What would we do without numbers? Why, we couldn't even count! We couldn't keep track of birthdays, Or of any other amount. But have there always been numbers? Were they always just "lying around"?...
Ghost ships
Even though it was early afternoon, the sky was midnight dark. Jagged bolts of white lightning flashed through the blackness. A roaring, rushing wind churned the water into great waves. The helmsman...
Flying fish
The big, blue and silver barracuda (bar uh duh) moved rapidly through the water in search of food. Catching sight of a small fish some distance ahead, it began to swim faster. The small fish soon...
Flying reptiles
No reptile that lives today---snake, turtle, lizard, alligator, or crocodile---can fly. And no reptile of today has hair on its body. But scientists say that 150 million years ago there were many...
Wild Geese
by Elinor Chipp I heard the wild geese flying In the dead of the night, With beat of wings and crying I heard the wild geese flying, And dreams in my heart sighing Followed their northward flight....