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the Wonder Dog

TheAdventures of

Terry the Turtleand Gracie

Laurie Dent-Cleveland, AuthorLenore Doyle, Publication Design

Lori Heckman, Illustrator

George Crawford,Earthquake Program Manager

Barbara Everette Thurman,Public Education Coordinator

Copyright © 2001Washington State Military Department

Emergency Management DivisionAll rights reserved

Grades K-2

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Not so far off from the townof Shakeyville lived Graciethe Wonder Dog and herbrother George.

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Shakeyville had a Mayor namedTerry the Turtle.

Mayor Terry wanted every citizenof Shakeyville to beready in case anearthquakehappened.

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Gracie and George had a friend namedAbbey who lived next door.

Nala lived across the street from Abbey.

The four of them made up theShakeyville Seismic Patrol.

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Gracie the Wonder Dog, George, Abbey andNala care about what happens to the peoplein Shakeyville. They help teach students aboutEarthquake Preparedness.

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One cold, crisp day Gracie and the Seismic Patrolwent to the Shakeyville Elementary School.

“Good morning everyone!” said Gracie. “We arehere today to teach you all how to be safewhen we have an earthquake in Shakeyville.”

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Gracie told the students not to be scared of anearthquake. There was a lot they could do tomake their classroom safe.

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Abbey told the students to turn their desksaway from the windows.

Nala talked about tying things down,like computers, TVs and heavy objectsthat could fall and hurt them.

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Gracie asked Mrs. Hillary to remove all the bigboxes that were up on the shelves so theywouldn’t fall down on the students. Mrs. Hillarybegan making changes to the classroom rightaway. All the students helped, except Wellington.He just sat in the chair and watched.

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The boys and girls in Mrs. Hillary’s class paidvery close attention to the Seismic Patrol.

“Drop, Cover and Hold” are the keywords in earthquake preparedness,” Graciesaid. “If the earth started to shake while youare in your classroom, “Drop, Cover andHold under your desk or table.”

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Gracie continued, “Students,watch as Nala teaches youhow to “Drop, Cover andHold.”

Nala listened for Gracie tostart the earthquake drill bysaying, “Earthquake!Drop, Cover and Hold!”

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As soon as Nala heard the words, shegot under the desk, covered her head,and held on to the leg of the desk sothe desk wouldn’t move away from her.

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Gracie liked the way Scooter was tucked niceand tight under his desk.

Suddenly, Gracie saw a little boy in the backwho didn’t want to practice. His name wasWellington.

Gracie asked the students if they would liketo practice the earthquake drill and “Drop,Cover and Hold.”

They were excited to practice, becausenow they knew they would be safe whenthe ground started shaking.

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Gracie went to the back of the room andasked, “Wellington, why didn’t you practicethe earthquake drill?”

Wellington answered, “I don’t want to!We’re never going to have an earthquake!”

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Gracie said, “Wellington, I hope you arenever in an earthquake because you are notprepared. Abbey, Nala and I are very sorryyou didn’t practice with the other students.”

Gracie and the Seismic Patrol ended theirlesson with the students.

As she was leaving the classroom, Gracieexclaimed, “Remember, if the ground startsto shake, “Drop, Cover and Hold.”

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Two months later, the earth started to shake.Gracie and her team were in the doghousewaking up from a nap.

“What’s happening?” George asked.

Gracie hopped up off the ground and yelled,“Earthquake!”

She called out, “Drop, Cover and Hold!”

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It wasn’t a moment later when her phonestarted to bark. Gracie picked up the phoneand Mayor Terry the Turtle was on the line.

“Gracie, we need your help!” exclaimed MayorTerry. “We’ve just had an earthquake inShakeyville. We need you and the Seismic Patrolto go over to the Shakeyville Elementary Schooland check on the students. Please make sure noone has been hurt.”

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Gracie and her team put on their safetysuits and flew over to the school.

“There’s the school!” Nala yelled.

“I see it!” replied Abbey.

“From the sky, the school looks okay,”said George.

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Once Gracie and the Seismic Patrol werein the school, they went to each room inthe school.

“Nala and Abbey, you take the rooms on thatside of the hallway, “Gracie ordered.

“George and I will take the rooms onthis side!”

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As Gracie and George went through thebuilding, they could tell the students ofShakeyville Elementary were well prepared.

Students had dropped under their desks forprotection, covered their heads and held onto the legs of their desks. They also hadprepared their own disaster kits.

Gracie and George were especiallyinterested to see Mrs. Hillary’s class.

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Mrs. Hillary greeted Gracie and George.

“Oh Gracie and George, we’re so glad you’rehere! Wellington has a bump on his head from abook that fell off the bookshelf. He didn’t listento you when you were here and now I’m afraidhe’s hurt. He never brought a disaster kit toschool, so he doesn’t have any food or water.Can you help him?”

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“Yes, we can help him!” Gracie said.

Gracie sat down on the floor by Wellington,opened up the Disaster Kit she carried onher back, took out a band-aid and coveredWellington’s wound.

“Now, you should feel better,” Gracie saidwhile patting his head.

“Oh Wellington, you should have listened.”

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Wellington was very sorry. “Gracie,” hesaid, “I’m sorry I didn’t listen the firsttime. I’m sorry that I said those things toyou when you were here teaching ushow to be safe if an earthquakehappened. I wish I had listened. I’velearned my lesson. I’ll be earthquake safethe next time the ground shakes!”

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Just then, Nala and Abbey walked intoMrs. Hillary’s classroom. “All the students atShakeyville Elementary School are fine!”Abbey exclaimed.

Gracie and the Seismic Patrol started towalk out the door when Mrs. Hillary’s classyelled, “Thank you, Gracie! Thank you,George! Thank you, Nala! Thank you,Abbey!’

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As the Seismic Patrol flew up intothe sky, the students in Mrs. Hillary’sclass waved goodbye and cheered!

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Smiling from ear to ear, theSeismic Patrol flew back hometo the doghouse to take theirmuch-needed naps.

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While the Seismic Patrol was sleeping,Gracie’s phone started to bark.Gracie raised an eyebrow and smiled.

“Well team, looks like the Mayorneeds our help again. Let’s get going....”

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