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    Pip in the Pit
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    Pip in the Pit

    Pip looks in a pit and sees a fin. A fin? In a pit? What is it?

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    Pippitfinlipdipbigdidin
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    Pip peers over the edge of a sandy pit.
    Page 1

    Pip is at the pit.

    The pit is big.

    Pip sits at the lip.

    Pip can see in.

    A fish-like fin sticks up out of the sand inside the pit.
    Page 2

    Pip can see a fin.

    A fin in a pit?

    Did a fish dip in?

    Did the wind tip it in?

    The sand shifts and a small lizard pops up where the fin was.
    Page 3

    It is not a fish.

    It is not a fin.

    It is a lid — a fin lid!

    What can it be?

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    Weird fact (for the grown-up)

    Some desert lizards swim through sand like it’s water — scientists call it “sand swimming.” The spiky bit on their back can look just like a fin.

    Parent / teacher prompt

    Ask: what would you do if you saw a fin in a sand pit? Draw what you think is hiding under the sand.

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