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    READY-TO-READ > by Cynthia Rylant Illustrated by Carolyn Bracken in the style of Sucie Stevenson Henry and Mudge have had many adventures together and you can read them all! Look for these great stories: Henry and Mudge Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble Henry and Mudge in the Green Time Henry and Mudge Under the Yellow Moon Henry and Mudge in the Sparkle Days Henry and Mudge and the Forever Sea Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers Henry and Mudge and the Happy Cat Henry and Mudge and the Bedtime Thumps Henry and Mudge Take the Big Test Henry and Mudge and the Long Weekend Henry and Mudge and the Wild Wind Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All Henry and Mudge in the Family Trees Henry and Mudge and the Sneaky Crackers Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night Henry and Mudge and Annie's Good Move Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan Henry and Mudge and Annie's Perfect Pet Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hoppers House Henry and Mudge and the Wild Goose Chase Henry and Mudge and the Funny Lunch Henry and Mudge and a Very Merry Christmas Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas \N Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House MO A The Twenty-First Book of Their Adventures Story by Cynthia Rylant Pictures by Carolyn Bracken in the style of Sucie Stevenson ALADDIN PAPERBACKS New York London Toronto Sydney Singapore To Joe and Dean, good uncles—cr THE HENRY AND MUDGE BOOKS First Aladdin Paperbacks edition December 2003 Text copyright © 2002 by Cyachia Rylant Illustrations copyright © 2002 by Sugie Stevenson ALADDIN PAPERBACKS: An imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. READY-TO-2 AD is registered trademark of Simon & Schuster. Book design by M: The text of this book is set in 18-point Goudy, ‘The illustrations are rendered in pen-and-ink and watercolor. Manufactured in the United States of America 1098 Siegel Abo available in a Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers hardcover edition, ion as Rylant, Cynthia. Hency and Mudge and the tall tree house: the twenty-first book of their adventures / story by Cynthia Rylant; pictures by Sugie Stevenson. p.cm—(The Henry and Mudge books) Summary: Hengy is excited when his uncle Jake builds him a tree house but worries that his dog Mudge will not be able to enjoy it with him, ISBN-13: 978-0-589-81173.9 he.) ISBN-10: 0-689- [1. Tree houses—Fiction. 2. Dogs—Fiction. 3. Uncle: L Stevenson, Sucig, ill. Il. Title II]. Series: Rylant, PZ7-R892Heas 1999 (Ficl—de2 1 98-20938 cr ac ISBN-15: 978-0-689-83445-5 (pbk.) ISBN-L0: 0-689-83445-4 (pbk) ‘The Library of Congress has cataloged the herdcover 173-X (he.) ‘iction.] Wynthia, Henry and Mudge books. Contents Uncle Jake The Tree House Forgot Something Very Happy laf 29 37 That was Uncle Jake. Uncle Jake was very big. Henry’s father called him “burly.” “What does ‘burly’ mean?” Henry asked his father. “Big, hairy, and plaid,” said Henry’s father. Henry liked Uncle Jake a lot. Mudge liked him even more. Mudge liked Uncle Jake because Uncle Jake wrestled. Mudge and Uncle Jake would get on the floor Mudge always won. and wrestle and wrestle. & 8 10 This time when Uncle Jake — came to visit, he had something special in his truck. He had boards. “What are the boards for, Uncle Jake?” asked Henry. Uncle Jake gave a burly smile and said, “Adventure.” 11 1 “Really?” said Henry. He liked adventure. Especially with Mudge. “Yep, I’m building you a tree house,” said Uncle Jake. “A tree house?” said Henry. “Wow!” Henry loved tree houses. They were thrilling. They were exciting. They were . . . in trees. 13 But Mudge, for sure, could not climb a tree. “Uh-oh,” thought Henry. He put his arm around Mudge and began to worry. CCITT ML cl 15 The Tree House Uncle Jake was so burly that he had the tree house built in two hours. He and Henry and Mudge stood beneath it. yal? Mirae Uncle Jake was very proud. Henry was very worried. Mudge was just itchy. “Okay, Henry, it’s all yours,” said Uncle Jake. “Go on up!” Henry looked at Mudge. Henry did not want to go into the tree house. He did not want adventure without Mudge. But he couldn’t hurt Uncle Jake’s feelings. He climbed up. 19 He stood in the tree house and looked around. It was thrilling. mONE It was exciting. It was lonely. “Thanks, Uncle Jake,’ Henry called. wl) “Tt’s great.” : Moa 21 CO CCG “Tl take Mudge for a walk,” said Uncle Jake. “Have a ball!” Henry watched Mudge leave with Uncle Jake. gee Oe JU OM 79, eC a 2 - oe. my Mudge didn’t want to eee ak ‘Henry could tell because : Tea : ] i Oe o> aay ey Si be Z ; cae 3 og ia ie wi eS } es y a a _— Mudge kept sitting down and yawning. Mudge always acted tired when he didn’t want to go. “Sleepy dog!” Uncle Jake called with a smile. 24 Q Finally he got Mudge . down the road. r And Henry felt sadder than any boy with a Forgot Something Henry sat in his tree house for fourteen minutes. Then he climbed down and went into the house. Uncle Jake was back. He and Henry’s parents were playing cards. 29 30 “I forgot something!” Henry told them. He ran upstairs. Mudge was on Henry’s bed, chewing a bone. Henry gave Mudge a big hug and kiss and ran back downstairs. He waved to his parents and Uncle Jake, then returned to the tree house. He sat for fourteen minutes. 32 Then he climbed down and went into the house. “Forgot something else!” he called. He ran upstairs. He came back down. He returned to the tree house for fourteen more minutes. 33 Then he climbed back down and went into the house. “Forgot something!” He did the same thing over and over. Five times in a row. Lp Finally Henry’s father met him at the door. “Henry, what is it?” asked Henry’s father. Henry hung his head. “IT miss Mudge.” Henry’s father smiled. “T thought you might,” he said. ~ “So Uncle Jake and I came up with a-plan.” Very Happy “Isn’t this great, Mudge?” asked Henry. | 22 They were sitting in ____the tree house. —— C3 They had comic books |— and cheese sandwiches. p Mudge had some toys: es, 2 bear, an alligator, + and a roly-poly snowman. as They were very happy. A tree house in a tree was okay. But a tree house in Henry’s room was even better! It was thrilling. Tt was exciting. 40 It had Mudge. “T live in Oregon with my son, Nate, and our two dogs and. one large cat. | have always loved pets. Raised in the country in West Virginia, I was surrounded by hound dogs and barn cats. “When I grew up and found myself raising a boy and dogs, I was inspired to write the Henry and Mudge stories. I know all about cold shivers, big tests, happy cats, and wild winds. And especially big drooly lovable dogs.” —Cynthia Rylant What’s wrong with Henry’s & new tree house? In Henry and Mudge’s twenty-first adventure, Henry’s f Uncle Jake has built him a tree house. Henry loves tree houses, but Mudge can’t climb trees. What fun is a tree Q house if you can’t share it with your best friend? wy Ready-to-Read books offer children a world of possibilities at four different reading levels: = ‘ee Reading Se Independently * More-complex stories * Varied sentence structure * Paragraphs and short chapters OW@ A Ready-to-Read Book/Fiction ALADDIN PAPERBACKS Simon & Schuster, New York y 31 87 US $3.99 / $4.99 CAN ges eos zeae eee www.SimonSaysKids.com 50 7

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