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Kangaroo Play Date
It is a nice sunny day. The kangaroos gather in the grass field with their joeys (baby kangaroos).
The very small joeys stay in their mothers' pouches. Some of the older ones hop out of their pouches to play with each other in the field.
"Oh no," says one of the kangaroos. "I hear it's going to rain tomorrow."
"What's the problem with that?" asks another kangaroo. "It's been very dry. The grass could use some rain."
"I know," says the first kangaroo. "But that means the kids will have to play inside all day!”
Where does this story take place? at a zoo in a grass field in a forest in a grass field
What is a joey? a baby kangaroo the mother kangaroo's name a fully grown male kangaroo a baby kangaroo
How do you know this story is make-believe? Kangaroos don't like grass fields. Animals can't really talk. Joeys don't play with each other. Animals can't really talk.
Joeys can't ever leave their mothers' pouches. True False It doesn't stay in the story. False
Why is one kangaroo happy about getting rain? The grass is very dry. She needs her fur washed. She has a new raincoat to wear. The grass is very dry.
When the kangaroo says the kids will have to play inside, where is inside? inside a cave inside a hole in the field inside her pouch inside her pouch