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PaulBunyan

andBabetheBlueOx

RetoldbyCarolShank

IllustratedbyAmyHuntington

PaulBunyanwasagiantlumberjack.

Hestoodsixty-threeaxehandleshigh,

giveortakeahandle.WhenPaul

shouted“Timber!”andswunghisaxe,

ahundredtreeswouldfall.

BackinPaul’sday,Americawas

growingfast,andpeopleneededwood

tobuildhousesandtowns.Farmers

neededwildlandclearedsotheycould

growcrops.

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Paulshowedanearlytalentforknocking

downtrees.Asababy,herolledoverin

hissleeponenightandknockeddown

amileofMaineforest.Healwaysknew

he’dbealumberjack,andsoonitwas

timetofollowhisdream.

“I’mofftologtheNorthWoods,”hetold

hisparents.

“Goodluck,son,”theysaid.“Watch

whereyoustep!”

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Paulgotajobataloggingcamp.

Choppingdowntreeswaseasy,buthe

wishedhehadsomeonetohelphim

haulthelogstotheriver.

ThencametheWinteroftheBlueSnow.

Beautifulbluesnowfellfordays.Paul

cameacrossasnowdriftasbigasa

housewithtwohairyblueearssticking

outofit.“Moo!”itsoftlybellowed.Paul

liftedthoseears,andoutcameasickly

babyoxthathadbeenstuckinthesnow.

Theoxwasbluealloverfromthecold.

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Paulbroughttheoxbacktocampand

caredforhimallnight.Inthemorning,

theoxwasfeelingbetter,buthestayed

blue.HelickedPaulontheneck.Paul

laughed.“I’llcallyouBabe,”hesaid.

TheywentofftoMichigan,wherePaul

setuphisownloggingcamp.Babegrew

likecrazyandsoonwassobigthatfolks

couldhardlyseehimendtoend.None

ofthelocalwateringholeswerebig

enoughforBabetodrinkfrom.Paul

solvedthatproblembyusinghisaxe

todigtheGreatLakes.

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Paul’sloggingcampwasfilledwith

hundredsoflum