Oannes was a mythical being from the Persian Gulf who taught mankind wisdom.He had the body of a fish with a man underneath. It is said he would rise out of the waters in the daytime and teach people writing, arts and science.

Help Oannes find his way to the shore.

Cut out different body parts from people and animals in photos in today’s newspaper. Combine these in new ways to make a new creature. Give your creature a name and write a story about it.

A popular coffee company uses a mermaid in its logo. Circle every other letter to discover which coffee company.

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tories of creatures that are part fish and part human have been told by people around the world for hundreds of years. Today, their stories are told in movies and their images decorate clothing, toys, bedding and more!

any people know the story of The Little Mermaid because of the Disney animated movie. The tale, first told by Hans Christian Anderson, is about a mermaid who risks her life to save a human prince. With the help of an evil witch, she trades her tongue for legs. In the original story, the prince does not marry the mermaid and she evaporates into sea foam!

Use the code to discover the city in Denmark where there is a famous statue of The Little Mermaid sitting on a rock in the harbor.

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In the summer of 1842, a report went out that there was proof that mermaids were real. What looked like a mummified creature was displayed at P.T. Barnum’s American Museum of Oddities for many years. Was it real? No. The dried skeleton was manmade by combining the skeletons of two animals. Unscram-ble the letters to find out which two.

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© 2020 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 36, No. 31

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Students extract and group information from text.

Words That Go TogetherLook through the newspaper and cut out 10 nouns. Then put the nouns into groups. Give each group a name. Can you group the nouns in different ways?

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