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ContentsGrade 2
Issue 1One Tough Job ....................................... 6–7
Compare and ContrastPhotos and CaptionsContext Clues
Issue 2A Hero’s Life ........................................12–13
Cause and EffectMapAntonyms
Issue 3Tree Houses for Everyone ................. 18–19
Main Idea and DetailsBar GraphsPrefixes and Suffixes
Issue 4Champs for Chimps ........................... 24–25
Compare and ContrastBar GraphsSynonyms
Issue 5Is Anyone Out There .......................... 30–31
Main Idea and DetailsPhotos and CaptionsContext Clues
Issue 6 A New Deal on School Meals ............. 36–37
Author’s PurposeChartsContext Clues
Issue 7From Seed to Fruit ............................. 42–43
Sequence of EventsDiagramsContext Clues
Issue 8Dinosaur Hunters ..............................48–49
Main Idea and DetailsBar GraphsContext Clues
Issue 9These Robots Are Wild ......................54–55
Author’s PurposeDiagramsContext Clues
Issue 10On the Beach ...................................... 60–61
Compare and ContrastChartsAntonyms
Issue 11Losing the Lynx..................................66–67
Main Idea and DetailsMapSynonyms
Issue 12A Big Turtle Comeback ...................... 72–73
Main Idea and DetailsPhotos and CaptionsContext Clues
Issue 13It’s Getting Crowded Around Here ... 78–79
Cause and EffectTime LineHomophones
Issue 14Windy Weather ..................................84–85
SummarizePhotos and CaptionsHomographs
Issue 15A Story Collector ............................... 90–91
Author’s PurposeTime LineContext Clues
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Condoleezza Rice wanted to make a difference.
Condoleezza Rice was the first
African American woman to be
U.S. Secretary of State. She was
not elected to this job. The
President appointed her to it.
The secretary of state works
with leaders of other countries.
It can be a tough job.
Working Hard
Condie Rice was born in 1954,
in Birmingham, Alabama. She
played the piano at 5. As a teen
she was a talented ice-skater.
She finished college at age 19.
Racism kept most African
Americans out of top jobs
when Rice was young. But her
parents told her that she could
do anything. She planned to
study music after college.
Then she decided to make a
difference in the world. She
studied hard so she could do
just that.
Before she was secretary of
state, Rice had other important
jobs. She sat on the National
Security Council. She was the
National Security Advisor to
President George W. Bush from
2001 to 2005.
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↑ Rice plays a tune with Yo-Yo Ma.
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Travel and Tough Talk
The secretary of state
meets with world leaders.
Success is when the U.S.
meets its goals without
war. In one year Rice took
18 trips to 33 countries.
She traveled 247,603 miles.
She worked on problems with
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and
North Korea. Rice believes
that problems can be solved in
a peaceful way. Someone who
knows her well once said, “She
won’t take no for an answer.”
Listening in the Middle EastIsraelis and Palestinians have
had differences for a long time.
Finding a peaceful way to solve
their land problem has been
hard. Sometimes it helps to
listen. A secretary of state
needs to be a good listener.
Rice spent time in the Middle
East listening to people. She
said, “It was a good opportunity
to come and to listen to people
. . . [talk about] how they saw
the future.”— Andrea Delbanco,
Romesh Ratnesar, Elaine Shannon
AP Photo/Murad Sezer
↓ Rice meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
↑ Rice tells people about the war in Iraq. It is her goal to solve differences in a peaceful way.
Olivier Douliery/Abaca USA/Newscom
Issue 1 • 7
Condoleezza Rice wanted to make a difference.
Condoleezza Rice was the first
African American woman to be
U.S. Secretary of State. She was
not elected to this job. The
President appointed her to it.
The secretary of state works
with leaders of other countries.
It can be a tough job.
Working Hard
Condie Rice was born in 1954,
in Birmingham, Alabama. She
played the piano at 5. As a teen
she was a talented ice-skater.
She finished college at age 19.
Racism kept most African
Americans out of top jobs
when Rice was young. But her
parents told her that she could
do anything. She planned to
study music after college.
Then she decided to make a
difference in the world. She
studied hard so she could do
just that.
Before she was secretary of
state, Rice had other important
jobs. She sat on the National
Security Council. She was the
National Security Advisor to
President George W. Bush from
2001 to 2005.
Jim Goldberg/Magnum Photos
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↑ Rice is a big football fan.
↑ Rice plays a tune with Yo-Yo Ma.
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Travel and Tough Talk
The secretary of state
meets with world leaders.
