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you five seconds or less. Guess who’s
overfeeding the
7 Owl-oween goldfish.
Who is who is whooooo?

8 Bot Spot
10 The Weird Day
This tiny robot can fold like
with Walden 16 Windows That
origami.
Walden sure changes Capture the Sun
his mind a lot! Marc Chagall’s artwork
flickers with light.
12 My Sci
Try out a bit of “math 19 Paws and Think
magic.” Food trucks are busy at
lunchtime in the park.
14 Hidden Pictures®
Puzzle 22 Don’t Be Afraid
A sloth sleepover party! Halloween is just
too spooky for Skunk.
15 Jokes
What kind of book 25 No Tricks, All Treats!
would Ray Strack write? Spider Cakes, anyone?

4 OCTOBER 2016
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26 Jewel Bird 39 The Timbertoes®

The gorgeous national bird Pa has a secret plan for
of Guatemala. the pumpkins.

28 Your Own Pages 40 Ask Arizona®

See drawings and poems Arizona is panicked about
by creative kids. talking in front of the class.
30 34 Crafts
The Treasure That A candy carrier, 42 Dear Highlights
Almost Got Away “floating” eyes, Talent shows, friendship
Quick-thinking and more. dilemmas, and little sisters.
Clarabella is set on
finding lost gold. 36 Night
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Owl-oween
By Neal Levin
Art by Michael Petrik

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 Tiny robots like this one
Three layers
may do big jobs someday. of different
kinds of plastic
make up the
Laser-cut lines folding sheet.
A permanent magnet guide the folds
is attached. when heat shrinks
the middle layer.

Electromagnets under the floor

push and pull the magnet
up and down at different
angles, directing the
robot’s movements.

Meet the What’s

It For?
Origami Robot The inventors
think their robot will
lead to many smaller robots
It folds itself and goes to work! that do different jobs.
Early on, the robots might
By Andy Boyles, Contributing Science Editor
inspect equipment and
workplaces. “These robots
M ost origami objects are in an origami pattern, and can travel through very
imitations: an origami cat can’t a magnet is attached on top. intricate, small, narrow
walk, and an origami frog can’t When the plastic is heated, pipelines that are difficult
swim. But a new origami robot the middle layer shrinks to inspect with today’s
can walk and swim and do along the scored lines, folding technology,” says team leader
much more because it’s not an the f lat sheet into a springy, Dr. Daniela Rus.
imitation—it’s a real robot. three-dimensional shape Later, the robots might
Developed at the less than a half inch long. be used to treat illnesses,
Massachusetts Institute of As soon as the last crease is possibly by carrying medicine
Technology, the tiny machine made, the robot scurries away. directly to small places in the
even folds itself. It starts as a Without a single nut, bolt, body or even by performing
sheet of shiny plastic, three motor, wire, or microchip inside surgery. Once the robots
layers thick and less than one it, the robot can walk up a become fast and inexpensive
inch square. Laser-cut lines slope, carry an object heavier to make, who knows what
score the top and bottom layers than itself, and even swim. new uses they might have?

8 OCTOBER 2016 Photo by MIT. Art by Robert L. Prince.

 Goaondfus There’s some of Goofus and Gallant in us all.
When the Gallant shines through, we show our best self.

Gallant
®

Gallant puts tools back where

he found them.

Goofus forgets to put the scissors

back where they belong.

“Sorry, Peanut. You’re supposed to

get just half a can,” says Gallant.

“You still have food, but here’s

some for later,” says Goofus.

YOUR Goofus and Gallant Moments Tell us when you’ve felt like
Goofus or Gallant! Visit
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Art by Leslie Harrington. OCTOBER 2016 9

 “Want to
ride bikes?”

