way to get some peaches and I heard a yell from =Jimmy's house. So I ran to his house and there were =Jimmy and =Peggy and =Lee and a big tyrannosaurus stuck on the stairs. Everyone pulled and pushed and pushed and pulled. Then, the tyrannosaurus sneezed and everyone flew out the door. And =Rusty said . "You have won the race! " said =Hare to =Tortoise. " I can run as fast as the wind! How did you win the race?" "You may run faster, but I do not stop when I run," said =Tortoise. "You cannot win a race if you stop. " " I think I will stop now. May I sit with you on this bench?" said =Hare. " I don't mind if you do, " said =Tortoise. When You Talk to a =MonkQy When you talk to a monkey He seems very wise. He scratches his head, And he blinks both his eyes; But he won't say a word. He just swings on a rail And makes a big question mark Out of his tail. We have six cats at my house. But soon that will change. This morning my mom told me, "No one should have six cats, =David." I can tell that =Mom thinks I should give one cat away. But which one? I love them all, Show is cat number three. I didn't find =Shadow. He found me. One cold, snowy day he moved into our garage. There were some old newspapers stacked in a corner. =Shadow I used them as his bed. Nobody knew where =Shadow came from. And nobody wanted him. What else could I do? I had no choice. I let him live with us. =Shadow is afraid of most people. But he's not afraid of me. He lets me hold him close and pet him. I just can't give my =Shadow away. =Tiger hears her mother's roar, and runs to meet her. =Tiger's mother is very cross. But =Tiger is so pleased to see her again. Tiger's mother soon forgives her. They lie down, and =Tiger climbs on to her. She purrs happily, feeling safe once more. This dragon doesn't breathe fire. It's a =Komodo dragon. A =Komodo dragon is a lizard, too. hy do you think people call these lizards gila monsters and =Komodo dragons? Drinking Fountain When I climb up To get a drink, It doesn't work The way you'd think. I turn it up, The water goes And hits me right Upon the nose. I turn it down To make it small And don't get any Drink at all. Listen, =Stanley. I know you are there. I know you are in back of the fence. But I don't care, =Stanley. I don't want to play with you. I don't want to talk to you. You stay there, =Stanley. Stay in back of the fence. I don't care. I can play by myself, =Stanley. with emphasis. Demonstrate by reading a bit of dialogue aloud for children.) This is the bear who fell in the bin. This is the dog who pushed him in. &&000 &&000 USA SCHOOLBOOKS [US902SF.TXT] PUBLISHER: SCOTT FORESMAN 1993 2ND GRADE XEROXED AT ELMIRA COLLEGE, SCANNED, OCR'D AND EDITED BY DPH 30 JUNE 2004 &&111 "Please, 0h great =Ngai, god of Everything and Everywhere, I would so much like to live in the rivers and streams," begged =Hippo hopefully. "I would still eat grass." "Aha!" thundered the voice of =Ngai. "So you say. But one day you might, just might, eat a fish to see if it tasted good. And then you would EAT ALL MY LITTLE FISHES!" "Oh no, I promise I wouldn't," said =Hippo. "Aha!" thundered the voice of =Ngai. "So you say! But how can I be sure of that? I LOVE MY LITTLE FISHES!" "I would show you," promised =Hippo. "I will let you look in my mouth whenever you like, to see that I am not eating your little fishes. In a moment they were back. "Step on it!" said the doll. "I don't want your ice cream to melt!" I'll hurry!" said the monster. "Faster!" cried the chicken. The monster ran as fast as he could. Soon they came to a big tree. "This is where we live," said the doll. That night when =Grandfather came in to say good night, =Emma had all her stuffed animals with her in bed. "You mustn't be afraid of the dragons," he said. "Our =Chinese dragons are good dragons." "But what do they look like?" =Emma asked nervously. =Grandfather took a deep breath. "A =Chinese dragon has the head of a camel, the neck of a snake, the horns of a stag, the eyes of a demon, the ears of a bull, the belly of a clam, the pads of a tiger, the tail of a lizard, the wings and claws of an eagle, the scales of a carp, and the whiskers of =WangFu, the philosopher." "Sounds scary to me," whispered Emma. "No, no. Not at all," =Grandfather assured her. "Tomorrow we'll hunt for one. You'll see." When I find the mama pig and the piglets, I sneak up real quiet, and quick as lightning grab one of the piglets and hold on to it real tight. Right away the little porker lets out the loudest squeal you've ever heard. That's when I start running back to the farm as fast as I can. I had a little brother And I brought him to my mother And I said I want another Little brother for a change. But she said don't be a bother So I took him to my father And I said this little bother Of a brother's very strange. But he said one little brother Is exactly like another And every little brother '~Zisbehaves a bit he said. They had an old station wagon that smelled like a real car, and in it they put an ice chest full of soda pop and some boxes of crackers and some bologna sandwiches, and up they came from =Virginia. They left at four in the morning when it was still dark, before even the birds were awake. If I got stuck, I'd ask myself what =Minnie would h want in the story. In my head, I could imagine a little mosquito voice buzzing "=Yezz! =Yezz!" or "No, I won't =zink you!" After I write everything down for a story, I read it over to myself. If it doesn't sound right, I go back and fix it up again. I might change a word, add a sentence, or drop one. When I write a story for children, I read it to =Mari, my seven-year-old daughter. If she doesn't understand it, or if she thinks something is boring, she'll tell me. Then I work on the story again until it's the best it can be. =Mari helped me with =Minnie the =MamboMosquito. When I first wrote the story, =Minnie bit =Fred at the end. But =Mari didn't like the ending. She was shocked! I realized that it wasn't a good idea to have =Minnie bite =Fred, so I changed the story. Do you like the new ending better? My daughter =Mari now writes her own stories. I'll bet you can