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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT by Rob Arego illustrated by Jago 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: 0-547-25381-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-547-25381-7 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. Long, long ago, no people lived by the Great Bay. There was no one to see the white waves that skipped across the water’s surface and crashed on the rocky coast. There was no one to taste the fish that swam below the blue water. Long ago no people lived by the Great Bay. the Great Bay 2 When the man was a boy, he heard tales about the bay. A man lived far from the bay, up in the mountains, where ice capped the tallest peaks. Ever since he was a boy, the man had heard tales about the bay. He had heard about the blue waters, the crashing waves, and the delicious fish.