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Institute,Inc.  \nll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by anymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without the prior written permission of the publisher.  \nDeveloped by Waterford Institute,Inc.,Sandy,Utah.  \nWaterford Institute is a nonprofit research center whose mission is to enable every child to receive the finest education possible byproviding high-quality educational models,programs,and software.  \nPublished and distributed by Electronic Education,Sunnyvale,California.  \nElectronic Education is dedicated to enriching the learning experience for all students with innovative and effective programs that wilprepare them for success in the 21st century.  \nPrinted in the United States of America.  \nISBN 0-201-47849-8  \n4567891011121314151617181920-CAS-100908070605040302  \nElectronic Education,the book logo⑧,and electronic education and the book logo⑧,are trademarks of AddisonWesley Longman,Inc.in the United States and other countries.  \nWaterfordTm,Waterford Institute TM,Rusty and RosyTM,Rusty and Rosy logoTM,Rusty logoTM,Rosy logoTM,RustyHead logoT,Waterford Early Reading ProgramTM,and Waterford Early Reading Program logoTM are trademarks ofWaterford Institute,Inc.in the United States and other countries and are used pursuant to a license with WaterfordInstitute,Inc.  \nWhen I look through the fencein my backyard,I see many strange things.  \nOnce I watched a dry,brown lumpchange into a butterflywith yellow wings.I glanced away,and it was gone.  \nOnce I saw a mouse at the entranceto its house under an old rug.And once,after a rain,I saw two birds dancein and out of a rainbow puddle.  \nMy big sister says it makes no sense  \nto stand and look at nothing through a fence.But since she is almost ten,I let it goShe doesn't know.  \nI wish I had a pair of magic eyesthat could see far into the distance.Then I could look through my fenceand see all the way to France—or even to Africa.  \nMaybe I would see a prince  \nwith a purple banner on his lance,  \nor a princess dancing in a long,red gownwith a crown on her royal head...  \n...or camels prancing in a long,long line,or zebras slipping through yellow grasswhere lions prowl and pounce.  \n\n|  |  |  |  | 的国   |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n\nOr maybe,just by chance,I would see a child somewherebehind his own fence,  \nlooking out with magic eyesand seeing me.","cbCaipoEGcAAMTtM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipoEGcAAMTtM","pdf",1006556,12,"English","# Through the BackFence\n## Wonders behind the fence\n## Longing to see 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