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VOL. 37 • NO. 2 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018

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11 counting animals2 Firefl ies fl ash. 3 little Mars rovers4 Find things to count.

Workers at the London Zoo do math. Every year, they count, weigh, and measure all of the animals they have. How many tigers are there? How tall is a giraffe? How heavy is a penguin? There are so many animals! It takes one week to count them. God told Noah to count animals too. Noah obeyed God. Genesis 6:19 tells us that Noah put two of every kind of animal on the ark. 1R

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Zoos do math too! How many animals live at the zoo? Counting each one is fun to do. How many penguins do you see? Can you count the gira� es? Are there more than three? Look for a lion, tiger, and bear. Can you see them anywhere?

How much do monkeys weigh?

How many meerkats are there?

How tall are the giraffes?

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GOD’S BIG WORLD, Issue 2, November 2018 (ISSN #2162-5573, USPS #007-920) is published 6 times per year—September, November, January, March, May, and July, for $23.88 per year, by God’s World News, God’s World Publications, 12 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803. Periodicals postage paid at

Asheville, NC, and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to God’s Big World, PO Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8201. • PUBLISHER: Howard Brinkman, MANAGING EDITOR: Rich Bishop, EDITOR: Victoria Drake. Member Services: (828) 435-2982. Mailing address: God’s Big World, PO Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8201. Phone (828) 253-8063. © 2018 God’s World News, God’s World Publications.

Scientists at Boise State University in Idaho wondered if a fi refl y’s glow is for more than fi nding a mate. They put bats that had never seen fl ashing fi refl ies and the bugs in a room together. They did many experiments. They found that fi refl ies taste awful to bats. And when bats see the twinkling lights, they stay away from fi refl ies. Job 35:11 asks, “Who teaches us more than the beasts of the Earth?” We still can learn from tiny fi refl ies!

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“Do not eat me!” Is this what � re� y � ashes mean?

Western bats had never seen � re� ies. Scientists put them in a room with the blinking bugs. � e bats started to chomp.

� en they shook their heads. Ewww! � ey spit the bugs out! � ey did not like the taste.

Why do fireflies flash?

Mars had a big dust storm this summer. NASA has two little rovers on the red planet.

Curiosity took a sel� e. It is dusty. But it is working.

Opportunity needs sunlight to work. It could not send messages to Earth in the dusty dark.

� e storm has stopped. Will this rover wake up?

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A bat looks for insects to eat.

A fi refl y fl ashes.

A photographer layers photographs of fi refl ies to show how many are fl ashing in a forest.

The Opportunity rover took this photo on Mars.

Curiosity took this picture of itself on Mars.STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION: Date of Filing, September 28, 2018. Title of publication: God’s Big WORLD,

Publication No: 007-920. Frequency of publication: Bi-monthly. No. of issues published annually: 6. Annual subscription price: $23.88. Complete mailing address of known offi ce of publication: P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202. Mailing address of the headquarters or general business offi ce of the publisher: 12 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803-2625. Mailing address of publisher, editor, managing editor: Publisher, Howard Brinkman, P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202, Editor: Victoria Drake, P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202, Managing Editor: Rich Bishop, P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202. Known bondholders, mortgagees, or other securities: Jeannie Pascale, 680 Meandering Way Fairview, McKinney, TX 75069. Total number of copies printed (net press run): Average for last year: 12,565; last issue: 13,244. Paid circulation: Mail subscription: average for last year: 11,815; last issue: 13,244. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sales: average for last year: 0; last issue: 0. Free distribution by mail and other means; average for last year: 671; last issue: 0. Total distribution: average for last year: 12,486; last issue: 13,244. Copies not distributed: average for last year: 79; last issue: 0. I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete. Howard Brinkman, Publisher

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GOD’S BIG WORLD, Issue 2, November 2018 (ISSN #2162-5573, USPS #007-920) is published 6 times per year—September, November, January, March, May, and July, for $23.88 per year, by God’s World News, God’s World Publications, 12 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803. Periodicals postage paid at

Asheville, NC, and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to God’s Big World, PO Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8201. • PUBLISHER: Howard Brinkman, MANAGING EDITOR: Rich Bishop, EDITOR: Victoria Drake. Member Services: (828) 435-2982. Mailing address: God’s Big World, PO Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8201. Phone (828) 253-8063. © 2018 God’s World News, God’s World Publications.

