Second Sight
Close Read Passage, 606 words, Folktale (fiction), Level Z1 (Grade 6), Lexile 790L
A Japanese traveler stops at an inn. He is told by the inn keeper that he owes her a vast sum of money. She reveals that her father foretold this day would come. After giving the matter some serious consideration, the traveler helps her make sense of her father's wishes and finds the money that was stashed away for her future security.