The IRD
WEwith
Day Walden
By M. Coutts Ù Art by Chris Jones
street. “Ready to go?” Tim asked.
The boy looked surprised. “Go
where?” he asked. He wasn’t as friendly
Tim watched as the moving van was as he was a few minutes ago.
unloaded next door. And then—yes! “Just a quick ride around the
He saw bicycles and bunk beds. Maybe neighborhood,” Tim said.
there’d be someone his age living there. “What’s your name?” asked the boy.
The following morning, Tim heard a “Oh, sorry. My name’s Tim.” He
basketball bouncing. He stuck his head pointed toward his house. “I live there.”
around the hedge to investigate. “Hey,” The boy’s smile returned. “I’m
called Tim when he saw a boy his age. Walden,” he said. He turned to his
The boy looked around and grinned mom, who was planting f lowers. “Is it
at Tim. “Where’d you come from?” OK if I ride with Tim?”
“I live on this side of the hedge,” said “Sure,” she said. “Be careful.”
Tim. “Want to ride bikes?” Tim led the way up the street to the
“Sure,” said the boy. “I’ll tell my mom library, around the school, and back
and then meet you out front.” down the block to his own house. “Want
Tim went back to get his bike and to come over for lunch?” he asked.
rode up the sidewalk. The new boy was “Sure,” said Walden. “Do you know
already waiting there, looking up the what you’re having?”
10 OCTOBER 2016
 Tim
Walden changed his mind a lot.
answered
“I’ll ask my dad if he can make the door.
grilled cheese,” said Tim.
“Great,” said Walden. “I love grilled
cheese. I’ll go check with my mom.”
Tim found his father in the laundry
room. Dad said that company for lunch
was fine, and he offered to make fruit
salad to go with the sandwiches.
Tim ran over to Walden’s house to
tell him. His friend’s bike was parked
by the front steps, but he was nowhere
in sight. Then Tim heard bouncing
again. He walked along the hedge to
the backyard. “Hello?” he called.
Walden waved. “What happened to
you?” he asked.
“Sorry,” said Tim. “I had to find my
dad. It’s OK for you to come over for
lunch, and we’ll have grilled cheese.” Tim walked slowly along the hedge to
Walden didn’t look so happy about the front yard, thinking that Walden
grilled cheese anymore. “And he’ll changed his mind a lot. But at least he
make fruit salad, too,” Tim added. was quick—he was already waiting on
Walden smiled. “I love fruit salad. I’ll his front porch when Tim got there.
go ask my mom and meet you in front.” “It’s OK with my mom as long as
I change my shirt first,” Walden
reported. “I’ll be over in a few minutes.”
“Want to come Tim was in the kitchen taking plates
over for lunch?” out when the doorbell rang. He was
about to say “Hi, Walden” as he
answered the door, but he stopped. On
the step stood two identical boys, both
with big smiles. Walden and . . .
“Hi,” said one. “I never introduced
myself. I’m Braden.”
“Well, this explains a lot,” said Tim,
laughing. Then he called, “Dad, could
you please take out another plate?”

OCTOBER 2016 11
 By Andy Boyles
Spotlight
MY SC Contributing Science Editor

A Tool-Toting Octopus
The coconut octopus is the only invertebrate (animal without
a backbone) known to carry a “tool.” Unlike a lobster or turtle,
the coconut octopus has no protective shell. So it finds a
seashell or coconut shell to lug around, and if the octopus
feels threatened, it hides inside.

These branching lines

inspired its other
name: the veined
octopus.

The siphon,
a muscular
tube, can
squirt water
to move the
octopus— It “stilt walks”
or to blast with its free
away sand. arms as its
other arms
hold the shell.

Try This! MAKE IT: Cut a long strip of paper. Flip over only one end of

Math-Magic?
the strip to give it a twist. Without untwisting it, tape the ends
of the strip together. The resulting shape is a mathematical
curiosity called a Möbius strip.
What’s curious about it? Here’s how to find out.
TRY THIS: Start coloring one side of the strip. Keep going on
that whole side. . . . Did you color on the front of the paper?
On the back? There seems to be only one, continuous side!
What happens when you cut along the middle of the strip
(the long way)? Will you get two loops—or one?

12 OCTOBER 2016
 Hilly = Chilly?
If you are closer to the Sun on a high
mountaintop, why is it so cold up there?
Alayah Raccuglia
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It’s true that the top of a mountain is a bit closer to the Sun, but not
enough to make a big difference in the heat from it.
Mountaintops are colder because as warm air rises from the base of
a mountain, it has less air pushing down on it from above. The rising air
expands, meaning that the air molecules move farther away from one
another. Like any gas, air cools when it expands.
Another reason is that at the base of a mountain, water vapor in
the air acts like a blanket, holding heat in the atmosphere near
the base. Higher up, the air is drier (has less water vapor), so not
as much heat is held in; it escapes to space.

Two-foot-high
Dinosaurs
sail along back
By Dougal Dixon

Morelladon
more-AY-ah-dohn
“tooth from Morella” (the area in Spain
where the fossils were found) Beak at the
front of
Morelladon was one of many relatives the mouth
of Iguanodon roaming the earth around
the same time. It differed from the others
by having a low sail on its back, which Cheek pouches,
may have been used for display, warming good for
itself in the sun, or storing energy. holding food

WHERE:
Spain

Was studied from

a partial skeleton
and a tooth
HOW LONG:
20 feet
Walked on all
four legs Thumb spike on
WHEN: front feet
WHAT IT ATE: 252 201 145 66 Present
Plants Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous Cenozoic

125 million years ago

OCTOBER 2016 13
 Want ae?
challeng 5
k page 1
Fold bac the
to hide
clues.
picture
Sloth Sleepover
By Jennifer Harney

In this big picture, find the baseball cap, book, pine tree, hammer, turtle, banana, toothbrush,
flute, comb, musical note, artist’s brush, slice of pie, crown, and sailboat.