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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND CIRCULATION: Date of Filing, September 28, 2018. Title of publication: God’s Big WORLD, Publication No: 007-920. Frequency of publication: Bi-monthly. No. of issues published annually: 6. Annual subscription price: $23.88. Complete mailing address of known offi ce of publication: P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202. Mailing address of the headquarters or general business offi ce of the publisher: 12 All Souls Crescent, Asheville, NC 28803-2625. Mailing address of publisher, editor, managing editor: Publisher, Howard Brinkman, P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202, Editor: Victoria Drake, P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202, Managing Editor: Rich Bishop, P.O. Box 20002, Asheville, NC 28802-8202. Known bondholders, mortgagees, or other securities: Jeannie Pascale, 680 Meandering Way Fairview, McKinney, TX 75069. Total number of copies printed (net press run): Average for last year: 12,565; last issue: 13,244. Paid circulation: Mail subscription: average for last year: 11,815; last issue: 13,244. Sales through dealers and carriers, street vendors and counter sales: average for last year: 0; last issue: 0. Free distribution by mail and other means; average for last year: 671; last issue: 0. Total distribution: average for last year: 12,486; last issue: 13,244. Copies not distributed:

Go, Curiosity! Wake up, Opportunity!

Mars had a big dust storm this summer. NASA has two little rovers on the red planet.

Curiosity took a sel� e. It is dusty. But it is working.

Opportunity needs sunlight to work. It could not send messages to Earth in the dusty dark.

� e storm has stopped. Will this rover wake up?

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People love the small rovers that NASA has sent to Mars. Curiosity has been there for about six years. It doesn’t need sunlight to move and send messages. It uses nuclear power. It kept working right through the dust storm. Opportunity has been on Mars for nearly 15 years. It might be too old to start up with the Sun shining on Mars. Amos 5:8 reminds us that “He who made the [stars] Pleiades and Orion, the Lord is His name.” 3

The Opportunity rover took this photo on Mars.

Curiosity took this picture of itself on Mars.

Planet Mars

Drawing of Opportunity

Drawing of Curiosity

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� ere are always things to count. Find 1 of something. Find 2 of something. Find 3 of something. Keep going until you � nd 10 of something.

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There used to be monarch butterfl ies everywhere. There are not so many anymore. So Kris Gessert raised one small butterfl y. And then she found another egg. And another. She feeds them milkweed leaves. The caterpillars nibble and munch. They each make a chrysalis. They change into beautiful butterfl ies. Then they fl y away. Butterfl ies show us how Jesus changes believers. We become new creations! See 2 Corinthians 5:17.

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LESSON

21 raising butterfl ies2 airline museum3 baby anteater4 Find airport mistakes.

She is a monarch mom.A friend gave Kris G. a butter� y egg on a leaf. She said, “Raise it.”

Miss G. put it into a cage. It became a tiny caterpillar. It munched milkweed. It grew.

Soon it was a monarch butter� y! Miss G. let it � y away.

Now she has raised 800 monarchs!

Monarch caterpillar

Monarch chrysalis

Monarchs love milkweed.

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Psalm 18:10 says, “The LORD came swiftly on the wings of the wind.” This museum tells the story of American Airlines. There are old travel posters and uniforms. The airline’s fi rst plane is there. But a big makeover has added new technology and information. Employees

tell their stories on display screens. Kids can sit in a cockpit and push buttons. Others race to load baggage into a plane. Designers of the museum want kids to think about working for an airline one day.

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How does an airline work?

Would you like to � y a plane? Put suitcases into a cargo hold? Help to land planes?

� e C.R. Smith Museum would be a good place to visit. It looks brand new.

Hear stories from real pilots. Learn what a “hub” is. See how airports work.

Kids explore the cockpit of a plane at the C.R. Smith Museum. They climb through the passenger area.

Kids slide down an airplane’s emergency chute.

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RE The baby giant anteater was born at the Beardsley Zoo in Connecticut. He will grow quickly.

Soon he will be able to walk on his own. But he knows how to make a loud, squeaky noise when he needs Mom. God perfectly designed his long nose and head so he can suck up ants or termites. But zookeepers will give him pellets made from insects. Ants on the kitchen counter are a problem. But have you ever watched the ants work? They can be an example to us. Read Proverbs 6:6-8. 3

E.O. and Pana had a pup!

