The Fun Club Goes
to the Aquarium
by Jane Shaffer
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Level K The Fun Club Series
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The Fun Club Goes
to the Aquarium
by Jane Shaffer
Dana Miss Dimple Keb Rich
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Miss Dimple wanted to take the
Fun Club to the beach, but it was too
cold and wet.
“I have an idea,” Miss Dimple said.
“Let’s go to the aquarium.”
“Is an aquarium a place to see fish?”
Rich asked.
“You’ll see fish,” Miss Dimple said,
“and a lot more!”
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The first animals they saw were harbor “Look at their f lippers,” Rich said.
seals. Some of the seals were swimming and “They look like my swim fins.”
diving. Other seals lay on rocks. “Those f lippers are like swim fins,”
“Seals aren’t fish,” Dana said. “They are Miss Dimple said. “They help seals swim.”
mammals. I can see their hair!”
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They stopped next at a big tank. “Those tails are called tentacles,” Miss
Keb read the label. “‘Sea Jellies.’ They do Dimple said. “Tentacles help jellies catch food.
look like jelly!” he said. And some tentacles can sting. The sting helps
“They are just blobs with long tails,” keep jellies safe.”
Rich said. “They don’t even have bones!”
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The next tanks had sea dragons in them. Dana read the label. “Sea dragons are a kind
“First we see jellies, and now dragons! of fish!” she said.
Where are the fish?” Rich asked. Keb watched the animals wave in the water.
“They look more like seaweed than fish!” he said.
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Next, Miss Dimple led them to a very big
tank. It was three stories tall! They saw sharks
and sea turtles and eels. Small fish darted in
and out of caves in a reef at the bottom of
the tank.
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“The tank is so big,” said Rich. “Where
does all the water come from?”
A man heard his question. “Pipes bring
water from the sea,” he said. “Seawater gets
pumped through the tanks each day.”
“Do you work here?” asked Miss Dimple.
“Yes,” the man said. “My name is Stan.
And I love to tell people about the aquarium.”
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Rich looked in another tank. He saw a
diver. “Look!” he said. “A diver is swimming
with a sea turtle! What a great job!”
“It’s a big job,” Stan said. “Divers care for
the plants and animals in the tanks. They help
keep the tanks clean, too.”
“What other jobs do people do for the
aquarium?” Dana asked.
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“Some people collect plants and animals “Some workers feed the animals. And people
for the tanks. Others make sure the plants and have to keep all these tanks working well.”
animals stay well. We have a hospital where “What do you do?” Dana asked.
we care for hurt or sick animals.” “I’ll show you,” Stan said.
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He took them to a tide pool. “I made “No,” said Stan. “We leave real rocks and
this,” he said. reefs in the ocean for the plants and animals
“I love tide pools!” Keb said. “Look at the that live there. We made these rocks the size
starfish! Look at the crabs!” and shape we needed. And they are easy to
“Are those rocks real?” Rich asked. clean and move.”
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“Look inside the cracks in the rocks,” “Many animals live in tide pools,” Stan
Dana said. “Some animals are hiding in them!” said. “But a tide pool is not an easy place
to live. The sea comes in and goes out twice
a day. Sometimes water covers the animals.
Sometimes the sun bakes them. Big waves can
wash animals away. Birds can come and eat
them. People sometimes take animals away
from tide pools, too.”
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“I have to take you away from this Miss Dimple said, “If the sun comes out
tide pool,” Miss Dimple said. “It’s time to tomorrow we can go to the beach. And if
go home now.” it doesn’t . . .”
They all thanked Stan, who asked them
to come back any time.
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“We can come back to the aquarium!” they said.
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