GO eer Whe Invented Maybe you know Arthur. He and his friends are in many storybooks. They are on TY, too! Do you know any Arthur stories—like the one in which he plays the Deep, Dark Sea game on the computer wiien he isn’t supposed to? He learns that he should listen to his mom. The name of this story is Arthur's Comput That is just one Arthur story. He and his friends have lots of other adventures. Who could Disaster. think of such a cute character and such funny stories? Marc Brown is the storyteller who invented Arthur, He writes all the Arthur books. He makes wonderful drawings for his books. How did he learn to tell such good stories? How did he learn to draw funny animals like Arthur? As a kid, Mare Brown liked to tell Mare Brown.stories. His friend did, too. Often, one would tell a story while the other listened. Then the other one would tell a story. This was good ay viiioy practice for Mare, He learned how to tell good Seva stories, | Years lat ;, Marc went to art school. He learned many ways to create pictures. Afterward, he got married and had children of his own. Mare read showed them his pictures. His kids taught him what kids like and don't like in a book. Kids are important to Mare Brown. He ‘wants to create good stories for them. He is stories to his kids. He always looking for ideas. He wants to make the best stories he can. — Pat Chandler Died tare Brow Cereb1. Asa kid, Mare Brown probably iked to— 4, A. read books €. play sports B. study music D, do chores 2. Mare makes wonderful drawings because — A. he invented Archur B. he wants to create good stories for adults Ba C. he uses a computer D. he went to art school 3. One possible reason that Marc is a good storyteller is that — ‘A. he has been telling and lsteni stories since he was 2 kid B. the Arthur books have made him very popular C. he went to art school D, he likes scary stories, © Find each vocabulary word inthe selection, The words and senéences around i will help ‘you figure out its meaning. Write the letter of the best definition of the underlined word. 1. Arthur plays a game on a computer. 4 A. house B, machine C.car D. person 2. Mare is a good storyteller. 5. A. someone on TV B. someone who paints C. someone who teaches . someone who tells stories Write the letter of the best answer for each question. ‘The author of this article wants to — A. tell better stories about Arthur B. tell us about the creator of Arthur stories C. stop Mare Brown from telling more stories . draw better pictures of Arthur ‘One reason children love Mare Brown's stories is that he — A. draws the pictures before writing the story BB. has kids who tell him how to make his stories better . has traveled a lot 1D. he writes his stories on a computer Mare makes the drawings for his books. A. pages B. colors . pictures D. covers ‘Aferward, Mare draws the pictures. A. before B. while . later D. at no time Marc's kids taught him what kids like. A. showed B. carried C. teased D. asked‘Synonyms are words that have similar ‘meanings. For example, litle and small are synonyms. Read the sentences and the words in the box. Write the word that means almost the same as the word in dark type. hard terrific enjoyed fast usually |. Arthur liked playing games on his computer. 2. He was very quick at thinking of the 3. He often won the game. 4, Arthur's friend gave him a tough game. 5. Arthur thought it was a great game. In the selection “Who Invented Arthur?” you Antonyms are words that have the ‘opposite meanings. For example, hot and cog are antonyms. Rend the sentences andthe wore Inthe Box Write the word that means the eppoute of te word in dark type, rhe | started same on bright =) 6. The computer was off. Archur turned it 7. He saw a different picture. It was not the . He thought the picture was too dark, He made it Then the computer stopped. No matter how he tried, it could not be= Something was wrong with the computer, Something was not learned about a story character named Arthur and the man who created him.What if you could create your own character? ® Plan to write a story about your own character. First, make a chart like the one shown below to help you organize your ideas. Where will the story take place? fi the mall a secret room in the house What does your character find? something ew on the playground a strange group of people crawls inside it What does your character do? listens to them make their plans tries to figure out what it might be ‘© Write a brief summary of your story: When you have more time, ‘write the complete story. Box A Card 4