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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

Online Leveled Books

Level: K

DRA: 20

Genre:

Mystery

Strategy:

Visualize

Skill:

Cause and Effect

Word Count: 371

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by LaToya Simms illustrated by John Wallner

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by LaToya Simms illustrated by John Wallner

B a rny a rd

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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

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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

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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 let out a

snort “My hay!” he cried

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“Someone took my special

hay!” he said “Each day, I collect the sweetest bits of hay from my meal I save them for a treat.”

“We need to catch the

bandit who is taking our special things,” said Spinner

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Just then, Fuzz let out a

loud “Meow!” He held up a tiny ball of red yarn “I had a big ball of yarn and NOW look at it! Someone has been stealing it.”

Fuzz looked at Hank and

Spinner “Don’t just stand there

Go catch that yarn bandit!”

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“I have an idea,” said

Spinner “I’ll make a new web When the bandit tries to take it, we’ll catch him.”

Spinner’s new web was almost six feet wide! Hank, Fuzz, and Spinner hid behind a pile of hay and waited

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The three friends grew tired and fell asleep They woke up and saw that the web was gone! The bandit had struck again!

Spinner studied the ground

“There aren’t any footprints,” she said “But I see something.”

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Spinner came closer “I see

feathers,” she said “Now I

know why we didn’t find

footprints Our bandit can fly!” The clues led to a big bush Hank, Spinner, and Fuzz peeked through the leaves of the bush

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“Hello,” said a bird She

was sitting on a nest made out

of the yarn, hay, and web Eggs sat in the nest

The three friends smiled

The bird needed their special

things more than they did

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TARGET SKILL Cause and Effect

What does the barnyard bandit

do in this story? Why does she

do it? Make a chart

Text to Text Think of another

story about someone who loses

something How does he or she feel? How does he or she find

what was lost?

Talk About It

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WORDS TO KNOW

bandit collect weave

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