Billy was getting excited. It was the day of the circus! Billy loved the circus. It was so much fun! At eight ____ Billy and his parents arrived at the huge red and ____ striped tent called ‘The Big Top’. The Ringmaster shouted with his huge booming voice, “Good evening ladies and gentlemen!” Then, the lights went up to the top of the tent and Billy saw a man dressed in sparkly clothes balancing on a huge swing. He flew through the ____. “Ooooo!” shouted the people every time he flew by. It was very, very exciting. Next, a door opened and the ____ bounced into the ring. There were ____ of them all looking huge, fierce, and dangerous. The man in the middle was the lion tamer. Billy watched as he put his head in the biggest lion’s mouth. “Ooooo!” shouted the people in horror and amazement. After the lions came the ____. They were wearing brightly colored clothes. They had red ____, painted faces, and funny green hair. They fell over, told lots of jokes, and did very silly things. “Ha, ha, ha!” laughed the people and Billy laughed too. Little Red Riding ____ lived in the forst with her mother. One day Little Red Riding Hood went to visit her Granny. She had a nice cake in her basket. On her way, Little Red Riding Hood met a ____. “Hello! Where are you going?" said the wolf. Little Red Riding hood replied, “I’m going to see my ____. She lives in a house behind those trees.” The wolf ran to Granny’s house and ate Granny up. He got into Granny’s bed. A little later, Little Red Riding Hood finally reached the house. She noticed something very ____ about Granny. She had huge eyes, big ears, and sharp ____. Little Red Riding hood was scared! A woodcutter was in the forest. He heard a loud ____ and ran to the house. The woodcutter hit the wolf over the head. The wolf opened his mouth wide and ____ jumped out. The wolf ran away and Little Red Riding Hood never saw the wolf again. Animal shelters have offered children and ____ general education about animals for over 50 years. In the past few decades, though, more programs like PAWS have been popping up. PAWS teaches children and teens through special summer events, camps, and ____. Many parents and shelter staff say the programs help create a better sense of ____ and compassion for animals. For example, John and Lucas love hanging out with dogs, ____, and bunnies. They enrolled in the PAWS program. This program is for 5- to 13-year-olds and takes place at the San Diego Humane Society. Lucas and John learned to ask ____ to pet a dog, read its body language, and stroke it gently on the ____. They also learned to interact safely and gently with small mammals like ____. Gamers, have you ever noticed that you're the first person to spot animals at the ____ Or if someone drops ____ on the ground, you know exactly where every piece landed? That may be because you play video games. Research has shown people who play video games such as ____ or "Rocket League" have higher visual skills. This means they can keep track of ____ moving objects at once. They might even see things in the fog or ____ that others cannot. It's one of the many benefits researchers have discovered about playing video games. You might know people who think video games are a waste of ____ or a negative force in your life. It might be worth showing them what the latest ____ has to say. Frozen treats have existed for centuries. But none of them had a stick ____ until 1905. That's the year when Frank Epperson, an ____ boy from California, mixed a fruit-flavored soda powder with water in a glass. He stirred it with a wooden stick and took it out onto the ____. He drank only a few sips before he set it down and forgot it. The weather turned cold, and the next ____, he discovered his flavored drink was ____ solid with the stick in it. He pulled the stick out of the glass and licked the ____ attached to it. Yum! He called it an "Epsicle," short for "Epperson's icicle."

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