¹     Cory looked out of the window. A new snow was on the ground. It covered everything like a blanket.
 
²     "Dad," he asked, "may I go outside and play? I want to play in the new snow. I want to make tracks before anyone else does."
 
³     "That might be hard, Cory," said Dad. "I am sure others have been there first."
 
⁴     "I did not see any tracks," said Cory.
 
⁵     "The tracks might be very small," said Dad. "Perhaps we can go out together and look for them."
 
⁶     A few minutes later, Cory and Dad stood on the front steps.
 
⁷     "Look," said Dad. "There are some tracks." He pointed to some small marks under the bird feeder. "What are those?"
 
⁸     "Those are bird tracks," said Cory.

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