14 OCTOBER 2016 Check out our Hidden Pictures app!

 JOKES
Picture Clues

baseball “Knock, knock.”

cap
“Who’s there?”
“Chicken.” I was reading a book about
book “Chicken who?” antigravity. I couldn’t put it
down.
hammer Abigail, Texas
pine “Just chicken on
tree you to make sure Steve: What do you call the

you’re OK.”
outer part of a tree?
Harry: I don’t know.
Lacey, Rhode Island Steve: Bark, Harry, bark.
turtle Harry: Arf, arf!
toothbrush A book never written: How to Cheng Han Li, California
Slow Down and Enjoy Life by
Ray Strack.
Evan Schultz, Oklahoma Make us laugh!
flute Send a joke or riddle, along with your
Jim: Someone called you an name, age, and address, to
owl today.
Paige: Who? Who?
803 Church Street
banana Jim: Now I see why! Honesdale, PA 18431
Olivia, New York

musical
note Cloudy
comb Above the city
a gray wash of
wet on wet watercolors
seeps
artist’s across the paper sky.
brush
slice of —Rebecca J. Gomez
pie

crown
sailboat

BONUS
Can you also find
the pear, pencil,
closed umbrella,
and feather?
ABOVE: Artist Marc Chagall at
work. LEFT: Chagall’s stained-
glass window at Chichester
Cathedral in England.

At the age of 70, the famous

painter Marc Chagall discovered
that by designing stained-glass
windows, he could breathe
bright color and light into his
artwork.
“I had to make stained-glass
windows. I had to get myself into
daylight,” he said.
By the late 1950s, Chagall
had already spent more than
50 years exploring the bold use
of color. His paintings had made
him famous and inspired
countless artists. From then
until his death in 1985, he
created windows for churches,
chapels, synagogues, and other
buildings around the world.
Today, people still marvel at
how his stained-glass creations
f licker and change with the sun.
Born in 1887 in a Russian-
Jewish town, Chagall started
painting at the age of 19. He was
frustrated by the neutral colors
 An angel from one of Chagall’s
windows at All Saints’ Church
in Tudeley, England.

One day, during a stroll

through the French countryside,
By Anna Levine he discovered a picturesque
chapel. He imagined replacing
its walls with stained-glass
windows. Some time later, in a
700-year-old cathedral, he saw
Artist Marc Chagall put a stained-glass window that
contained a green donkey. It

stained glass in a new light. looked as if Chagall might have

created it himself. Here was a
sure sign, he thought, that he
of traditional Russian art. He came from the outside.” should create his own stained-
loved to paint with strong blues, Chagall lived through turmoil glass windows.
reds, and yellows. In 1911, he and tragedy. When World War I
moved to Paris, France. There, began in 1914, he happened to “I had to make
actors, writers, musicians, and be in his hometown. He and his
artists from around the world new wife, Bella, were not able to
stained-glass
were creating new art forms. leave for Paris for nine years. windows. I had to
Then, in 1941, because they
Bold Fantasies and Colors were Jewish, the Chagalls
get myself into
Chagall learned new ways of had to leave France to escape daylight.”
painting but stayed true to his persecution by the Nazis
childhood memories. While during World War II. In 1944 He began collaborating with
others chose modern subjects, came another devastating blow: master glassworker Charles
he painted scenes of fantasy and Chagall’s beloved Bella died of Marq. Many stained-glass
fairy tales based on an older, an infection. windows are made of f lat colors,
peasant-like way of life. Acrobats but Chagall used various
and green horses f loating above Drawn to Stained Glass techniques to create the effects
rooftops, yellow skies, and red By the 1950s, Chagall’s life he wanted. He painted images
trees were all creations of his was calmer. The war had ended. on glass, then had them fired to
imagination. “My familiar He had returned to France and high temperatures, making the
sources remained the same,” remarried. He continued to lines and colors part of the glass.
he said. “I did not become a make his dreamlike paintings
Parisian, but now the light and was now world-famous. (Continued on next page)

OCTOBER 2016 17
 BELOW: One of Chagall’s windows
at Reims Cathedral in France.
RIGHT: One of Chagall’s twelve
windows in the Abbell Synagogue
at the Hadassah University Medical
Center in Jerusalem, Israel.