He is an ant bear or anteater. He was born in a zoo.

Do you like his little nose? Soon it will sni� out ants. But now he drinks milk from his mom.

He holds onto the hair on his mom’s back. She carries him everywhere. He makes her look big and scary.

The baby giant anteater rests on top

of his mother.


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How many silly mistakes can you � nd?

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The Perlan 2 glider rose more than 14 miles up into the sky over Argentina on September 2. That is one place on Earth where winds from the cold Antarctic rise in waves above the Andes Mountains. A special plane towed the glider into the air and then let it go. There was no sound. The pilots saw the curve of the Earth. They said it was “fantastic”! They were higher than most people ever go. But Nahum 1:3 reminds us that “the clouds are the dust of God’s feet”!RE

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31 gliding higher2 fencing out wild pigs3 city and country4 Which direction?

It is a long way down from there!

� e Perlan 2 is a glider. It has no motor. But it � ew near the edge of space!

It rode on waves of air. � ey rise above mountains.

� e Perlan 2 � ew higher than any other glider ever has.

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Which animals get into gardens where you live? Rabbits? Squirrels? Woodchucks? Cain Burdeau lives where wild pigs roam. Many farmers in the mountains of Sicily build wattle

fences. The fences are easy to make and do not cost much. They protect gardens. They are even strong enough to keep farm animals safe. God always keeps us safe. Proverbs 29:25 says, “whoever trusts in the Lord is safe.”

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Mr. B. gathers thick branches for posts. He weaves long, thin sticks between the posts.

Mr. B. does not need nails or boards. He is building a wattle fence.

A wattle fence keeps wild pigs out of the garden.

Keep out, wild pigs!

Hammer posts.

Cut sticks.

Weavethe sticks.

Add a gate.

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Family customs are good.James Chase loves his work. He sells veggies and fruit from a colorful cart. Horses pull it.

His family has done this work for 150 years. We call that a “custom” or “tradition.”

Leon Hoover loves his work too. He is a quiet farmer. He shoes Mr. Chase’s horses.

� e men are friends. � ey honor each other’s traditions.

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James Chase lives in Baltimore, Maryland. He follows a tradition called arabbing. That name was used in long-ago England. It describes people who go door-to-door selling things. Leon Hoover also follows a tradition. He is a Mennonite. His family does not have electricity. He grows vegetables on a small farm in Pennsylvania. He also can make horseshoes. He cares for Mr. Chase’s horses. Both men are happy with their family traditions. Luke 2:41-42 says, “Now [Jesus’s] parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to custom.” 3

Family customs are good.James Chase loves his work. He sells veggies and fruit from a colorful cart. Horses pull it.

His family has done this work for 150 years. We call that a “custom” or “tradition.”

Leon Hoover loves his work too. He is a quiet farmer. He shoes Mr. Chase’s horses.

� e men are friends. � ey honor each other’s traditions.

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� e red glider is marked with an E because it is � ying East. Which way are the other planes going? Write a letter on each one that shows which direction they are � ying.

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Dragon boats look like long canoes. But each one has a traditional Chinese dragon’s head on the front and tail on the stern. Dragon boats are raced in a festival every year in China. But now there is also a dragon boat world championship. It was held on Lake Lanier in Georgia this fall. Rowers from 14 countries raced. The Bible reminds us in 1 Corinthians 9:24, “In a race all runners compete, but only one receives the prize.”

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“Donk, donk, donk” went the drum. Paddlers

row-row-rowed. Dragon boats raced.

� e drummer beat out a rhythm. Each rower pulled a paddle. � e steersman steered. And Team USA

won the race.

Dragon boat racing began long, long ago

in China. Now it is a world-wide sport.

LESSON

41 dragon boat races2 old Indian fort3 Rent a chicken.4 verse in code

They rowed hard and fast.

The crew rows in time with the beat of a drum.

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Workers were replacing a railroad bridge in Norwalk, Connecticut. Archaeologists are people who study things from long ago. They dug in the ground and found this old fort. They believe the Norwalk Indians traded with early Dutch settlers 400 years ago. They found hatchets,

knives, wampum beads (Indian money} and more. It is good to know about the past. Isaiah 46:9 tells us, “Remember the former things of old.”

