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\nhttps://archive.org/details/birdincage0000schr  \nw  d00g   \n# SAN DIEGO COUNTY LIBRARY\n\nMAR 092006  \n5555 OVERLAND AVE.SAN DIEGO,CALIFORNIA 92123  \nPerfection Learning CorporationLogan,Iowa 51546  \nCover Design:Mark Hagenberg  \nCover Image Credit:  Images.com/CORBIS  \nText ◎2006 by Perfection Learning®Corporation.All rights reserved.No part of this book may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,ortransmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without prior permission of the publisher.Printed in the United States of America.  \n# For information,contact:\n\nPerfection Learning Corporation1000 North Second Avenue,P.O.Box 500,Logan,Iowa 51546-0500.  \nPhone:1-800-831-4190·Fax:1-800-543-2745perfectionlearning.com  \nPaperback ISBN 0-7891-6659-3  \nReinforced Library Binding ISBN0-7569-4757-x  \n123456 PP 0908070605  \n1  \nCLINT ASUNA WAS hurrying backto his pickup to grab his biologyhomework when he first saw her.She was crouching in terror beside histruck,her long dark hair disheveled,hereyes wide.  \n“Shhh,\"she cried,\"Don't give meaway!”  \n“What's the matter?”Clint asked.  \n“Pretend you don't see me,”shewhispered.“Oh,please.He’s watching!”  \nMaybe it was a joke.He had wackyfriends who sometimes did this kind ofthing.The guys at Grissom High Schoolwere always up to something.Maybe theyhired this strange,beautiful girl just torattle Clint's cage.Clint glanced around,expecting to see one of the jokers poppinginto view.His friends Dale McGee andRicky Wilkins were the most likelyculprits.He decided to go along with it.  \n\"Is he still there?\"the girl asked.  \n“Who?”Clint asked,staying cool.  \nBIRD IN A CAGE  \n“Don't look at me when you talk to me,”the girl pleaded.“The older man.Theolder fat man in the tweed jacket.Is hestill there?”  \nShe continued to kneel on the asphaltbeside the truck.  \nClint looked around.He didn't see a fatman in a tweed jacket.  \n\"Don’'t see anybody like that now,\"Clintsaid,smiling a little.  \nThis had to be a gag.The girl got upslowly.She looked around and breathed asigh of relief.“Thanks a lot.Thank you forhelping me,\"she said,reaching out totouch Clint's arm in a gesture of gratitude.  \n“You're welcome,”Clint said,lookingdown at her slim fingers on his arm.“What's going on?Do you go to schoolhere?I don't think I've seen you aroundGrissom before.\"  \n“I am Melina Barja.I just started here,so I haven't met many people yet,\"shesaid.“This is your car?”  \n“Yeah,”Clint answered as he lookedmore closely at Melina.She was evenmore beautiful than she first appeared.Hehad never seen such a lovely girl.\"I’m  \nBIRD IN A CAGE  \nClint Asuna.I’m a junior here.So...whowas the guy in the tweed jacket and whatdid he want with you?”  \n“Maybe it was nothing,\"she said.“I justsaw this strange man staring at me and Igot frightened.I do not know why he...he frightened me.I...I did not think.Ijust hid here.”  \n“Is somebody after you or something?”Clint asked as he got his bag out of histruck.He could see she was very nervous.She had a strong accent,but she seemedto be stumbling over her words more fromfright than from unfamiliarity with thelanguage.  \n\"It's all right.I’m okay now,\"she said.“Could you tell me where the bus stop is?”  \n\"You mean the city bus or the schoolbuses?\"Clint asked.  \n“The school bus,please.My fostermother brought me here today,but I willneed the bus to go home,\"Melina said.  \n\"I can give you a lift home after schoolif you want.\"Clint offered.The thought ofhaving this beautiful girl in his pickup wasirresistible.  \n“Oh,that is very kind.I chose well  \nBIRD IN A CAGE  \nwhen I hid here,\"she said.“I must belucky—meeting you today.Can you showme the science building?I have a biologyclass now.”  \n“Biology II?With Ms.Reynosa?”Clintasked.He felt like he must be the luckyone.\"I’m headed there too,so I can showyou.\"  \nAs they walked to class,Clint tried toplace 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