My skin is tough. I scratch it and scrub it and scrape it and rub it. Sometimes I bruise it or cut it. But it always grows back. Tiny bits of color are in my skin. They make my skin black or brown...
Decorated skin—ouch!
It hurts to cut the skin or stick a pin in it. But some people don't care how much it hurts, if they think it makes them look beautiful! In Mozambique, on the eastern coast of Africa, there are...
Fishes that fish
> It's a common thing for people to go fishing. Perhaps you've even gone > fishing yourself. But have you ever heard of a fish going fishing? > Well, some of them do! And, believe it or not, they...
Changing skins
A young grasshopper climbs upon a twig. For a long time the grasshopper holds on to the twig without moving. Then, a strange thing happens. The skin splits all along the grasshopper's back....
Amphibians all
Newts Caecilian Frogs and toads look much alike. But toads are fatter than frogs and have shorter back legs. A toad's skin is rough and damp. A frog's skin is smooth and wet. Most toads have...
New skins for old
A shiny garter snake wiggles through the grass. Its wrinkled old skin hangs from the tip of its tail. The snake comes to some rocks. It slides between them. The old skin catches on one of the rocks....
Stories & Poems | The Velveteen Rabbit
##Stories & Poems from The Velveteen Rabbit or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams There was once a velveteen rabbit, and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a...
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