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They found an old, old Indian fort.People were working on a new bridge. � ey dug into the ground.

Surprise! � ey found parts of an old fort. Bits of pottery, stone tools, and spear tips were there too.

� e Norwalk Indians built the fort. Experts are thrilled. � ey will learn more about this tribe.

A painting in Norwalk shows an Indian with a Dutch settler.

Emma Wink and Stephanie Scialo help dig for things

like spear tips.

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Mr. Tompkins delivers hens and a coop to the Hornberger family.

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The Tompkins knew people who wanted to raise chickens. But they did not know how. The Tompkins had chickens. They knew. And that gave them an idea to earn some money. They hoped to rent out 15 pairs of hens in the fi rst year. They rented out 60 pairs! Two hens lay eight to 14 eggs every week. Jesus wept over the sinful people of Jerusalem. In Luke 13:34 He said to them, “How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings!” 3

Where do our breakfast eggs come from? People want to know.

Phil and Jenn T. “Rent � e Chicken.” Families pay $350. � ey rent two egg-laying hens for six months.

Mr. and Mrs. T. provide the coop, food, dishes, and the hens. � ey shelter the birds in winter.

Renting chickens

Mr. Tompkins delivers hens and a coop to the Hornberger family.

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New Testament believers praised God in Acts 4:24 saying, “Sovereign Lord, who made the Earth and the sea and everything in them.” Sharks are part of the “everything” in the sea. Scientists have learned that bonnetheads eat plants as well as animals. This is called being omnivorous. All other sharks eat only meat. Bonnetheads not only eat seagrass. Their stomachs digest it. And the grass helps these sharks to grow. We are always learning about God’s great big world. Bonnethead sharks teach us.RE

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51 grass-eating shark2 ocean litter cleanup3 Winnie the Pooh4 cleanup maze

Most sharks eat only meat. Bonnetheads chew seagrass while they chomp � sh and squid.

� e grass breaks down in bonnethead shark tummies. It helps them to grow.

No other shark eats both animals and plants.

They like salad with their fish.

A swimmer studying sharks holds a bonnethead in

California.

Seagrass

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Plastic trash is a big problem in the ocean. The Pacifi c “garbage patch” is like a big pool. It collects all kinds of fl oating plastic—shoes, nets, toothbrushes, bottles, and other things. Boyan Slat invented a 2,000-foot-long fl oating trap to catch the plastic. A boat towed it into place. It fl oats with the waves and the wind. A ship will fi sh out the caught plastic. People on

land will recycle it. The Lord of hosts stirs up the sea so that its waves roar. Read Jeremiah 31:35.

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Boyan Slat wants to clean it up. He invented a screen. It goes down into the water. Sea animals swim under it.

Plastic � oats. � e very long trap � oats too. Big and small bits of plastic catch in the screen.

Ships collect the trash and bring it to land.

There is a garbage patch in the Pacifi c!

Plastic junk like this fl oats in the ocean.

The Great Pacifi c Garbage Patch is twice the size

of Texas.

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Pacifi c OceanBoyan Slat wants to clean up fl oating

plastic trash.

A small boat pulls a boom to gather the plastic caught by the screen. It will be put aboard a ship that is like a sea-going garbage truck. The ship

returns for another load after a few months.

Boyan’s screen fl oats in a U-shape.

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God has given us many rich things to enjoy. “A word fi tly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver,” says Proverbs 25:11. Good books are among these rich things. Have you met Winnie the Pooh and his friends Eeyore, Piglet, and Owl? Do you know that Christopher Robin was a real boy? A teddy bear was a gift to him. His daddy was A.A. Milne. He made up stories about his son’s stuffed toys. Then he wrote them down and Ernest H. Shepard drew the pictures. The Boston exhibit tells how the men did this. 3

Do you know this “Silly Old Bear”?

A.A. Milne wrote the “Winnie the Pooh” stories. How did he think them up? Who drew the pictures for the books?

A new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts will show you the answers.

It has letters and drawings. See stu� ed toys and Pooh’s house too.

A worker adjusts a Winnie the Pooh bear display.