there thanks to an immense Metz Cathedral in France. These

amount of everyday work.” works tell the stories of biblical
When Chagall was asked to heroes. Chagall’s Jacob wrestling
design stained-glass windows an angel f lickers and glistens
for a synagogue in Jerusalem, with life in the sun.
Israel, he faced a new challenge. In 1964, Chagall designed
The Jewish religion forbids the a stained-glass window for
drawing of human figures. the United Nations building
Since Chagall was not allowed in New York City. The United
to include images of people in Nations works for international
the windows, what could he peace. Using a blue background
do instead? as the symbol of peace and life,
Chagall designed the window
(Continued from page 17) Bible Stories in Glass with an angel soaring from a
He told the story of the bouquet of f lowers, animals
“Stained glass is not so easy,” he 12 tribes of Israel with animals. f loating in the sky, and mothers
once said. “You have to approach He drew the animals described cuddling their children.
it as if you were trying to catch in the Bible stories to represent Chagall had lived through
a mouse. Not in a cage . . . but each of the tribes. He then chose two world wars and personal
with your hand. There are no a vibrant color for each window. tragedy, but he still had hope
foolproof methods, you either When the sunlight shines for the future. He often refused
catch it or you don’t.” through the glass, it sparkles payment for his stained-glass
Marq admired Chagall’s as if made of rubies, diamonds, windows, especially those he
energy. He said Chagall worked and emeralds. made for places of worship.
“with the precision of those At the same time, Chagall He created them as gifts
tightrope walkers he loves, who was creating huge stained-glass for the world, gifts that
f ly in their weightlessness up windows for the Roman Catholic capture the sun.

18 OCTOBER 2016
 a w s nd
Lunch at a Food Truck P a
Think

How is a food truck like a restaurant?

How is it different?
Why might someone choose to run
a food truck? What might be some
challenges?
What kinds of things do food-truck
chefs probably keep in mind as
Anyone see
they plan their menus?
a dog-food
Which one of these food trucks truck?
would you visit?

Art by David Coulson.

 Fix the Mix-Ups
By Stacy Hart

Jayden is working to improve his typing speed. He

typed some practice sentences about his day, but he
accidentally scrambled one word in each sentence.
Can you find and unscramble the jumbled words so
that each sentence makes sense?

1. I ate barn flakes for breakfast.

2. We ran a lime in gym class.
3. Our math cheater gave us a test today.y
4. My baby brother took a pan in the
afternoon.
5. I wrote a report on the taste of Montana.
6. Mom said I had to eat all my green apes
at dinner.
7. I made a wish when I saw the falling rats.
Answers on page 38.

Check . . . and Double Check

Compare these two pictures. Can you find at least 18 differences?

20 OCTOBER 2016
 Windy Word Find
Six words are hidden in this
scene. Can you find them? Answers on page 38.

By Clare Mishica
It’s lunchtime, but Ben can’t
get to his lunchbox. He has
forgotten his locker combination!
Luckily, he remembers some
clues that might help. Using
the clues, can you figure out the
three numbers in Ben’s locker
combination?

Clues
1 The first number equals the
number of months in a year.

2 The second number falls

halfway between the first
and last numbers.

3 The last number is double

the first number.

Bonus!
Unscramble the letters
below to find out what
Ben packed for lunch.
NA ECIGREB-RE.

Answers on page 38.

D n’t Be Afraid
By Ellen Javernick
Art by Keith Frawley

On Halloween, Fox came to

take Skunk trick-or-treating.
But Skunk didn’t like Halloween.

It’s too scary.

It’s too spooky.

I want to
stay home.

Don’t be afraid.
I’ll be with you the
whole time.

22 OCTOBER 2016
 The first house they came to was dark.

Do you
hear that?
Don’t Maybe it’s
worry. haunted.
That’s just
the wind.
It’s not haunted.
Owl’s not home.
We won’t stop here.

At the next house, a monster opened

the door.

Good.

Don’t be afraid, Skunk.

That’s just Badger.

They stomped to Squirrel’s house.

Something landed in the bushes.

(Continued on next page)

(Continued from page 23) Raccoon gave out sunflower seeds—
Skunk’s favorite. Skunk clapped. Don’t be afraid, Skunk.
Don’t be scared, Skunk. The pumpkin cackles
A broken branch just when you clap.
fell from the tree.

Oh.

The library had some Halloween games. Skunk was ready to go home.

Don’t be scared,
Skunk. They’re really
Eyeballs?! just crab apples.