Success is when the U.S.
meets its goals without
war. In one year Rice took
18 trips to 33 countries.
She traveled 247,603 miles.
She worked on problems with
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, and
North Korea. Rice believes
that problems can be solved in
a peaceful way. Someone who
knows her well once said, “She
won’t take no for an answer.”
Listening in the Middle EastIsraelis and Palestinians have
had differences for a long time.
Finding a peaceful way to solve
their land problem has been
hard. Sometimes it helps to
listen. A secretary of state
needs to be a good listener.
Rice spent time in the Middle
East listening to people. She
said, “It was a good opportunity
to come and to listen to people
. . . [talk about] how they saw
the future.”— Andrea Delbanco,
Romesh Ratnesar, Elaine Shannon
AP Photo/Murad Sezer
↓ Rice meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
↑ Rice tells people about the war in Iraq. It is her goal to solve differences in a peaceful way.
Olivier Douliery/Abaca USA/Newscom
Issue 1 • 7
Martin Luther King, Jr., dreamed that
the world could change through peace.
Every January, we celebrate the life
of Martin Luther King, Jr. King changed
our nation. He believed all people should
have the same rights.
King was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in
1929. At that time, many laws kept black
and white people apart.
During the 1950s, King and other
leaders peacefully protested against those
unfair laws. King believed in the power of
protest without violence.
A 1965 march to Montgomery, Alabama, made the news. ↓
King made a famous speech. He told people, “I have a dream!”
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In 1963, King led a march to Washington, D.C.
After the march, King and other leaders met with
President John F. Kennedy. They talked about fair
laws for all. These talks helped start a law. It was
called the Civil Rights Act. The law said African
Americans must have equal rights. In 1964, King
won the Nobel Peace Prize. It goes to people who
try to bring peace and unity to the world.
Sadly, Martin Luther King, Jr., died before his
dreams came true. He was killed in April 1968 in
Memphis, Tennessee. Today, King’s message still
lives on.
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Issue 2 • 13
A 340-foot-long ramp allows kids with
disabilities to get to the tree house.
TTree houses are wonderful places to play with friends.
You can even just sit in them and dream. But for some
kids, tree houses are only a dream. Many kids have never
been in a tree house. Why? Th ey have disabilities. Th ey
are unable to climb. Bill Allen and Phil Trabulsy are good
citizens. Th ey wanted to make these kids’ dreams come true.
In 1998, they started Forever Young Treehouses in Vermont.
Th is group makes tree houses for kids with disabilities.
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The tree houses have long ramps. Ramps
help kids in wheelchairs get into the houses.
Kristen Messer, 17, visited a tree house
for the first time. “It was really great having
a tree house that I could get into without
any help,” Kristen says.
Chaz Freeman, a 19-year-old, uses a
wheelchair. After he visited a tree house in New Hampshire,
he said with a smile, “We get to experience what it is like to
be a normal kid.”
Allen and Trabulsy’s tireless group is working hard
around the U.S. to build tree houses.
Chaz Freeman visits a New Hampshire tree house.
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Things in People’s HomesTree houses can’t fit things that fit in many other houses. This bar graph shows the percent of U.S. homes that have these goods.
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ChampsChamps forfor ChimpsChimps
By Anna Prokos
FFort Pierce, Florida, is a great place to
monkey around. Th is city is home to 300
chimpanzees. Th e chimps live at a sanctuary.
A sanctuary is a safe place.
These chimps once lived in labs for years. Some were taken
as babies from their homes in Africa. They were brought to the
United States for scientists to study. They were kept in small
cages. Many had not seen another chimp. They didn’t know
how to climb trees.
Wild chimps help each other meet
their needs. They look at the fur of
other chimps to find bugs. They take
the bugs off. This keeps the chimps
healthy.
Wild chimps also use the
environment to meet their needs.
They use sticks to get bugs and honey
to eat. They use rocks to open nuts.↑ People rescued these chimps from
little cages in labs. Now they live in a more natural place.
Luis M. Alvarez/AP Photo
Many chimps help save people.
Now people are saving these chimps.
Champs for ChimpsLynne Sladky/AP Photo
↑ Chimps climb and play at the sanctuary in Florida.
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Happily Ever AfterSave the Chimps runs the Florida
sanctuary. Th is group makes life
happier for chimpanzees. Now the
animals live on 12 islands. Th e islands
have lots of large trees. Now these
animals are active and happy.
