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TO THE RESCUE
Meet Barbosa
and Morgan adult to visit our RedRover Reporters
To see chickens dustbathing, ask an
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“Chicken, Chicken, What Do You Do?
Dustbathing Hens Poem”!
Barbosa and Morgan were scared when When Barbosa and Morgan came out,
they first got to Porchlight Animal they scratched around in the grass, and
Sanctuary in Virginia. The roosters, or male took dustbaths — rolling in dirt to keep
chickens, were made to fight other roosters. themselves clean of bugs. “Morgan likes
An animal shelter saved them. It found them to be cuddled,” says Frye, and he fell
a home with Porchlight. asleep in her arms at the vet! Barbosa THIS PAGE: CARA FRYE; COVER: ALVAN NEE/UNSPLASH.COM.
likes to protect everyone. One time he
“They were very quiet at first,” says saw a bear coming and made a loud
Porchlight’s President, Cara Frye. “They crow. Frye and the other animals knew
wanted to stay in their coops (small sheds to go inside!
that chickens live in).”
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1. After reading “Happy Dog?”, think about a 2. After taking the quiz, what animal were you
time you met a dog who may have been scared. most like? What are the animals in this issue like?
How could you tell he was scared? What did you Can you think of an animal you know who acts like
do? If you have never met a scared dog, how do you? Or an animal who acts differently? If you
you think you can tell a dog is scared? What do cannot think of an animal in your life, use an
you think is the safest thing to do if you meet a animal from this magazine!
scared dog?
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