too! When you're writing, don't forget: never be afraid to take something good and make it better. =Nessa was very tired. Her grandmother was sleeping. She tried to stay awake, for she had to watch over her. But no one had told her how to make sleep go away. The moon rose over the tundra. It shone down on =Nessa, fast asleep, curled up beside her grandmother. It shone on the stones that covered the fish. The moon watched over them all until a noise woke =Nessa. She grabbed her fishing pole and sa up very tall. Was it the fox? was it the wolves? Was it the bear? So we went off the trail. The hills went on and on. The mountains went on and on. It was kind of lonesome. It seemed as if =Dad and I were the only people left in the world. And then we hiked into a big forest. At noontime we stopped by a creek and ate lunch and drank ice-cold water strait t frcm the stream. I threw rocks in the water, and fish, like shadows, darted in the pools. "Isn't this a good place to camp, =Dad."' "I thought we were looking for our lake." "yes, right " I mumbled. =Zillions of dinosaur bones, big and small dragon lies, glittering diamonds under one roof' Natural history museums have many exhibits to look at and huge collections of stored objects to study. Their subject: the history of nature and human beings. The first natural history museum in the =UnitedStates was formed in =1773 in =SouthCarolina. The people of that state were expected to provide the collections. They were asked to give ". . . the various fossils, minerals and =oes the different soils, clays, marles, stories, sands and shells... &&000 &&000 USA SCHOOLBOOKS [US902HM.TXT] HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Grade 2 1990 publication date xeroxed at Brockport, scanned, ocr'd and edited by dph 9 July 2004 &&111 It seemed as if someone had said, "Hush! Go quietly! The world is not awake." The grass was wet with dew, and all about, spread out on the grass, were lacy spider webs. We saw our cat, =Christopher, coming out across the yard, stepping high, and stopping to shake the dew from each front paw before he took another step. We saw the eastern sky above the hill all streaked with pearly pink just like the inside of a scallop shell. It looked as if, hidden behind the hill, some great light was glowing there. We stood still and watched the light grow brighter. I wondered what they were. "Now we put the wishes on the tail of the kite," =Gloria said. "Every time we tie one piece of rag on the tail, we fasten a wish in the knot. You can put yours in first." I fastened mine in, and then =Gloria fastened in hers, and we carried the kite into the yard. "You hold the tail," I told =Gloria, "and I'll pull." We ran through the back yard with the kite, passed the garden and the fig tree, and went into the open field beyond our yard. The kite started to rise. The tail jerked heavily like a long white snake. In a minute the kite passed the roof of my house and was climbing toward the sun. We stood in the open field, looking up at it. I was wishing I would get my wishes. "I know it's going to work!" =Gloria said. "How do you know?" "When we take the kite down," =Gloria told me, "there shouldn't be one wish in the tail. When the wind takes all your wishes, that's, j when you know it's going to work." "Nobody," grumbled =Sarah. =Mother thought for a minute. Then she said, "If Nobody passed out the crackers, then =Nobody spilled the crackers, so =Nobody had to pick them up. That =Nobody must have been very busy today." =Sarah scowled. Then she began to smile as she imagined a funny Nobody doing all those things. "What does =NobodyJBO look like?" asked =Mother. "Can you draw me a picture?" Sarah got out her best pencil and a big piece of paper. This is the picture she drew. After that, =Nobody was with =Sarah all the time. On Saturday, who do you suppose came to play with =Sarah? =Nobody. =Sarah told =Nobody stories and sang to =Nobody. She had a teaparty and =Nobody was invited. On Sunday, =Sarah looked all over the house for her doll =Ellis. =Nobody had hidden her, so =Sarah found =Ellis right where she had left her. Now the jar is too heavy for me to lift down. Uncle =Sandy gave me a quarter. He had to boost me up so I could put it in. After supper =Mama and =Grandma and I stood in front of the jar. "Well, I never would have believed it, but I guess it's full," =Mama said. My mother brought home little paper wrappers for the nickels and the dimes and the quarters. I counted them all out and wrapped them all up. On my mother's day off, we took all the coins to the bank. The bank exchanged them for ten-dollar bills. Then we took the bus downtown to shop for our chair. We shopped through four furniture stores. We tried out big chairs and smaller ones, high chairs and low chairs, soft chairs and harder ones. =Grandma said she felt like =Goldilocks in "The =ThreeBears" trying out all the chairs. Finally we found the chair we were all dreaming of. And the money in the jar was enough to pay for it. We called Aunt =Ida and Uncle =Sandy. They came right down in their pickup truck to drive the chair home for us. They knew we couldn't wait for it to be delivered. I tried out our chair in the back of the truck. Mama wouldn't let me sit there while we drove. "Oh, no," said Mr =Bartilucci. "The farm is too big for that. I have a machine that plants the potatoes." He took the class to the barn to show them the machine. Then the class followed Mr =Bartilucci to the field. As far as they could see, there were rows of green plants. "But where are the potatoes?" asked Sue. Mr =Bartilucci took a shovel and dug under one plant. Then he lifted the whole plant out of the earth. The potatoes were small, but they were there. They were on the part of the plant that had been growing under the ground. "Oh, no," said Mr =Bartilucci. "The farm is too big for that. I have a machine that plants the potatoes." Mr =Bartilucci took a shovel and dug under one plant. Then he lifted the whole plant out of the earth. The potatoes were small, but they were there. They were on the part of the plant that had been growing under the ground. &&000