For the first time in their lives, the
chimps have families. They eat three fresh meals
a day. They gulp down delicious foods like bananas,
apples, pasta, and oatmeal with raisins.
↑ Dr. Carole Noon started Save the Chimps in 1997.
Oldest Chimps in U.S. Zoos In the wild, chimps can live to their forties.
They can live even longer in zoos. Take a look.
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Issue 4 • 25
“Is Anyone Out There?”
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Scientists study signals for clues about what happens in space. ↑
Scientists are listening for sounds in outer space.By Kathryn Satterfield
In 1870 the telephone was invented. It allowed people who were far apart to talk to each other. Today Jill Tarter spends her days listening to signals from outer space. She is a scientist.
Earth makes many signals every day. They come from radios, televisions, and cell phones. In the past, signals from radios couldn’t reach deep into space. Their frequencies, or number of radio waves, kept them from traveling far. But tools changed in the 1930s. Since then, signals have traveled to other stars. Things in space might give off signals, too. Scientists use tall wires, called antennas, to “listen” for these signals.
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A Sound PlanTarter’s group also uses radio telescopes. These giant metal dishes pick up out-of-this-world sounds. The tools have heard sounds from 800 stars. Scientists studied the sounds. The sounds did not show signs of life in outer space.
Tarter wanted to study science from an early age. After 16 years, she still loves her job. “We may detect a signal at any moment and answer one of humankind’s oldest questions,” says Tarter. “Are we alone?” She thinks the answer is no. There are 100 billion stars in the universe. So scientists still have plenty to search!
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Do you eat sweet treats at school? If you do, you probably don’t live in Texas. In 2004, Texas made new rules about school snacks.
The Texas government checked on its students. It found a big problem. About one third of the state’s elementary school children weighed too much.
The Texas Department of Agriculture is part of the state government. It is in charge of school lunches. It made new rules for healthful eating in schools. The rules say kids should eat balanced meals. Kids should also cut back on foods with too much fat or sugar. Children now eat foods that give them energy to grow, work, play, and learn.
More schools are serving healthful foods.
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School lunches slim down to keep kids healthy.
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Sometimes, sugar is added to food and drinks. But too
much sugar is bad for your health. See how much sugar
is in some foods.
How Sweet It Is!
Food or Drink Added Sugar (in teaspoons)
one slice of bread
one cup of chocolate milk
one bar of chocolate
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Sugar Added to Food and Drinks
New Rules for Vending MachinesThe new rules change vending machines in schools, too. Many foods sold in vending machines have too much sugar or fat. Now, students cannot buy unhealthy foods from vending machines during the school day.
Some Texas schools have changed their vending machines. Now they sell healthy foods such as fruit, carrot sticks, and yogurt. They are helping kids in the community be healthy! Vending machines now
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These steps show how a pumpkin grows.
From Seed to FruitFrom Seed to Fruit
Start with Seeds Seeds go into the soil. Sunny
spots are best. Sunlight helps
pumpkins grow.
Leaves and FlowersWeeks pass. Leaves grow
on the pumpkin vines.
Then come fl owers. One
fl ower opens at a time.
Next Come the Sprouts Small sprouts come up from the
soil. Their roots take in water.
Water and sunlight help sprouts
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Orange Pumpkins The fruits take in warmth,
water, and sunlight. Each one
grows big and orange. Now
the pumpkins are ripe!
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Green Pumpkins Fruits grow on the vines.
They are tiny at fi rst.
Each fruit stays green for
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Pumpkin Plant Pumpkin plant parts work together to grow more plants.
Flowers make seeds and fruit.
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Dinosaur Hunters
MMany important fossils have been found
in the Gobi Desert in China. Paleontologist
Meng Jin found a fossil of a mammal in the
Gobi Desert. It was about the size of a cat.
The big surprise was what else Meng and
his team found. They found the bones of a
young dinosaur inside the
mammal fossil. This discovery
changed how people think of
dinosaurs and mammals.
Scientists used to think
ancient mammals were
not hunters. They thought
these mammals ate
insects and seeds. These
mammals, scientists believed,
were hunted by dinosaurs.
Meng’s discovery showed
that these mammals hunted
dinosaurs and ate them!
AP Photo/Frank Franklin II
This is a model of the little dinosaur found inside the mammal fossil. These dinosaurs ate plants. →
A scientist points to dinosaur bones in the mammal fossil. →
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Mammals that lived 130 million years ago
were not very big. The cat-sized mammal from
China is bigger than other ancient mammals.