At Skunk’s house, Fox and Skunk

dumped out their treats. Don’t be afraid, Fox.
I’ll help you eat it!
I’m afraid
I’ll never be
able to eat all
of this.

24 OCTOBER 2016
 No
Tricks,
All
Treats!
Itsy-Bitsy
Spider
Cakes
Spread peanut butter or
jam on top of two teeny
muffins. Press them
together. Push eight
curved pretzel pieces
into the filler as legs.
Use extra filler to attach
mini-candy eyes.

“Orange
You Cute”
Pumpkins
Use a tube of
black icing to
draw features
on clementines
(unpeeled or
peeled).

Swamp
Cider Kiwis from the Chocolate Lagoon
Mix equal amounts of cold Peel kiwis. Slice off one end so they stand up. Set them in a puddle
apple cider and seltzer. of chocolate syrup. Add pretzel-and-marshmallow antennae and
Add a scoop of sherbet. candy-coated raisin eyes. Plop sliced-grape “creatures” into the syrup.

Photo by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.

 Jewel
Bird
A symbol
A stone of liberty,
carving of Can a bird’s feathers be
Quetzalcoatl the resplendent more precious than gold?
To the ancient Maya Indians,
from an ancient
temple in Mexico. quetzal is the the answer was yes. The
three-foot-long shimmery green

national bird tail feathers of the resplendent

quetzal were priceless. Only

of Guatemala. kings and high priests

could adorn their elaborate
By Robin A. Zimmerman headdresses with the bird’s
twin tail feathers. The Maya
considered the bird sacred, and
killing a quetzal was forbidden.
The quetzal lives in the high
mountainous regions of Mexico
and Central America and has
fascinated Maya, Aztec, and
Brilliant they were then other civilizations for more than
2,000 years. The quetzal swoops,
And wrapped in the feathers of quetzal dips, and glides through low,
And of doves. misty clouds. Its long, emerald
Thence came the name tail feathers stream behind it

Of Kukulcán, the Quetzal-serpent.

—from Popol Vuh,
the sacred book of the Maya

26 OCTOBER 2016
 The resplendent quetzal is displayed on
Guatemala’s flag, shield, and postage
stamps. The country’s currency is not
dollars or pesos but quetzales.
Guatemala

wounded soldiers until sunrise.

When the battle ended, the birds
in a glittering ebb and f low. means “bird” and coatl means f lew away—their chests stained
Flashes of blue, green, and gold “serpent.” red forever.
glisten in the sunlight. Rounded Maya and Aztec traveling The quetzal’s habitat is
wings help the bird f ly in tight merchants used the priceless shrinking. The destruction of
spaces among mossy branches quetzal plumes as currency. highland forests for timber; the
and hanging vines. They carefully plucked tail cultivation of land, especially
The Maya and Aztec revered feathers from trapped quetzals for coffee plantations; and the
the quetzal. Their royal color and carried the plumes over illegal trapping of the birds for
green imitates the lavishly treacherous trails along trade feathers have reduced their
colored plumes of this routes and through foreign numbers. The quetzals are now
mysterious bird. The quetzal lands. It was not permitted to considered “near threatened,”
inspired many forms of art keep a quetzal captive. Many but countries are taking steps
as well as a feathered serpent believed that if captured and to save the magnificent bird. In
god. The ancient cultures caged, the mystical bird might Costa Rica, strict laws, national
painted or carved the image die. So the merchants released parks, and wildlife preserves
of this magnificent half-bird the precious birds into the forest, have been established to protect
half-serpent on stone columns, where the plumes grew back the quetzal.
monuments, murals, and within a year. Although there are fewer
temples throughout their lands. Many Maya believed the quetzals, these jewel birds still
The Maya called the quetzal held magical powers. glide through the lofty cloud
feathered serpent god Kukulcán. One legend tells of a Maya chief forests singing their smooth,
Kukul means “feathered” and and his soldiers fighting for melodic song: “Keow-kowee-keow-
cán means “serpent.” The Aztec freedom. Above the battlefield, k’loo-keow-keloo.” And their
called this god Quetzalcoatl hundreds of graceful quetzals feathers are more precious
(ket-tsul-kwot-ul). Quetzal swooped down and guarded the than gold.

