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About the Adventure Page
You are going to read a story about a newly created hybrid animal that was made using two Michigan native animals. In this story, the animal will be out searching for food and will encounter a predator. The animal will need to use it’s defense mechanisms to survive.
You will have two choices for the animal to make using its defense mechanisms. The choice you make will impact the animal. The animal may survive or be eaten.
The animal’s life is in your hands. Good luck!
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Introduction/Problem Paragraphs
It was a warm tropical morning. Polly the pufferfish swam slowly alongside the bright blue, green, and yellow coral reef near her underwater home. She watched as a sea anemone gently waved in the current, looking for a spot to rest. The salty ocean water warmed her round body and small fins and she began to relax.
On the other side of the reef, a tiger shark also watched the sea anemone and the floating pufferfish. The shark swam a little closer. Suddenly, Polly noticed something striped on the other side, moving her way. “A TIGER SHARK!” she thought. Her spines trembled with fear. That was her worst enemy!
At first, she considered trying to swim away, but she knew the shark might be too fast. In a panic she thought, “What should I do? How can I defend myself?”
Choice #1 pg 5�Try to swim away quickly
Puff up quickly and use spines
Choice #1
Polly the pufferfish knew she had to swim like her life depended on it because it did. She tried swimming quickly and in varying directions to lose the shark. Polly spots a large rock covered in sea anemones and hides behind it. Just as she takes a deep breath thinking she is safe, the shark appears.
The shark swallows her up in one bite. Polly the pufferfish is no more and the shark had a nice tasty meal.
The end.
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Choice #2
The tiger shark swam closer. Frightened, Polly had only a moment to think. She inflated her body quickly, and her needle-sharp, prickly spines shined in the water.
“What is that?” the shark thought. “What is all over its body?”
Polly knew she looked intimidating to the tiger shark with her prickly spines.
Still the shark came closer. One of Polly’s sharp spines left a tiny, red spot of blood on the shark’s nose. The shark pulled back, surprised.
“Ouch that hurt! I don’t want to eat that thing,” The shark thought to himself. The shark turned around, looking back at the coral reef for something else to eat. Slowly, he swam away.
Relief washed over Polly’s body. She felt proud of her sharp spines. Polly was safe!
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