Level: L DRA: 24 Genre: Folktale Strategy: Question Skill: Sequence of Events Word Count: 344 Peacock’s Tail by Patrick Doherty illustrated by Stephan Daigle 1.3.12 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books ISBN-13:978-0-547-02710-4 ISBN-10:0-547-02710-9 1032738 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN 1_027104_AL_LRSE_CVR_L12_PEACO.indd 1 5/17/10 5:34:34 PM Peacock’s Tail by Patrick Doherty illustrated by Stephan Daigle 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: 978-0-547-02710-4 ISBN-10: 0-547-02710-9 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. Long ago, Crow and Peacock were very good friends. They looked alike, too. Both birds had plain white feathers. One day, the friends went for a walk to look at the flowers. They liked all the pretty colors. 2 “Wouldn’t it be nice to have colored feathers?” asked Crow. “I know a way to change our feathers!” Peacock said. “We can paint them.” “Okay,” said Crow. “I’ll paint yours. Then you can paint mine.” 3 Peacock agreed. So Crow poured some paint out of a can and dipped his br

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