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Purrs and GrrrsDec. 5, 2009

Issue 17

Animal

Spotlight:

Polar Bear

Your Own Pages-Page 3

Style SNAP!- Page 4

Polar Bears-Page 5

Penguin MusingsPage 6

Pet Stocking StuffersPage 7

Bad Cat, Bad!- Page 8


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Hey everyone! Wow, can you guys believe its already December?? Christmas is almosthere!! (Yay!) Over on page 4, we are predicting some flurries of feathers for the winter season.Starla has written a special winter edition of5 Starlas for this issue; check it out over on page 7.

Right across on page 6, we have an article entitled, Penguin Musings of a 3-Year-Old, hosted by mypenguin-obsessed , little sister. The title pretty much says it all, and Im sure youll find it interest-ing! Page 5 is the bearer of our polar bear article in honor of winter and (hopefully!) snow. Speak-ing of polar bears and snow, right across here on page 3, Claire has also done a special review forus on a new young adult book entitled Ice. (Gotta love the beautiful cover art!) And then on page4 we also have a semi-short article about Claire (my littlesis, not the reviewer!) and Is first horse show!! Its beenan incredibly awesome year for Purrs and Grrrs, and I

hope you guys enjoyed the mag this year. Until 2010!

Love,

Rachel

Note From Editor

Hia! My name is Des-pereaux. Im a Chinese

dwarf hamster that lovesescaping from my cage.

And yes, you may call me

Houdini. Hello! Im Pevensie. Im adwarf hamster that loves

sunflower seeds.

Hi! My names Strider andIm a Netherland dwarf

rabbit. I like apples, havingmy back stroked and being

cuddled.

Me and my littlesis, Claire, before

our first horse

show!!


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Just thought I might put in a

little something about ourThanksgiving turkey whomwe got to meet before hewas butchered! Here he is,and isnt he handsome.Weighing in at around 26pounds, this big guy will keepus thinking up new turkey-related recipes till the end of

the year!

with her father at an Arctic researchstation, is determined to become ascientist, and has no time for make-believe. Then, on her 18th birthday,Cassie comes face-to-face with apolar bear who speaks to her. Hetells her that her mother is alive,imprisoned at the ends of the earth.

And he can bring her back--if Cassiewill agree to be his bride.That is the

Ice

When Cassie was a little girl, hergrandmother told her a fairy taleabout her mother, who made a dealwith the Polar Bear King and wasswept away to the ends of the earth.Now that Cassie is older, she knowsthe story was a nice way of sayingher mother had died. Cassie lives

beginning of Cassie's own real-life fairytale, one that sends her on an unbe-lievable journey through the brutal

Arctic, through the Canadian borealforest, and on the back of the NorthWind to the land east of the sun andwest of the moon.Before it is over, theworld she knows will be swept away,and everything she holds dear will betaken from her--until she discovers the

true meaning of love and family.

Turkey Showdown

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Status:Age Level: 13-18

No. of Pages:

Author:

Claires Rating:

Hi! My name is ClaireCella. Every month, Purrs and

Grrrs will feature one of mybook reviews! I am a 14 yearold in 9th grade from SanFrancisco. I like riding mypony, Kodachrome (Kody)and blogging on my bookblog, which you can visit at:www.bookwormbook lov-

ers.blogspot.com Enjoy!

Love, Claire

Claires Corner

Please Note: The views and ideas expressed here are not necessarily the views of the editor and/or publisher.

Special

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(Not that thats anythingnew!) Claires favorite thingabout riding in the horseshow was getting to ride her

all-time favorite pony Velvet.They both did a wonderfuljob together and won a well-deserved yellow ribbon,which I thought was greatconsidering ho long wevebeen riding!! (Yellow ribbon

is third place.)

