Level: J DRA: 18 Social Studies Strategy: Summarize Word Count: 288 2.2.9 Build Vocabulary HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books by Peter Titas illustrated by Siri Weber-Feeney 1032976 H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN by Peter Titas illustrated by Siri Weber-Feeney 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: 978-0-547-02863-7 ISBN-10: 0-547-02863-6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SDP 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 2_000000_VR2_4BL_Folktales.indd 1 1/17/08 12:33:27 PM Native American people have many stories. Some of the stories have been told over and over. The old stories are still told today. They are called folktales. 2 2_000000_VR2_4BL_Folktales.indd 2 1/17/08 12:33:29 PM Some folktales were first told around a campfire. Smoke from the fire curled up in the direction of the sky as people listened to the stories. 3 2_000000_VR2_4BL_Folktales.indd 3 1/17/08 12:33:31 PM Folktales can teach a lesson. Some folktales teach that it’s wrong to brag and tease. In one folktale, a bear brags, and a squirrel teases him. 4 2_000000_VR2_4BL_Folktales.indd 4 1/17/08 12:33:35 PM The bear gets angry, chases the squirrel, and claws his back. The claw marks on the squirrel heal, but they leave stripes. From then on, the squirrel is known as a chipmunk. 5 2_000000_VR2_4BL_Folktales.indd 5 1/17/08 12:33:38 PM Other folktales tell how to solve problems. In one folktale, Mole builds such a big hill that animals cannot get to the pond to drink. Fox tells Mole that she must move her hill. 6 2_000000_VR2_4BL_Folktale