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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN by Katrina Van Horn illustrated by Celine Malepart Copyright © by Houghton Miffl in 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 Miffl in Company unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law. Address inquiries to School Permissions, Houghton Miffl in Company, 222 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. Printed in China ISBN-13: 978-0-547-01966-6 ISBN-10: 0-547-01966-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RRD 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 Leona swam in circles in her fish tank. She looked through the clear, glassy walls of the tank. Leona breathed a deep, unhappy sigh. “Why do I have to live in this liquid jail?” Leona asked the sponges and coral that lived in the fish tank. They didn’t answer her. “Oh, why am I stuck here with these soggy creatures?” Leona cried. Leona wanted to escape her tank. Leona was very unhappy in her fish tank. coral Leona sponges 2 fish tank People watched Leona bang her head against the tank. Leona banged her head against the wall of the tank. “Get me out of here!” Leona cried. A little girl stopped in front of Leona’s fish tank. “Dad, I think something is wrong with that fish,” the girl said. “Look!” Leona kept banging her head against the tank. She banged harder and more violently. Ouch! Leona was getting a headache. 3 Leona saw people watching her. Soon there was a big crowd around her tank.