Rachels Class:

Unfortunately, my

class was not asfortunate asClaires. Right be-fore my class be-gan, it startedpouring down rain!So Mrs. Brownsaid wed have to

Finish the rest of the showanother day. But then itstopped raining, and we wentto mount up again, which is

when it started raining...again!So we went to take thehorses down to the barnwhen...it stopped raining! Wedid the class very quicklyand.I got third place. It was

a great first horseshow!!!

Claires Class:

Claire was in a walk/trot be-ginner class with seven other

riders. The rain was holdingoff and Claire was really ex-cited and ready to ride!Claire did very well with allthe commands, although shedid hove to exert a lot offorce to get Velvet to trot.

Horse Show Success

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hearing about as good as theaverage human. They are alsosuperb swimmers-in fact,they spend most of their time

in the cold, Arctic

waters. The polarbear can swim at thespeed of 6 miles perhour using its pawsin a dog-paddle tech-nique. Unlike otherbears, the polar beardoes not hibernate,

but stays active all yearround. They are also not ter-ritorial. Although they can besomewhat aggressive, theywould rather flee then fight.

In general, adult polar bearslead solitary lives. However,young males have often beenseen playing together harm-lessly, perhaps preparing forthe mating season when theywill fight over the females.

Polar bear cubs are often

they are born, but graduallyyellows with age. Polar bearshave an excellent scent ofsmell, very good vision and

The polar bear, is a mammal

native to the Arctic oceanand the surrounding areas.This massive creature, twicethe size of lions and tigers,are credited as theworlds largest carnivorefound on land. A full-grown adult male canweigh up to 1,500pounds. The largest re-corded weight for amale polar bear was

2,210 pounds! Wherepolar bears live, food isscarce and they livemainly on a diet of seals.One way a polar bear

hunts for food is by waiting

near a hole in the ice for aseal to surface for a breath ofair. When it does, the polarbear snatches it up-he can

not afford to miss seeing as it

is very unlikely that he willcatch a seal either on land orin open waters. However,when fresh seal is not avail-

able, the polar beareats musk ox, rein-deer, rodents, eggsbirds, even otherpolar bears! Polarbears have almost a4 inch layer of blub-ber under their fur

then insulates themagainst the coldwinds and frigid wa-ters. Their fur is

pure white when

from their den withtheir mother, theyweigh about 32pounds. For the nexttwo and a half years,the cubs will stay withtheir mother and shewill continue to nursethem until they go off

on their own.

seen in pairs and are veryplayful to each other. Whencubs are first born, coveredin a light, down fur, blind andweigh less then 2 pounds.The average littler size is twocubs. The little cubs stay inthe den with their mother fora period of about twomonths during which theysurvive on their mamas richmilk. When the cubs emerge

Polar Bear

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Well, my family and I cer-tainly didnt realize what alarge assortment of birdswed get once we put out ournew bird feeder! Although I

wasnt able to take photos ofall of them, I didnt manage tocatch quite a few. Here they

are for your enjoyment!

Penguins are verycute..and theyre funny, andI like them! I wanna buy a lit-tle penguin...in January. I

really, really like penguins be-cause.I dont know!

[Laughs] I like the baby pen-guins the best! I also like cuteseals-baby seals. I want to

visit some penguins at thezoo sometime. I would playwith them and sing themsongs. Id also feed themlittle fishes. When I growup, I want to be a babypenguin! I also like the waypenguins waddle. [Giggles]Sometimes I pretend towaddle like that! They are

just very nice animals.

Adventures in Bird-Feeding

Penguin Musings of a 3-Year-Old


Hosted By: Arwen J. Buoni


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out that he is adopted andgets a summons to the hear-ing of his birth mothers will.When he arrives in Telketna,

Alaska, he inherits hismothers seven. Champion,mushing dogs and a sweet,

little border collie. While ona quest to find his birth fa-

ther, he gets the full Alaskan

Snow DogsThis story takes place in a

little village in Alaska with abit in sunny Miami. Ted

Brooks, a hot-shot, Miamidentist has it all; an expensivecondo, a huge office even hisface on a bus! But then every-thing changes when he finds

experience-and then some!With the annual Arctic Chal-lenge dog-sled race comingup, Ted has some prettycrazy adventures with his

new-found friends! Extremelyfunny, this movie stars CubaGooding, Jr., James Coburnand Joanna Bacalso, with a

special appearance by Michael

Bolton.