The dinosaur found inside the mammal was not
full-grown. As an adult, that dinosaur would be
much bigger than the mammal that ate it!
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These robots look strange. But one day, they may work for you!
↓ Scientists look at Robot V. It moves like a roach.
Most people hate cockroaches. Not Roy Ritzmann.
He thinks they are great. “Th ey’re fast,” he says. Ritzmann
is a scientist. He is helping other scientists to build robots.
Th ey are using bugs as models!
Acting Like AnimalsScientists are looking closely at insects, lobsters, and
scorpions. Why? Because they have all the right moves!
Their bodies let them live in different places. Their many
legs help the animals travel easily over bumpy ground.
An insect has antennas and little hairs. These help it
sense changes around it.
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Scientists are working to build robots with animal-
like parts. The parts would make the robots more
useful. These robots could find people who are trapped
in a building. They could climb, crawl, or swim into
dangerous places.
Creepy, crawly robots may one day help the U.S.
military and NASA. The RoboLobster will search for
underwater weapons called mines. Robots may also
go into space. A robot based on scorpions and roaches
will explore Mars. These ’bots will rock!
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Robot Roach Real Roach
Uses sensors to feel.Six legs help it move easily.
Moves 5 body lengths in a second.Issue 9 • 55
A big animal crawls out of the sea to lay her eggs on this beach. Then she uses her two back flippers to bury the eggs in the sand. This will hide the eggs and keep them from getting too warm or too cool. The mother crawls back to the sea and swims away. She will not be here when her eggs hatch.
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Turtles hatch on beaches around the world.
A turtle makes tracks in the sand. →
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The eggs hatch. Little turtles crawl to the sea. For many years they will swim, eat, and grow. Some will come back to this beach to lay eggs.
Many Kinds of Eggs Turtles h atch from eggs, and so do lots of other animals. Look
at these eggs. Would you know what kind of animal laid them?
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Robin Robin parents make nests for their eggs. They warm the eggs until they hatch. Then, they feed the baby birds.
Monarch butterflyFemale butterflies lay eggs on leaves and fly away. Caterpillars hatch from the eggs. Later, they become butterflies.
Poison dart frogFemale frogs lay eggs. The males watch the eggs. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs. They crawl to their mother’s back. She puts each one in a small pool of water. Each tadpole will grow into a frog.
Green TurtleFemale turtles lay eggs on the beach. They bury them in sand and crawl away. Baby turtles hatch and crawl to the sea.
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LosingLosing the the LynxLynx
Scientists hope this female lynx will have cubs.
Twelve Iberian lynx cubs were born in Doñana National
Park in Spain. Th e cubs are part of a program to help save
these big cats. Iberian lynx are in danger of disappearing.
In 1900, there were about 100,000 Iberian lynx in Spain
and Portugal. Today, there are fewer than 200. These wild
cats are the most endangered cat in the world.
Scientists are working to save these wild cats.By Andrea DelBanco
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What’s Wrong?Why are the lynx in danger? Th ey are losing
their homes. People have built houses, farms,
and roads where the lynx live. Th e large cats also
can’t fi nd enough food. Lynx eat rabbits. But
most of the rabbits where the lynx stay are gone.
Many lynx began to starve, or go hungry.
Scientists hope more cubs will be born. So
far, about 24 lynx live in Doñana National Park.
People are trying to protect the babies and their
parents. Roads around the park will be closed.
This will keep lynx safe from passing cars.
Big Cats There are 37 types of wild cats in the world. Many of them
may soon disappear. Here are facts about some of these cats.
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Cat Habitat
Jaguar Mexico, Central and South America 292
Lion Africa 15,000
Siberian tiger Russia, Asia 500
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New laws are helping to protect sea turtles in Mexico.
↑ Some sea turtles are safer in the water.
Thousands of female sea turtles crawl out
of the water on La Escobilla Beach in Mexico.
Each one digs a nest in the sand to lay its eggs.
Then it covers the eggs with sand and returns
to the ocean. In 45 days, the babies hatch and
crawl into the water.
These types of sea turtles are called olive
ridleys. Around the world, the number of sea
turtles is decreasing. But the number of olive
ridleys on La Escobilla Beach has gone up. Why?
The turtles can thank a program in Mexico.
Sea turtles are in danger of
disappearing. Some have been
hurt by pollution. Others have
been caught in fi shing nets
by hunters.
Olive ridley sea turtles crawlout of the water to lay eggs. ↓
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↑ S oldiers ask children to be careful around sea turtle eggs.
