by Sharon Fear illustrated by Peggy Tagel H O UG H T O N MIF F L IN by Sharon Fear illustrated by Peggy Tagel Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Company All rights reserved No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Houghton Mifflin Company unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law Address inquiries to School Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116 Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-01695-5 ISBN-10: 0-547-01695-6 SDP 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 “Look at the log We can sleep in this log,” said the mice “We sleep in this log,” the skunks said BRRR! “Look at the tree We can sleep in this tree,” said the mice “We sleep in this tree,” the squirrels said “Look at the hole We can sleep in this hole,” said the mice “We sleep in this hole,” the snakes said “Look at the den We can sleep in this den,” said the mice “I sleep in this den!” said the bear “You can sleep here, too,” the bear said 10 Responding Understanding Characters Who are the characters in this story? Tell what they are doing in the story TARGET SKILL Write About It Text to World Draw a picture of one of the animals in the story Label the animal Then write a sentence about your picture 11 WORDS TO KNOW we LEARN MORE WORDS den hole Understanding Characters Tell more about characters TARGET SKILL Analyze/Evaluate Tell how you feel about the text, and why TARGET STRATEGY GENRE Fiction is a story that is made up 12 Level: C DRA: Genre: Fiction Strategy: Analyze/Evaluate Skill: Understanding Characters s Word Count: 92 K.2.7 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-01695-5 ISBN-10:0-547-01695-6 1031510 ... We can sleep in this hole,” said the mice “We sleep in this hole,” the snakes said “Look at the den We can sleep in this den,” said the mice “I sleep in this den!” said the bear “You can sleep. .. “Look at the log We can sleep in this log,” said the mice “We sleep in this log,” the skunks said BRRR! “Look at the tree We can sleep in this tree,” said the mice “We sleep in this tree,” the