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 The Treasure That
ALMOST
Got Away

We all
By Jason O’Hare saw it.
Art by Kristin Abbott Clear
Hi! I’m Clarabella Claxxton as day.
from Colorado Springs, and this
is the story of how a treaasure
was found, then lost, theen found
again on a rainy autumn n day at chucked a stone to just about the And they were right. I had
a creek
creek in Cheyenne Cañ ñon.
ñon same spot his sister had
had. fished a gold nugget out of the
I was 12 years old and d taking Well, now I just had to show creek without realizing it, and I
a ride up the canyon witth my them, so I jumped off my horse had thrown it so far that it went
cousins Suzanne and Sa am. and joined them at the creek. past a bend in the creek and
When we stopped by thee creek “Looky here. I can throw as far landed in a grove of aspen trees.
to let our horses fetch a drink, as a rainbow is tall!”” Then I It was worth a small fortune,
my cousins jumped off grabbed the first
f stone I could and now it was gone.
their saddles quicker tha an find and chucked it into the air. Well, things looked bad. One
grasshoppers and heade ed And that’s when we all saw it. of the horses whinnied, and a
to the water’s edge. Clear as day. breeze as cold as disappointment
“Hey, Clarabella!” said swept down the mountain.
Suzanne. “Watch how fa ar Something gleamed I looked above and saw a
I can throw.”” She held uppa
stone and chucked it dow wn the in the creek bed.
creek a ways.
Naturally, her brotherr wasn’t “That’s no rock!” cried Sam.
going to be shown up. “HHey, “Clarabella,” said Suzanne,
Clarabella!” Sam said. “W Watch “that’s a gold nugget!”
how far I can throw.” An nd he

30 OCTOBER 2016
mirthless cloud swollen with “Just get moving!” And sure enough, once all
rain headed our way. Pretty soon we’d thrown in the leaves had f loated away,
“What are we gonna do?” so many autumn leaves that something gleamed in the
asked Sam. the creek appeared to be creek bed.
“We’re gonna get that f lowing with gold. “Clarabella! There it is!”
gold nugget back,” I said. cried Suzanne. “It sunk!”
“Follow me!” It was worth a “That’s right,” I said. “That
We moved quicker than nugget f loats about as well as
jackrabbits jumping on coals.
small fortune, and a horseshoe. Grab it, and this
Before long, we found ourselves now it was gone. time don’t throw it!”
standing in that aspen grove, So we grabbed our gold
on a carpet of fallen leaves “Well, that does it,” said Sam. nugget and hurried home,
the exact color of the gold “That nugget is as good as gone.” just as the fat raindrops
we were looking for. “Just wait,” I said. began to fall.
“It’ll take forever to find that And that’s the story of
gold nugget,” said Sam. the treasure that was found,
Oh the
Oh, th luck!
l k! If it had
h d been
b th lost,
then l t then
th ffound d again
i on
any season except fall, we would a rainy autumn day at a creek
have found that nugget without in Cheyenne Cañon.
trouble. But it was mixed up
with those aspen leaves, and
that cloud was fixing to dump
a river of rain on our heads.
That gold was as good as stolen,
and bad luck was the thief.
Then I heard it. The gurgling
creek! Just a few steps away
was the answer to our problem.
“Quick!” I cried. “Grab up
the leaves and throw them
in the creek.”
I gathered an armful, as
many as I could carry, and
I dumped those golden leaves
into the water.
“But, Clarabella, if we pick up
such big piles, that gold nugget
is liable to get mixed up with
them,” Suzanne pointed out.
“No time to explain,” I said.

“No time to explain.

Just get moving!”

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Storm Magic
By Joanne R. Fritz
Art by Blythe Russo

Annie looked at the outside. “I wish we could play on the .”

rain swings

“Not until the stops,” Grandma said.

rain

“Let’s practice magic tricks,” said Katy.

They found a ,a ,a , and a . Annie made

pencil bead cup scarf

the stick to her . Katy dropped the into the ,

pencil hand bead cup

and the disappeared. But the girls got tangled in the .

bead scarf

Grandma clapped. “Good show!”

“Look!” Katy said. She pointed out the .

window

“The storm made magic, too!” said Annie. “First the disappeared.
sun

Now the is back. And it brought a !”

sun rainbow

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Crafts Make This
Game Next
Month!

Jack-o’-Lantern
Candy Carrier
By Edna Harrington

1. For the bag, use yarn and a

large-eye needle to sew two
orange washcloths together
along three sides.
2. Cut out a nose, a
mouth, and eyes from
black felt. Glue them
to the bag.
3. For a handle, tie
a ribbon to the
stitching near the
top of the bag.

Desktop “Pen”alty Box

By April Theis
1. Cut a snack box to the height of a short cardboard tube.
Cover the box with colored paper. Add paper hockey sticks
and a puck. Write “Pen”alty Box with a marker.
2. Glue three short cardboard tubes inside the box.

Craft samples by Buff McAllister. Photos by Guy Cali Associates, Inc.