In 1990, Mexico passed a law to
stop sea turtle hunting. Soldiers
watch the beaches to protect sea
turtles. People are taught how to
help save sea turtles. Now there are
about one million olive ridley nests
at La Escobilla Beach. That’s four
times as many as there were in 1990.
Turtle TroubleThese four types of sea turtles are in danger of dying out.
Leatherbacks are the largest sea turtles. One third of them die every year. ↓
Hawksbill turtles are hunted for their beautiful shells to make jewelry. ↓
Green turtles and their eggs are eaten in many areas. ↓
Fewer than 1,000 loggerheads now nest on Japan’s beaches. ↓
This map shows La Escobilla Beach in Mexico. Can you fi nd it on the map? What is the capital city of Mexico? ↓
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A lot of people have to share Earth’s resources.
B link your eyes. In that time, three people
were born. Blink again. That’s another three
people! Every minute there are 184 more
people. Every hour there are 11,040 more.
Every day 264,960 people are added to the
total. That makes 97 million more people
on Earth every year.
By 2007 the total number of people on
Earth was six and a half billion. A stack of
6 billion pennies would be 5,000 miles high!
Growing PainsEarth has a limited amount of natural
resources. People need these resources to live.
Water covers most of Earth. But less than 1
percent of it can be used for drinking and
washing. One of every 13 people around the
world does not have enough clean water.
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It’s Getting Crowded Around Here!
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Food is a problem too. One
of every 7 people in the world
does not get enough to eat.
Why? As cities grow bigger,
farmland vanishes. Buildings
and roads take its place. There
is less room to grow food, and
there are more people to feed.
Every person alive uses
Earth’s resources. Some use
more than others. Using less
and wasting less are ways to
conserve resources.
Diane Macdonald/Stockbyte/Getty Images
This time line shows the population, or number of people,in the United States from 1800 to 2000. What happenedto the population?
1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
The U.S. Population Over Time
5,308,483 people
23,191,876 people
76,212,168 people
151,325,798 people
281,421,906 people
Making SureMaking SureThere’s EnoughThere’s Enoughto Go AroundCan six and a half billion people fi gure out how to share and save Earth’s resources? Bill Ryan of the United Nations thinks so. He believes young people will change the world. “There are more young people alive now than at any other time,” he says.
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You can’t see air, but when the wind blows you can feel it. Wind is air on the move!
When the wind starts blowing
hard, it often means the weather is
changing. A summer rainstorm can
bring fast winds. A hurricane is a
dangerous kind of summer storm.
Its fast winds can uproot trees and
destroy houses. Hurricane winds
move 75 to 155 miles per hour.
This is faster than a speeding car!
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A winter storm with
heavy snow and strong
winds is called a blizzard.
Blizzard winds move
25 miles an hour or more.
A tornado is another
kind of dangerous
windstorm. The funnel
of spinning wind acts like a
vacuum cleaner. Tornado
winds can blow between
40 and 379 miles an hour. A tornado can pick up trees and cars. It can tear the roof off of a house. ↓
↑ Blowing snow makes it hard to see in a blizzard.
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19501850 1875 1900 1925
1907 She becam e a reporter at the Beaumont Journal.
Florence Stratton liked to hear people’s
stories. She wrote down stories told by
pioneers and Native Americans. Th ese folk
tales tell us what people thought long ago.
The Tejas were among the first people of
Texas. Stratton published their stories in a
book, When The Storm God Rides. People
liked the book so much, it became a school
book for children in Texas!
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1938 Stratton died.
1928 She began writing a weekly column for the Beaumont Enterprise.
Time Line of a Story Teller
1883 Florence Stratton was born.
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1936 When The Storm God Rides was published.
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Folk tales were often used to explain
how things happen. Stratton wrote down
this Tejas tale about Spanish moss.
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How the North Wind
Lost His Hair
Th e South Wind was a young man. He lived with the
Tejas by the Gulf of Mexico. He blew warm air.
The North Wind was an old man with long, gray
hair. He blew cold air. He visited the Gulf in winter.
Sometimes he brought snow.
One spring, the old North Wind would not leave
the Gulf. He kept South Wind away. It was cold.
The South Wind was tired of being kept
away. He fought with the North Wind.
The South Wind pulled out some of North
Wind’s long, gray hair during the fight.
The North Wind flew away.
The South Wind was so happy he had
won, he began dancing. As he danced, the
North Wind’s hair fell on trees. Today,
we call it Spanish moss. It still grows on
many trees in the Gulf.
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