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HARCOURT  \nSchool Publishers  \nCopyright Cby Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic ormechanical,including photocopying or recording,or by any information storage and retrieval system,without the priorwritten permission of the copyright owner unless such copying is expressly permitted by federal copyright law.Requestsfor 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.  \nPrinted in China  \nISBN-13:978-0-547-02004-4  \nISBN-10:0-547-02004-X  \n23456780940181716151413121110  \n\n| If you have received these materials as examination copies free of charge,Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School Publishers  \u003Cbr>retains title to the materials and they may not be resold.Resale of examination copies is strictly prohibited.   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| Possession of this publication in print format does not entitle users to convert this publication,or any portion of it,into  \u003Cbr>electronic format.   |\n| --- |\n\nGranddad was moving to a newhouse and Jared and Sara were helpinghim pack.  \nThere was a lot of stuff in  \nGranddad's old house.He was happyto be moving to a smaller home.  \nJared and Sara helped Granddad pack.  \nGranddad took Sara and Jared upstairs.  \n\"There is a lot of work to be doneupstairs,\"said Granddad.  \nHe led Jared and Sara up the rickety,old steps.  \n\"What's up there?\"Jared asked.  \n\"You'll see,\"said Granddad.  \nGranddad opened the upstairs door,and hot air blasted out.  \nJared and Sara began looking throughall the old boxes and suitcases.  \nJared found an old movie poster.\"Who's this?\"he asked.  \nJared found an old movie poster.  \nJared showed Granddad the poster.  \n\"That's my father,\"Granddad said.\"He is your great-granddad.\"  \n\"Tell us about him,\"Sara said.\"Wedon't know anything about him.\"  \nSara looked at the poster.  \n\"Those are some very silly clothesGreat-Granddad is wearing!\"said Sara.  \n\"That's a costume,\"Granddad said.  \n\"Your great-granddad was a movie star!\"  \n\"A movie star!\"Sara said.  \n\"Yes,\"said Granddad.\"He wasin the movies a long time ago.It wasbefore the talkies.\"  \n\"The talkies?\"Jared asked.  \n\"That's what Great-Granddad calledmovies that had sound,\"said Granddad.“Great-Granddad's movies didn't havesound.You couldn't hear the actorstalk.His movies were silent.\"  \nGranddad said that Great-Granddad wasa movie star.  \n7  \nGranddad headed downstairs to show the movie.  \n\"How did people know what wasgoing on with no sound?\"Sara asked.  \n\"You can see for yourself,\"Granddadsaid.“We'll watch one of my father'sold movies.\"  \nGranddad grabbed a round box,andthey headed back down the stairs.","cbCaicXQpcMe1CI1","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicXQpcMe1CI1","pdf",2075737,16,"English","# Granddad’s Move\n## 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