By the end of “As Sweet as Sugar,” the brothers have located honey and are full and content. Imagine what happens for the siblings when they return home after spending their day honey-hunting instead of taking the cattle to the pasture with the other boys.

Using details from the passage, write a continuation of the passage telling what follows the last scene. Be sure to use what you have learned about the setting, characters, and plot of the passage.

Manage your time carefully so that you can

plan your response and do some prewriting
type your narrative