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8-1 Raining Cats and Dogs “It’s raining cats and dogs today,” said the mother to her son. Cats and dogs? The boy quickly ran outside to see. He looked up to the sky, but he didn’t see any cats or dogs. “What do you mean, Mom?” the boy asked. “How can it rain cats and dogs?” “Oh no. I don’t mean cats and dogs are falling from the sky,” said the mother. Then she said, “When people say that, they really mean it’s raining hard.” “Here comes the rain!” 8-2 A Bird That Cannot Fly? Most birds fly. But not all birds. Do you know the ostrich? It’s the biggest bird on the Earth. It stands three metres tall and is 150 kilograms in weight. Yes, an ostrich is a bird, but it cannot fly. Why can’t it fly? Its wings are too small. It does not need to fly. It can run fast. It runs 60 kilometres per hour. That’s fast! Who needs to fly when you can run that fast? “Ready, set, go!” 8-3 Baby Geese Dad and l are at the lake. It is a very nice day. We see a mother goose. She is white. She is swimming in the lake. What are those yellow things behind her? One, two, three, four, five! Her baby geese! The baby geese are following their mother. She will keep them safe. The mother goose and her baby geese swim across the lake together. “What a beautiful family of geese!” My dad takes a picture of them. “Come on, baby geese!” 8-4 PEI Potatoes-1 PEI is a province in Canada. It is famous for many things. One of them is potatoes. One summer, my family decided to visit PEI. It is about 1,000 kilometres east of our home in Ottawa, Canada. After driving many hours, we finally got there. Standing at the potato field, we were all very excited. It was my first time at a potato farm. It was so interesting to see where potatoes grow! “Are we there yet?” 8-5 PEI Potatoes-2 As we were looking at the potato plants and taking pictures, a farmer stopped by. He started pulling the plants aside. In a few seconds, he had dug out two big potatoes. He gave us the potatoes as a gift! How amazing! The potatoes came s