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For sale by the Superintendent ot Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402

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A WORLD FIT FOR  CHIPMUNKS
    & OTHER LIVING  THINGS

                written  by
          DANITA  ROSS  HALLER
               illustrated by
               SUSAN STILL
              UNITED  STATES
      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                 AGENCY
                  REGION VII

               KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
              THE SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
                CLASSIFICATION NUMBER IS:
                   EP 1.2: C44
                          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
                          Region 5, Library (PL-12J)
                          77 West Jackson Boulevard, 12th FUct
                          Chicago, IL  60604-3590

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The sun shines, bringing light and warmth
             to living things.

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In  the forest world,  a new day begins.

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The trees stand tall and
 green in the sunshine.

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       Sometimes, when a gentle breeze
tickles their leaves, the trees wiggle and sway
              like forest dancers.

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Wild  flowers bloom in  rainbow colors.

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Under the daisy patch, by the old  tree stump,
         a chipmunk named Charlie
      sits munching a breakfast berry.

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Charlie is happy with his new home.  The
 forest world is beautiful, and clean, and
      good and . .  . full of friends.

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  In a hollow of the old tree,
a little chickadee builds her nest
      of moss and leaves.

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The little chickadee scolds noisily
that Charlie too  should be busy.

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      Charlie scampers away
in search  of  leaves for his own nest,

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Now, other animals are stirring in the forest.

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Pumpernickel, the brown squirrel,
 is burying acorns behind a log.

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   He peeks to make sure
no one spies his hiding place.

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     A cotton-tail bunny
nibbles a small, tender plant.

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Oops!  Cotton-tail finds herself nose-to-nose
          with a fuzzy caterpillar.

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   Under a  rock, by the pond,
a lumpy toad keeps cool and still.

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In the pond, fish swim . . .
  the clear water ripples.

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A mud turtle, climbing out of the pond,
 seems to be a stuck-in-the-mud turtle.

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     Soon the little turtle has all his
feet on the grass and heads  for the trees.

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   Finnie, wise owl of the woods,
keeps watch from his tree-top perch.

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The forest world stays busy all day . . .
 until it is night . . .  time to go home.

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       Charlie sits atop  the old stump.
He watches a late butterfly in  the  daisy  patch.

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    He thinks about the forest world,
how beautiful and clean and good it is.

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Charlie remembers the park where he once
  lived. He remembers the trash and the
  oily stream.  He remembers the people.

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 "If the people ever come fro the forest world,
maybe they'll be more careful,"  Charlie hopes
as he scurries into  his nest, to sleep . . . warm.

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The sun sets, bringing darkness
   and quiet to living things.

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GLOSSARY
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       Acorn
       Beaver
       Bee
       Bellwort
       Bluet
       Butterfly
       Caterpillar
       Chickadee
       Chipmunk
Daisy
Dandelion
Day lily
Earthworm
Fawn
Field
mouse
Hummingbird
Lady bug
Opossum
Can you find  these plants and animals

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          Owl


          Poisonous
          mushroom



          Primrose
          Rabbit
          Raspberries
          Spider
          Squirrel
          Tadpole
          Toad
         Tree  frog
         Trilli
         Trout
         Trumpet vine
         Turtli
         Violet
         Water  lily
         Water snail
         Woodchuck
 in your dictionary?

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