when crowbar came

WHEN CROWBAR CAMEBY

CHERYL M. HAMILTONGRADE 6

From The Tarantula in My Purse and 172 Other Wild

Pets

SUMMARYWhen Crowbar Came

The Craig family often took in wild animals in need of help. Many of these animals became pets. One pet was a crow the Craigs named Crowbar. Crowbar ate with them at the table, walked with the kids to the bus stop, and even picked up coins from the schoolyard and deposited them in the gutter of the bank building. After a few years, however, Crowbar migrated with other crows and was never seen again.

SKILLFact and Opinion

Statements of fact can be proved true or false. Facts can be proved by reading, observing, or asking an expert.

Statements of opinion are judgments or beliefs. Opinions cannot be proved true or false.

Sometimes statements express both a fact and an opinion.

WORDS TO KNOWaggressivedetectdubiouslyfrustrationimprintedmaterializemigrationsecretivetolerated

aggressivetaking the first step in an attack

detectdiscover or find out

dubiouslyuncertainly; filled with doubt

frustrationa feeling of helplessness or anger caused by

failure

imprintedlearned as a baby animal to identify and

follow a parent

materializeappear or suddenly to be seen

migrationthe act of going from one region to another

with the change in seasons

secretivehaving the habit of secrecy; not frank or open

toleratedallowed or permitted

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