 Mongolian Shagai
Sheep Anklebone Toss
A Game for 2 Players
By Lisa Haag Kang

Spooky Dice are among the oldest game

pieces in human history. They The letters

“Floating”
o
stand for fo n the shagai
have been made from bone, ivory, ur of the a
nimals
herded by
wood, and metal. It is thought that Mongolian
nomads—h
Eyes the earliest dice were made of sheep
anklebones. Today, animal
orses, cam
sheep, and
goats.
els,

By Beth Bogert herders in Mongolia

continue to use sheep
1. For eyeballs, anklebones, or shagai
draw a pair (SHAH-guy), as dice,
of pupils
because Mongolians
and irises
on paper. believe in wasting no
Cut them part of an animal.
out and glue
Hang the
them to two eyeballs
Styrofoam in a closet 1. To make shagai,
balls. Paint for a mold four pieces of
the eyeballs spooky polymer clay into
with two surprise! curved, four-sided
coats of S shapes.
glow-in-the-dark paint. 2. Use a toothpick
Let them dry. to mark the
2. Paint a wide craft stick sides of each
black. Let it dry. shagai with
3. Tie each end of a long H, C, S, and G.
piece of thread to a paper 3. Ask a parent to help bake the
clip. Open the paper clips shagai in the oven according to To Play: Each player puts
and stick the ends into the clay’s instructions. one shagai on “Start”
the eyeballs. Tape the 4. For the game board, draw two with the H facing upward.
center of the thread to columns on poster board. Players take turns rolling
the craft stick so that the Draw eight spaces in each the other two shagai. For
eyeballs hang evenly. For column. Write “Start” in each H a player rolls (for
a hanger, tape another the bottom two spaces and “horse”), he or she moves
piece of thread to the top “Finish” in the top two. Use one space. Whoever reaches
of the
he stick.
stick colored paper as a border. “Finish” first wins.

aft Challenge! Create a game using pennies and short cardboard

tubes .

OCTOBER 2016 35
Night
on Bat
Mountain
Virginia big-eared bats are making that Virginia big-eared bats
a comeback. That’s great news. are medium-sized. They weigh
By John E. Becker, Ph.D. less than half an ounce and have a
wingspan of 12 to 13 inches.

Do Not Disturb
It was a warm June evening in the After we arrived at the small
mountains. I was following Craig entrance to Peacock Cave, Craig and
Stihler and Jack Wallace, scientists Jack unpacked their equipment. “Bats
for the state of West Virginia, as they that live in caves can suffer if they are
carefully made their way across a disturbed by people,” Craig said.
steep slope leading to Peacock Cave. Jack explained, “When people go
Each summer, they hike to caves into a cave in the winter, they may
in West Virginia to count Virginia awaken the hibernating bats and
big-eared bats. They want to see if the cause them to f ly around and burn up
number of bats is going up or down. the fat they’ve stored in their bodies.
I was there that night to learn Without that food supply, the bats
about the bats for a book I was might not live until spring when they
writing. I had already discovered can eat insects again.”

36 OCTOBER 2016 Photos: pages 36–37 (bat) by SuperStock/Alamy, (background)

iStock/kamisoka; page 37 (right) by Craig W. Stihler, WVDNR.
 Peacock Cave is
home to more
than 1,000 bats.

The Virginia
big-eared bat
is a subspecies of
the Townsend’s
big-eared bat,
shown at left.

“And when female bats are with

their pups in the summertime,” Craig roost
added, “people entering their cave may at about
cause the mothers to drop their pups.” 10:30 P.M., Craig and
As night settled in, Craig and Jack Jack had counted 1,242 bats!
set up a radio-like bat detector outside “That’s the most we’ve ever counted
the cave. The machine picks up bat here,” Craig said. He explained that
sounds that our ears can’t hear. The when the first count was taken at
researchers also set up a night-vision Peacock Cave in 1983, there were only
scope that allows them to see the bats 160 Virginia big-eared bats. Projects
as they leave the cave in darkness. to help protect bats, like setting up
bat-friendly gates that keep people
Bat Numbers on the Rise out but allow bats to f ly in and out of
When it was almost dark enough caves, have helped the bats make a
for the bats to appear, I looked into remarkable comeback. The total
the night-vision scope. I saw bats number of Virginia big-eared bats in
f lying just inside the cave entrance. 1984 was 6,000. Today there are more
Then, a little later, the bats began than 25,000!
darting out of the cave—one, two, “Virginia big-eared bats, like most
and three at a time! bats in North America, are important
For the next two hours, Craig because they eat insects,” Craig said
counted the bats by speaking into as we packed up and started back
a handheld voice recorder each down the mountain. “And they will
time five bats f lew out of the cave. continue to need our help if they are
By the time the last bat left the going to survive into the future.”

