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OWL AT HOMEby ARNOLD LOBEL�or GrandmaContents5The Guest15Strange Bumps24Tear-Water Tea32Upstairs and Downstairs39Owl and the MoonAbout I Can Read BooksCreditsCoverCopyrightAbout the PublisherTHE GUESTOwl was at home. How good it feels to be sittingby this fire, said Owl. It is so cold and snowy�outside. Owl was eating buttered toast and hot pea�soup for supper.�Owl heard a loud sound at the front door. Who is�out there, banging and pounding at my door on a�night like this? he said. Owl opened the door. No�one was there. Only the snow and the wind.5Owl sat near the �ire again� There was another loudnoise at the door� �Who �an it be�� said Owl��kno�king and thumping at my door on a night like�this�� Owl opened the door��No one was there� Only the snow and the �old� �The�poor old winter is kno�king at my door�� said Owl��Perhaps it wants to sit by the �ire� Well� I will be�kind and let the winter �ome in��Owl opened the door �ery wide� �Come in� Winter��said Owl� �Come in and warm yoursel� �or a while��Winter �ame into the house� It �ame in �ery �ast� A�old wind pushed Owl against the wall��Winter ran around the room� It blew out the �ire inthe �irepla�e��The snow whirled up the stairs and whooshed downthe hallway� �Winter�� ried Owl� ��ou are my�guest� This is no way to beha�e�� But Winter did�not listen� It made the window shades �lap and�shi�er� It turned the pea soup into hard� green i�e��Winter went into all the rooms o� Owl�s house� Soone�erything was �o�ered with snow� ��ou must go��Winter�� shouted Owl� �Go away� right now��The wind blew around and around� Then Winter�rushed out and slammed the �ront door� �Good-�bye�� alled Owl� �and do not �ome ba�k��Owl made a new �ire in the �irepla�e� The room be-�ame warm again� The snow melted away� The hard��green i�e turned ba�k into so�t pea soup� Owl sat�down in his �hair and �uietly �inished his supper��STRANGE BUMPSOwl was in bed. It is time to blow out the candleand go to sleep, he said with