The drawings for Winnie the Pooh were done by

E.H. Shepard

A clear case is placed over a display of Pooh bears.

Balloons fl oat to the ceiling in a display. What happened to Winnie the Pooh in chapter one?

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you pick up along your line? Write that number in the purple squre.

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Horses are strong and beautiful animals. They “leap like locusts and snort majestically” ! Read about horses in Job 39:19-25. The World Equestrian Games were held this year in Tryon, North Carolina. More than 600 riders and 700 horses came from 71 countries to take part. Some contests were called off because of heat and rain. Horses and riders from Germany won 17 medals. U.S. riders came in second with 12.

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61 riding skills contest2 Dumpling Day3 baby orangutan4 Match the rhymes.

Harness the horses!

Horses came from all over the world. � ey were ready to race, jump, pull carriages, and more.

Riders came to guide the horses. � ey took part in contests.

It was hot. It was muddy. But many of them won medals.

Top: A horse leaps over a gate. Lower: A harness team splashes through a race.

Riders showed their skills and even did tricks.

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National Dumpling Day celebrates the many kinds of dumplings people around the world eat. Small pieces of dough are usually wrapped around a fi lling. Legend says that a Chinese man invented stuffed dumplings 1,800 years ago. He wanted to feed cold and hungry people

from his village. He stuffed the dough with meat and herbs. He folded them into the shape of tiny ears. Isaiah 58:10 says to “pour yourself out for the hungry.”

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People love dumplings. � ey are pu� s of tasty goodness.

“Dumpling Day” was September 26. Shops in London gave away the stu� ed treats!

Deep-fried. Grilled. Steamed. All were yummy!

It was a Dumpling Day!In London, a woman takes a big bite.

Below: People line up to try all kinds of dumplings. having a baby.

She needed help.

Zookeepers called Dr. W. and Dr. C. � ey did surgery. Baby Lily was born.

Dr. W. and Dr. C. do not work at the zoo. � ey help human moms have their babies!

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Lily is fed with a bottle by a veterinarian wearing a vest with soft fringes that feel like mother Daisy’s long coat of hair.

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Dr. Laura Whisler and Dr. Janna Chibry are used to being called in the night to deliver babies. But they had never helped an orangutan mom before. They rushed to the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas, to perform an operation. Baby Lily was safely born. Keepers at the zoo cared for Lily until her mom felt better. Isaiah 40:11 reminds us that the mighty God “will gather the lambs in His arms and gently lead those that are with young.” 3

Daisy was having a baby.She needed help.

Zookeepers called Dr. W. and Dr. C. � ey did surgery. Baby Lily was born.

Dr. W. and Dr. C. do not work at the zoo. � ey help human moms have their babies!

Dr. Chibry (left) and Dr. Laura Whisler care for orangutan mom Daisy. A zookeeper holds newborn Lily.

Newborn girl baby orangutan Lily

From the left side: Veterinarian Sandy Wilson, baby doctor Janna Chibry, veterinarian Heather Arens, and baby doctor Laura Whisler

Lily is fed with a bottle by a veterinarian wearing a vest with soft fringes that feel like mother Daisy’s long coat of hair.

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■ banker

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■ locks

■ � shes

■ anchor

■ moon

■ rope

■ whale

■ rain

■ light

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■ rocks

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Match a rhyme.

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Lake fl ies do not bite. But they are tiny and pesky. And there were lots of them in the coastal town of Aitoliko [EYE -tow-LIE-ko], Greece, this summer. Thousands of little spiders spun a thick mat of webs. They were happy to eat the fl ies. Townspeople were glad that they also ate mosquitoes. You know that a spider web breaks easily. Job 8:14 reminds us that those people who forget God put their trust in a spider’s web.

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71 giant spider webs2 lunchbox collection3 earthquake4 Find the differences.

A town in Greece had swarms of lake � ies.

Little spiders saved the town. � eir sticky webs wrapped trees, bushes, and grass!

� ey munched � ies for lunch. � ey snacked on mosquitoes too.

It was a wide, wide web!

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He has shelves of old lunchboxes.

Mr. Karp has hundreds of lunchboxes! He sells them.

See the pictures? � ey are of old TV shows or movies.

Older people like to remember when they were kids. But younger people like the boxes too.

Do you have a lunchbox? Will you save it until you grow up?

