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• Hares are bigger than rabbits

• Hares and rabbits are not the same.

• Rabbits live together in burrows.

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• The ice cream cone was invented in 1904.

• They ran out of ice cream at the World's fair.

• Ice cream is a yummy treat.

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• Roller coasters stop at the end of the track.

• Some kinds of roller coasters use magnets to make them stop.

• Roller coasters are fun.

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• Julia Butterfly Hill lived in a giant Redwood tree for two years to keep it from being cut down.

• The logging company did not cut down the tree.

• The tree was in Northern California.

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• Each class gets 500 eggs.

• School children in Washington State are raising salmon.

• The salmon are released into streams and rivers.