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A story talking about real life
nonfiction
the main character of the story (spell it)
Halla
puffin in Icelandic (spell it)
lundi
clowns of the sea
puffins
The place where Halla and her friends live
Heimaey
The number of puffins that tend an egg
2 (a pair)
They ride the waves close to shore
young puffins
They fly out to sea where the fishing is better
older puffins
Which friend of Halla's spies a puffin overhead?
Arnar Ingi
FIsh in Icelandic (spell it)
fisk
Where do the baby "pufflings" stay safely "hidden"?
burrows
A plant that covers the burrows until August
baldusbra
When do Halla and her friends prepare boxes and flashlights?
the nights of the pufflings
about how long do the nights of the pufflings last?
2 weeks
what can confuse the pufflings on their way out to sea?
village lights
what do the pufflings think the village lights are?
moonbeams
how many times does halla swing the puffling before tossing it into the water?
word for no people living somewhere
uninhabited
to explore or go into a dangerous place
venture
holes in the ground made my animals
burrows
The author of the story
Bruce McMillan
puffling in icelandic
lundi pysia
without thinking, in a natural way.
instinctively
left behind or in a helpless situation
stranded
The baby _______ up its mother.
nestles