Boxes had matching thermoses.

Who would comfort them?A strong earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi. � e ground shook. Buildings broke apart. Great ocean waves hit the shore.

People needed food and water. Some were hurt. Who would help?

Christians around the world came to work. Others sent money. � ey prayed.

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J. Louis Karp has a family auction business. He sells things like artwork and antiques for people who do not want to do the selling themselves. He also collects old metal lunchboxes. Can you see pictures of books or TV shows or comic book heroes that you know? Maybe your mom or dad had a lunchbox like one of these. Some people like to collect old things.

They might buy a box from Mr. Karp. It is fun to remember things from when you were little. But Ecclesiastes 12:1 reminds us of something even better. It says, “R emember your Creator in the days of your youth.”

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they were kids. But younger people like

Boxes had matching thermoses.

Who would comfort them?A strong earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi. � e ground shook. Buildings broke apart. Great ocean waves hit the shore.

People needed food and water. Some were hurt. Who would help?

Christians around the world came to work. Others sent money. � ey prayed.

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A powerful earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia in September. People there needed places to live, help from doctors and nurses, clean water to drink, and much more. Christian organizations and other countries sent soldiers, doctors and nurses, rescue workers, and volunteers to help those hurting people. God comforts us when we are hurting. Then we are able to give comfort to others. Read 2 Corinthians 1:3-4. 3

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Find ten di� erences in the toy stores. Describe each di� erence out loud to another person.


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The 47th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was held in October. One hundred of the 600 balloons present were special shapes. A contest was for pilots. They know that hot air always rises up. This rule of God does not change. So they tried to land their balloons on a target. They knew how much hot air to pump into the balloon, how to steer, and how to land safely. God “made fi rm the skies above” in His wisdom. Read Proverbs 8:28.

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Hundreds of balloons looked like painted clouds in the sky. Each pilot had � lled his with hot air.

Hot air always rises. So up, up went balloons with stripes or checks or funny shapes.

Each balloon obeyed God’s “hot air rises” rule.

LESSON

81 balloon festival2 so many squirrels3 frankincense honey4 hidden pictures

Hot air lifts balloons. Balloons

glow in the night as gas burners fi ll them with hot air.

Many balloons lift off together in

New Mexico.

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Guy E. has a farm in Israel. He grows frankincense [FRANK-in-sens] plants!

� ey are too small to make sap. � ey need to grow for ten years.

But bees buzz around the � owers. � ey collect pollen to make honey.

Mr. E. sells the honey. It is quite sweet and it is costly.

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Acorns and other foods squirrels love were plentiful in New England last year. Lots of kits were born this spring. They were hungry. They used to eat apples from the ground. They climbed into the apple trees this year. They took a bite here and a bite there. An apple (or a

pumpkin) with a hole in it is ruined. New England farmers were happy to see winter come. Praise the LORD beasts and creeping things! Read Psalm 148:10.

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It is a part of farming.Pesky squirrels were a problem in New England in the fall. � ere were too many. And they were hungry.

Squirrels chewed apples on the trees. � ey dragged corn ears to their nests. � ey nibbled pumpkins.

� e squirrel problem did not last long. Cars ran over some. � e rest are napping. It is winter!

Squirrels munch and romp in New England.

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It is a gift fit for a King.

Guy E. has a farm in Israel. He grows frankincense [FRANK-in-sens] plants!

� ey are too small to make sap. � ey need to grow for ten years.

But bees buzz around the � owers. � ey collect pollen to make honey.

Mr. E. sells the honey. It is quite sweet and it is costly.

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Frankincense plants are dying out. Guy Erlich wants to keep them alive. A sticky sap oozes out when bark on the trees is cut. Mr. Erlich plans to sell the sap to be used in perfumes or oils. For now, he collects honey made from the plant blossoms. Frankincense in Old Testament times was used in offerings to God. It smells like oranges or lemons when it burns. The Wise Men brought the baby Jesus frankincense as a gift. Read Matthew 2:11. 3

One of the gifts of the wise men was frankincense.

Mr. Erlich talks about his farm near the Dead Sea.

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Winter is here. Are your skates sharp? Are your eyes sharp? You’ll need sharp eyes to � nd all the pictures

hidden at this skating pond.

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