OCTOBER 2016 37
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“Ma, come see the surprise.” It was a great end to the harvest.
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Even though it seems “I’m so nervous about having hood over my face, put my hands
impossible, BREATHE! I know to talk in front of the whole over my ears, and said, “I don’t
what it’s like to feel so nervous class,” I told my friend Mareya. want to talk about it!”
that your head starts spinning “I can hardly catch my breath!” But one thing about really
and your stomach gets tied up good friends who know you really
in knots and your heart starts “I’m so nervous well is that they don’t always do
racing a million miles a minute. exactly what you ask them to.
When I feel that way, I take a
about having to Mareya can be pretty pushy when
deep breath, then slowly exhale talk in front of it comes to being helpful. She
while counting to 10. That scribbled something on a piece of
always helps me feel at least
the class.” paper, lifted my hood, and smiled.
a tiny bit less horrible. “You’ve been in at least She’d drawn a funny elephant
And, yes, something really three plays,” Mareya pointed with the word BREATHE coming
close to what you’re going out. “If you don’t get stage fright out of its trunk.
through happened to me. But in front of those big audiences, “Aww! That’s so cute.”
instead of a book report, our why are you bothered by a few I laughed.
assignment was to talk about kids in our class?” She giggled. “This is Franky,

40 OCTOBER 2016 Visit to hear this story read aloud.

 And that’s exactly what When I stopped talking,
happened. When we met on I realized I’d finally found
Saturday, Mareya decided to a way to embarrass the
write a talk about her dad. She never-embarrassed Mareya.
misses him like crazy because “I’ll get you,” she mouthed as
he’s away serving our country in she shook her head, but I could
the U.S. Air Force. And I decided tell she was super happy.
on a fifty-fifty split between my
mom and my dad. Mareya was so
So you can imagine how
surprised Mareya was on
surprised.
“I’m a million- Monday morning when I stood So, dear Nervous, I have a few
in front of our entire class, survival tips:
percent positive took a deep breath, glanced 1. BREATHE!
I’ll mess up!” at my wrinkled-up picture of 2. Don’t keep that stress bottled
Franky the elephant, and said, up inside. Talk about your
“The person I’d like to tell you worries with a friend, a parent,
the ‘everything’s going to be about is the most thoughtful, or a teacher. I promise that
all right’ elephant.” understanding, funny friend in saying stuff out loud will help.
“Franky’s the best,” I said. the world. She’s the kind of friend 3. Focus your energy on preparing
“How about he talks in front of who sticks by me even when I’m your book report, not on
the class so I don’t have to?” being the most difficult human worrying. When you figure out
Mareya held the picture up on the planet. She’s the kind of what to say, you may even start
to her ear. “What’s that you friend who draws goofy pictures to feel excited about saying it.
say, Franky? You think Arizona that make me laugh and forget 4. Don’t worry about making your
should come over to my house about my troubles. She’s the kind presentation perfect. The world
this weekend so we can work of friend who believes in me even won’t end if you mess up.
on our talks together?” when I forget to believe in myself. 5. Breathe some more!
This person I’m so grateful for is
named Mareya.” Ciao for now,

Arizona

I took a deep breath

and glanced at
Franky the elephant.
 Dear
Highlights

My friend is making new

friends at school, and I feel
excluded. I want to say
There’s a talent show coming up. I something, but I don’t want
can’t dance or sing. I’m not really to hurt anyone’s feelings.
E., Virginia
good at anything. What can I do?
Aaliyah, California We agree that it would be a
good idea to talk to your friend
A talent show sounds like fun! There are many acts you could about this, even though it might
try, such as telling jokes, reciting poetry, performing magic not be easy. You might say “I’m
tricks, jumping rope, or juggling. If group performances are glad we’re friends. Sometimes
allowed, maybe you can perform a routine or skit with your I feel left out when you spend
friends. You might enjoy brainstorming ideas together. time with your new friends,
Remember also that some talents are hard to show on a though. Can we talk about it?”
stage. You might be great at reading, taking care of animals, Your friend might be happy
solving math problems, giving advice, or making people smile. to include you with the group
We are sure that you have many talents! sometimes.
It’s also good to keep in mind
that being friends does not mean
My little sister always you have to spend all of your
comes into my room time together. You might like to
without knocking. Will meet some new friends, too! You
could start by smiling and saying
you help me?
hello to kids you’ve never talked
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