Pet Stocking Stuffers!

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Status:

Running Time: 99 minutes

Rating: PG

Starlas Rating:

Hi! My names Starla andevery month Ill be writing amovie review for you. Im 12years old and I have a ponynamed Caspian. I also have afew ducklings; they are socute!! I live in Valley Springs,California with my mom, dad,and all of our animals. Well, I

hope you all enjoy my re-

views! Love, Starla

5 Starlas

Please Note: The views and ideas expressed here are not necessarily the views of the editor and/or publisher.


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One bad cat, two bad cat,

Glaring at me.

Blue-eyed cat, green-eyed cat,

Not liking me.

All that I wanted was to give

them a treat,

But now that would be one

incredible feat!

For these nasty kitties are

angry, and mad.

And what do I say to them?

Bad Cat, Bad!

Bad Cat, Bad!



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Carissa and her mother and fathersat down with the board of directors fromthe stables later that week. As Carissa ex-plained what had transpired at the stablesthe day Sir Lancelot appeared at the stables,the faces of the board grew grim. Weregoing to have to look into this, said one of

the board.

A few weeks later as Carissa wasstarting her riding lesson, the director of the

board, Mr. Harrison, called her into the of-fice. We have been investigating the mys-terious behavior of this horse Lancelot forthe past weeks and found out the reasonsfor his behavior. He went on. Apparently,

Lancelots owner, Mr. Carder, was involvedin trafficking drug throughout the state. Heused Lancelot sometimes as a diversion andsometimes as compliance. Obviously, Lance-lot had no decision in these matters seeingas he is a horse. Mr. Harrison paused for a

breath then continued. Lancelot apparentlyrefused to do what Carder asked him to doon more then one occasion and for that,

Carder kicked and abused him.

Carissa shuddered.

Carder will obviously go to jail,

Mr. Harrison said. Its just a matter of

time.

What will happen to all of his

horses? Carissa asked anxiously turningover images of Sir Lancelot in her head.

They will either be confiscated or

sold. Mr. Harrison looked at Carissa.

Why do you ask? he said.

Oh, nothing. Just a thought. She

said. Carissa sat there for a moment thenjumped up. Can I use your phone? she

said.

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Sir Lancelot stopped momentarily to

look at her and then resumed his snorting andbucking.

Carissa searched the field franticly forher teacher who wasnt anywhere to be seen.

Carissa raced up to Lancelot.

Lancelot! she cried Its Carissa! Come

on boy!

Lancelot stopped bucking and looked ather with frightened eyes. Carissa slowly madeher way up to him. Lancelot, she cooed,

whats wrong, sweetie? She touched the snip atthe end of his nose and listened to his laboredbreathing. He looked her in the eyes and laid hishead on her shoulder. Carissa silently took thebridle from one of the stable hands. She slippedthe halter over Sir Lancelots head and led himover to the barn where she checked him forcuts and scrapes. Carissa didnt think he washurt although his front left leg looked a littleswollen. She rifled through the medical kit for abandage. She found a turquoise blue one and be-

gan to wrap up Sir Lancelots leg.

What made you so frightened, huh?

she asked Lancelot. Something must have reallyscared you to make you act like that. She fin-

ished wrapping the bandage. Carissa stood upand looked around for an adult. Since no oneseemed to be in the area, Carissa led Sir Lance-lot over to the office where she knew someonewould be. Mrs. Stem, the office secretary, ran

out of the office.

What happened, Carissa? she asked.She peered at Carissa from behind her thick,

rounded, glasses.

Can you call my mom? asked Carissa.

Im going to take Sir Lancelot home with me.


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