ONTENTS What This ook Is bout... 3 How to Use This ook... 4 PRT I: Men Folk Heroes Pecos ill... 5 Paul unyan............................. 12 John Henry.............................. 19 lfred ulltop Stormalong.................. 26 Reviewing the Stories... 33 PRT II: Women Folk Heroes Sluefoot Sue... 39 nnie hristmas... 46 Kate Shelley.... 53 Sally nn Thunder nn Whirlwind.... 60 Reviewing the Stories... 67
This is a story about the biggest lumberjack who ever lived. Read the story. Then answer the questions that follow. Paul unyan Paul unyan s parents knew immediately that he was a very special baby. When he sneezed, whole flocks of birds were blown from the sky. If he rolled down a hill, he knocked down every tree in his path. I wish I had a friend, Paul would often say to his mom. He was a very lonely boy. Then came the Winter of the lue Snow, and the soft, blue snow covered everything. While he was out walking one day, Paul tripped over a huge, blue pile of snow. Moo! said the pile. Paul took a step back as a big, blue baby ox struggled to its feet. t long last, Paul had a friend his own size. He called his new friend abe. When abe grew up, he was so big that Paul had to use a garden rake to comb him. Men could swim in abe s big tracks. In fact, many lakes were made by abe. 12 Read Reason Write The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL.
Paul grew up to be a lumberjack. Timber! he would yell, and one hundred trees fell with each swing of his mighty ax. No job was too big for Paul and abe. Paul s logging camp was a strange one. It was so big that the people who brought them food had to wear roller skates. The men in the camp grew beards to keep warm. Some of their beards were so long that the ends were knitted into socks. Paul once built a fire under a lake. Then he poured in enough peas to fill a truck and a herd of oxen to make pea soup for his men. One time, Paul wanted abe to fix a crooked road that went up to a logging camp. People got dizzy turning round and round on the road. Pulling that road straight wasn t an easy job, but Paul knew that abe could do it. The road proved to be very stubborn and held onto its bends. abe pulled and pulled until his blue eyes turned pink. Finally, there was a loud rack! Snap! That crooked road finally came loose. The road was now as straight as a ruler. abe had done it! nother time, the river was jammed for a mile with logs that were piled 200 feet high. When Paul saw it, he just said, Stand back. He put abe in the river in front of the log jam, and soon abe began to swing his mighty tail. His tail turned the waters round and round. Soon, the river began to flow up the stream, and the logs went that way, too. abe had done it the log jam was broken. When abe came out of the water, he was very tired, but all the logs were now floating down the river normally. I ll keep logging as long as there are trees, Paul often said. He and abe were last seen in laska. There, on windy nights, people say that they can still hear the crash of his mighty ax. The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL. Read Reason Write 13
Understanding the Story Here are some questions about the story that you just read. Read each one. Then fill in the circle beside the best answer. If you are not sure, go back and look at the story again. 1. When Paul was a baby, he liked to walk in the snow could sneeze birds out of the sky was just like everyone else had lots of friends Factual 2. Why do you think Paul was lonely as a young boy? He was afraid of everything. He lived by himself. He had no friends his own size. He was too busy being a lumberjack. Inference 3. This story was mostly about the adventures of Paul and abe Paul unyan s family how to be a lumberjack camping Inference 14 Read Reason Write The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL.
4. The word struggled means climbed moved slowly hit out at everything around tried very hard to do something ritical Reasoning 5. Paul and abe went to laska probably because they like cold weather they were lonely they wanted to see blue snow there were still lots of trees there Inference 6. When people think they hear Paul s ax, it is probably an animal in the woods the wind in the trees abe moving his tail rain ritical Reasoning The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL. Read Reason Write 15
7. Which one of these sentences from the story would you not believe? Paul called his new friend abe. Paul grew up to be a lumberjack. One time, Paul wanted abe to fix a crooked road. The men in the camp grew beards to keep warm. ritical Reasoning 8. Which sentence tells about how strange Paul unyan s camp was? The road was stubborn. Men could swim in abe s big tracks. Inference When abe grew up, he was so big that Paul had to use a garden rake to comb him. It was so big that the people who brought them food had to wear roller skates. 16 Read Reason Write The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL.
Summing Up There were two main characters in this story. They were Paul unyan and abe. an you find some words or phrases in the story that tell about, or describe, abe and Paul? Look at the diagram below. In Paul s circle, write words or groups of words that describe Paul. In abe s circle, write words or groups of words that describe abe. Where the circles come together, write words that describe both of them. Use the words in the list below, or think of some of your own. big blue lonely lumberjack brave clever special helpful Paul abe The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL. Read Reason Write 17
Write bout It escribing words tell something about nouns, or naming words. Usually, they tell you which one, what kind of, or how many. WHIH ONE: This story is about Paul unyan. WHT KIN OF: Paul was an amazing baby. HOW MNY: His many adventures made him a folk hero. Write describing words to complete the sentences below. hoose words from the list, or think of your own. hard huge one stubborn lonely blue mighty strong special many crooked early those several exciting big Paul was a very child. In days, he didn t have any friends. He finally found a friend during a snowstorm. The ox was just Paul s size. They had adventures. thing that they did was to pull a road straight. They just loved the work of being lumberjacks. Even now, people in laska claim to hear the sounds of Paul s ax. 18 Read Reason Write The ontinental Press, Inc. UPLITING THIS MTERIL IS ILLEGL.