Level: K DRA: 20 Genre: Mystery Strategy: Visualize Skill: Cause and Effect Word Count: 371 The Barnyard Bandit by LaToya Simms illustrated by John Wallner 1.6.29 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02733-3 ISBN-10:0-547-02733-8 1032767 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_027333_AL_LRSE_CVR_L29_BANDI.indd 1 5/17/10 6:57:11 PM The Barnyard Bandit by LaToya Simms illustrated by John Wallner Copyright © by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing 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 and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be addressed to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers, Attn: Permissions, 6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-02733-3 ISBN-10: 0-547-02733-8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0940 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers retains title to the materials and they may not be resold. Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited. Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication, or any portion of it, into electronic format. Spinner the spider was hungry. She hurried to her web to see if she had trapped any bugs for breakfast. That was when she saw that her web was missing. “A bandit has been here!” Spinner cried. 2 Hank the horse poked his head over his stall door. “What happened?” “My web is gone.” “Maybe you just forgot where you made it,” said Fuzz the cat. 3 Spinner looked hurt. “I worked hard to weave that web. Now I have no food, and it will take all day to make a new web.” Just then, Hank l