einstein the class hamster excerpt

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HaMsTeRThE ClAsS


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I do not like to state an opinion on a

matter unless I know the precise facts.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Heres a fact:

Someone needs to clean out my cage!

EINSTEIN THE CLASS HAMSTER


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AnSwEr

CHAPTER ON E

QuEsTiOn!ThAt


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Im your host, Einstein the class

hamster, and today weve got some

great contestants:

Hello, out there in television land!Welcome to the number one show at

Boerring Elementary:

AnSwEr

QuEsTiOn!

ThAt

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Ricky

Our contestants will be competing

for some amazing prizes. Tell them

what they can win, Marlon.

Ned

Bonnie

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again.thisNot

Sorry about that,

folks. Marlons a turtle,

so hes a bit slow.

Heres what our contestants are

competing for todaya shiny new

pencil, a box of mints, and a SHETLAND

PONY!But first, the rules of the game.

Hey!"

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Ill be asking several questions, and

its up to our contestants and you in

the studio audience to find the correct

answer before our time is up. Lets

start with a warm-up question. Ready?

Go!Go!H e reHere

Go!Go!weweewee reHere

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What is the DEADLIEST ANIMAL on

the planet? Our contestants have ten

seconds to answer. Start thinking!

Come on, kids. Lets get those

brains working!

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Still nothing? Okay, heres a hint:

This animal is deadlier than a shark,

a snake,

or even a lion.

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The mosquito may be small but it

can be deadly, in some areas spreading

malaria, which kills a million people a

year. That is one nasty insect!

Well be right back with more

questions after this word from oursponsor. Stay tuned for lots of fun

and games on AnSwEr . . . ThAt . . .

QuEsTiOn.

BRRRRINNNNGGG!

BRRRRINNN N GGG !BRRRRINNNNGGG!

Times up, folks!

The answer is the

MOSQUITO!

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Okay,

students,

take out yourmath books.

Somebody stop

her! Einstein said.

That woman is ruining

my show!

NO . . . NOT AGAIN! Einsteinshouted.

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Bring out the hook! Get her out of

here! Einstein yelled.

But Ms. Moreno couldnt hear him.

Well start with the five table,

Ms. Moreno continued. All together

5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40,45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70 . . .

THIS ISMY AUDIENCE,

NOT YOURS!WHY ARE YOUDOING THIS?

75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100.

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Einstein put down his microphone

and settled into his cage.

Take five, Marlon. On second

thought, take six. I now HATE thenumber five.

Ned made sure none of his classmates

were watching before he spoke to the

hamster. Einstein, you realize youre

the class pet and Ms. Moreno is the

teacher,

right? ThatSHES the one in charge

and you dont really

have a game show?


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That you keep yelling AnSwEr . . .

ThAt . . . QuEsTiOn but no one

ever does? That Im the only kid who

can actually HEAR you?

Details, details. Einstein couldnt

believe his show had been interrupted

by THAT WOMAN yet again. Can I at

least do the Tasty Tidbits segment?

Einstein asked.

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Ned couldnt help but smile. Nothing

made Einstein happier than learning

new, interesting facts, and Einsteins

Tasty Tidbits was the part of the

show where he shared those fun

facts with his audience to help them

prepare for AnSwEr . . . ThAt . . .

QuEsTiOn.

Einstein loved stumbling on a fun

fact more than he loved carrots orkibbles or sunflower seeds, which is

why he named the

segment Tasty Tidbits.

Ned wasnt too sureabout the whole

dressing up like the

fancy women who

worked on REAL TV

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game shows, but it was Einsteins

show, not his.

Of COURSE you can do a Tasty

Tidbit, Ned said. Why do you think I

came over here?

Einstein looked at Ms. Moreno in

the front of the class. Shes a no-

good ham, Einstein thought. Always

hogging the spotlight. But he was a

professional,

and it was time to endthe show.

You ready? Ned asked.

When it came to Tasty Tidbits,

Einstein was born ready.

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Believe it or not, the highest concentrationof mosquitoes on the planet is NOT in the

tropics but in the Arctic tundra. Because

its so flat, when the snow and ice melt, the

water has nowhere to go and forms shallow

pools that provide breeding grounds for

mosquitoes. When you add in the constant

sunlight of summer as well as rising

temperatures, the pools of warm water

make perfect mosquito incubators.

BILLIONS can swarm in a day, filling the

skiesin the Arctic!

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But dont blame the males. Only female

mosquitoes bite because they need

protein from blood for their eggs.

(Regular mosquito diet consists of plantsugar.) Its not the mosquitos bite that

makes you itch. Its the bodys immune

response to the saliva she leaves behind.

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