Level: J DRA: 18 Genre: Fantasy Strategy: Infer/Predict Skill: Cause and Effect Word Count: 255 Bobcat Tells a Tale 1.4.20 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Online Leveled Books 1101617 by Ryan Hensley illustrated by Richard Hoit H O UG H T O N M IF F L IN H ARCO URT 1_252964_AL_LRSE_CVR_L20_Bobcat.indd 1 5/17/10 6:04:53 PM Bobcat Tells a Tale by Ryan Hensley illustrated by Richard Hoit 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-10: 0-547-25296-X ISBN-13: 978-0-547-25296-4 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. 1_252964RTXE_LR4_5AL_Bobcat.indd1 1 2/4/09 7:48:08 PM 1_252964RTXE_LR4_5AL_Bobcat.indd2 2 2/5/09 1:45:55 PM The sky was blue. Bobcat was skiing down the mountain. He had an old purple scarf around his neck. He had goggles over his eyes. Then he heard a thud! 3 Bobcat looked at the snow on his arm. He said, “Oh! The snow is slipping down the mountain! I’ve got to try to get home to tell my mother!” So Bobcat raced down the mountain. 4 On the way, Bobcat met Ostrich. His skis were making lines in the snow. “