The Dog's Side of the Flood

Once upon a time there was a peaceful little dog. She had three puppies.

One day it rained so much that it flooded while she was chained to her doghouse. It started to float away. She was able to climb on top of her doghouse. The puppies swam to get on the doghouse too. She howled until she was so tired she couldn't howl anymore.

Then a man heard her and came over and unchained her and carried the puppies to safety in his boat. There were some hills nearby and the man took them there and stayed with them and fed them. Then he had a cell phone and the dog had a collar that showed her address and phone number. So he called the man who owned them and he came over and got his dogs.

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Observations from "A Water Snake's Year"

We read "A Water Snake's Year" for Science.

Here's what I observed.
1. She had red speckles on her back.
2. They have live young.
3. She eats toads and fish.
4. She eats lots of frogs.
5. They hibernate in the winter...underground.
6. When they hibernate they breathe a few times a day and their hearts beat a few times a minute.
7. They bask in the sun to get energy.
8. Males will go after her to try to mate with her.
9. They shed their skin by rubbing against rocks from their nose down.
10. They do not lay eggs.