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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2017
© 2017 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 34, No. 4
Columbia
Veterinary
Hospital
576 31st Street • Astoria
503-325-2250
Hi there! My
name is Mzee.
I’m about 130
years old (I
don’t bother to
keep track of
my birthdays
anymore).
Here’s the story
of how I met
my best friend
named Owen.
A man named
Owen Sobien
was able to
tackle the
slippery hippo
long enough
for others to
drape a net
over him.
The hippo
was named
Owen in his
honor.
In Kenya, a baby hippo was left stranded
on a coral reef. He was too tired and
frightened to get back to shore by himself.
Hundreds of villagers and visitors worked
together to rescue the young hippo.
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Garibaldi, Ore.
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Back in 2004, there was a
terrible tsunami that caused
unbelievable damage and
loss of life in Southeast Asia
and Africa. Your parents
probably read about it.
Owen was
moved to Haller
Park, Kenya,
where I live.
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Now, I’ve always preferred to be by myself.
But Owen just kept following me around.
If I walked away, he’d follow me.
At first, I felt a little embarrassed
and annoyed when he would
crouch beside me like a baby
hippo does with its mom.
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But Owen was a nice
enough kid. And without
a mother, he needed
someone to show him
how to find food, so I did.
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People wonder why we became such close friends. Some think it’s
maybe because my round shell looked a little like another hippo to
Owen. What do YOU think?
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Astoria, OR
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Standards Link: Life Science: Animal patterns of behavior are related to the nature of their environment.
Do the math to find out which facts describe a hippo and which
describe a tortoise. If the answer is less than 10, it describes a hippo.
If the answer is more than 15, it describes a tortoise. If the answer is
between 10 and 15, it is true for both hippos and tortoises.
Lives to be 200 years old. 9 + 7 =
Lived with the dinosaurs. 19 - 4 =
Is an herbivore. 6 + 5 =
Likes to swim. 7 + 5 =
Its closest living relative is a whale. 3 + 6 =
Can run faster than a human. 4 + 3 =
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clues to determine
the meaning
of words.
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Health
Friendship Search
Look through the newspaper and find:
• a friendly face
• a person acting like a friend
• a nice thing to do for a friend
• a word that describes you as a friend
Standards Link: Number Sense: Add and subtract whole numbers.
Standards Link: Health: Know behaviors that communicate
care, consideration and respect of self and others.
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NORTHWEST
READY MIX
Unscramble the letters to find out what the word
hippopotamus means in Latin.
Unscramble the letters to find out what Mzee
means in Swahili.
Standards Link: Reading: Read and follow directions appropriate to grades 1–5.
FRIENDSHIP
TSUNAMI
HALLER
MZEE
TORTOISE
CORAL
SHORE
OWEN
SOBIEN
CROUCH
RESCUE
TRAIT
DRAPE
BABY
REEF
950 Olney Ave • Astoria
503-325-3562
Find the words by looking up,
down, backwards, forwards,
sideways and diagonally.
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Rhyme Time
WARRENTON
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Look through the newspaper for pairs of
words that rhyme. Use these words to write
a little poem and give your poem to a friend.
Standards Link: Word Analysis: Identify words that rhyme;
Writing Applications: Write various forms of genres including
poetry; Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.
Thanks to the following
businesses for supporting
• Appelo Archives Center
• Hees Enterprises Inc.
• Quackenbush Builders Inc.
• Bridgewater Bistro
• Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare
• Lazerquick Seaside/Astoria
• Premium Adjustable Beds
• Suzanne Elise Assisted Living
• Moberg & Rust, Attorneys at Law
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