Latin America Special Issue
Page
96
Words by
Libby Foulds, age 6
Pictures by
Dean Song, age 8
Translation by
Victor Manuel Alva Coras
Narration by
Dimitris Potusa
You can read this story in
Spanish
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I wake in the Peruvian rainforest.
I’m black and yellow.
I run as fast as the wind blows.
My footprints are as deep as ice.
I’m waiting for my lunch.
Perhaps it will be a little deer today.
I wonder what’s ahead?
No one knows there’s a mighty jaguar in this forest.
I leap across the river.
I make a wish that no hunters will steal me or my friends.
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Libby has written a story from the point of view of a jaguar. What other big cats might you find in the region? Make a list.
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Create a set of trading cards of big cats in the Americas. Include a drawing of each cat with the information you have gathered. Trade cards with your friends!
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