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How Noble Fir Became a Christmas Tree
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 3 to 4
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	5.71

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		aahed, finest, glorious, lupines, mid-summer, oohed, atop, blue-green, easily, lowest, lower, purpose, celebration, roots, mighty, bows
	content words:		Noble Fir, Burnt Mountain, Cascade Range, Little Noble, Rimrock Lake, Clear Lake, Tieton River, Gracie Grand, Middle Ages, Only Noble

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How Noble Fir Became a Christmas Tree By Joyce Furstenau

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¹     Noble fir trees are large evergreen trees. These trees grow higher in the mountains along the coasts of northern California, Oregon, and Washington. The seeds are tucked into cones. After the cones fall to the ground, they fall apart over time and release the seeds inside. One day, a very special cone fell to the ground. And so begins our story of Noble Fir.
 
²     Three winters passed before this special cone began to fall apart. Melting snow watered the tiny seed released from deep inside the cone. Spring sunshine warmed the earth, and little Noble Fir began to grow.
 
³     Little Noble drank in the moisture from the melting snow, and his roots dug into the ground. Noble Fir was very happy growing up on the southern slope of a mountain in the heart of the Cascade Range. Even though he was barely three inches tall, Noble was a handsome little sprout. He enjoyed the extraordinary view from his home on Burnt Mountain. Little Noble could see Rimrock Lake, Clear Lake, and the mighty Tieton River, all without moving a branch.
 
⁴     Noble had lots of relatives living nearby. There was the Douglas family, the Grand family, and the Pine family. It was from one of his relatives that Noble Fir learned about one of the finest jobs a fir tree could ever hope to have.
 
⁵     Gracie Grand, one of his nearest cousins, told him about her dream to become a Christmas tree for a loving family. Gracie told Noble that the Christmas tree has long been one of the most important symbols of this celebration. She said the Christmas tree is still at the center of Christmas celebrations today. Gracie shared the Christmas story with little Noble and told him how the birth of the Christ child is celebrated in many homes across the land. She told him about the star that is often placed atop the tree in honor of the star that led the three wise men to Bethlehem.

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