THE ANIMAL BOOK
This is a book about animals .
ANIMAL HOMES
Animals live all around us . They live in the sea , and in trees . They live on the land and sometimes deep in the ground . Animals live where they find food and where they are safe .
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The beaver uses sticks and branches to make a dam . Birds build nests . A turtle can pull its head and legs inside its shell and be safe .
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ANIMALS TALK Do animals talk ?
Animals make sounds : frogs croak , cats miaow , dogs bark , ducks quack , cows moo . What a lot of noise !
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ANIMAL TALES
One day a fox sees a bunch of juicy grapes hanging over his head . He jumps as high as possible , but he doesn't reach the grapes . Finally the fox stops trying .
“ Oh , well “ he thinks “ those grapes are probably sour anyway !” .
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ANIMALS IN DANGER
When animals are in danger , what do they do ?
Some animals have special parts on their bodies to protect them . The porcupine has quills to keep it safe .
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Some animals and insects have wings and they can fly away from danger .
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Others have strong legs to jump or to run away .
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Some animals protect themselves in a very special way . Their colour looks so much like the leaves around them that often they are not seen .
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ANIMALS IN OUR WORLD
Animals help us in many ways : they give us food like eggs and milk and wool for our clothes .
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Animals help us with work .
They help blind people to get to where they want to go , bees make honey and they help flowers grow .
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Can you imagine how the world would be without animals ?
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