Ants In My Bed

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summer

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spent the summer with my great-grandmother

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cedar shakes

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lived in a large, gray cedar shakes house

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window

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window faced the ocean

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against

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waves breaking against the shore

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exploring

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spent the first few weeks exploring

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horseshoe

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saving the lives of some horseshoe crabs

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tourists

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streets were crowded with tourists

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usually

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usually dropped by in the morning

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chores

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helped Gram with chores around the house

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vacuum

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use her vacuum to sweep up the cookie crumbs

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scooted

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scooted my bed closer to the window

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vowed

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vowed not to eat cookies in my room

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special

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different ways to make sand castles special

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varying

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used varying sizes of cup, buckets, shovels

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wondrous

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to create wondrous castles

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smooth

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smooth a flat surface

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gently

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gently tap the sand to form a base

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details

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added details by pressing wet sand together

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balconies

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smoothed into towers, balconies, and protective walls

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moat

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dug a deep moat, or ditch

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fancy designs

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dripped water to make fancy designs on the edges

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touch

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as final touch, added shells, driftwood, seaweed, and sea glass

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collected

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collected early in the morning

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treasures

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called the treasures "gifts"

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pieces

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pieces of metal or wood

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especially

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especially liked to find

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worn

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broken glass worn smooth

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brilliantly

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pieces of glass glowed brilliantly

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churned

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the low tide churned up the ocean

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overboard

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threw glass overboard from steamboats

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collected

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sort through what we had collected

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local

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asked for the local tide reports

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dismay

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much to my dismay

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destroyed

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waves destroyed my sand castles

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attraction

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tides are caused by the attraction of the sun and moon

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decorate

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new ways to decorate the castles

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terrific

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having a terrific summer

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problem

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had just one problem

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obstacle

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my bed was an obstacle in the ant's path

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creepy

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creepy, crawly ants skittering across me in the night

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smash

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didn't want to smash or stomp or spray the ants

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library

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went to the library and asked the librarian

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solution

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find a solution to my dilemma

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colonies

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ants live in colonies

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altogether

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altogether it takes 60 days

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variety

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ants eat a variety of food: insects, seeds, and nectar

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scissors

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jaws open and close like scissors

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touching

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communicate by touching each other

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softening

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ants carry the food after softening it with saliva

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discovered

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discovered they were finding crumbs on the floor

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window

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carrying the crumbs near the window

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confess

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needed to confess to Gram