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 Brain Teasers
1) This riddle must be done IN YOUR HEAD and NOT
using paper and a pen. Try it!
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000.Now
add 30. And another 1000.
Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add
10.What is the total?
2) You're driving a bus that is leaving on a trip from
Pennsylvania and ending in New York. To start off
with, there were 32 passengers on the bus. At the
next bus stop, 11 people get off and 9 people get
on. At the next bus stop, 2 people get off and 2
people get on. At the next bus stop, 12 people get
on and 16 people get off. At the next bus stop, 5
people get on and 3 people get off. Question:
What color are the bus driver's eyes?
3) What is so fragile that when you say its name you
break it?
4) What object has keys that open no locks, space but
no room, and you can enter but not go in?
5) It has no top or bottom but it can hold flesh, bones
and blood all at the same time. What is this object?
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have counted 64 coats, but those are
only the coats that were in Mrs.
McManus’s room. You can donate
coats in Symmes Lobby or in Mrs.
McManus room (S101). We don’t
except coats with broken zippers,
permanent stains or holes. Keep
donating coats for those who are
unfortunate and remember there will
be a BIG prize awarded!
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Sneak Peak 3

This is a sneak peak of the story “The 4

Everyday Life of Gran Gran”, the rest of 5 6

the story will be released in the next edition. 7 8

Gran Gran is an elderly woman who

lives with her husband, Gramps
9 10

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and her pet squirrel Skippy. They 12

live on the west side of cookie 13

village. Gran Gran seems like a

sweet old lady but your way off! 14

Gran Gran is really a secret agentAcross Down

with her sidekick Super Squirrel
(Skippy)! Now About Skippy, he is 3
a little squirrel with huge Buck
Teeth That are uneven, and
Skippy who is very hyper also
has some issues. For instance he
attacks at anyone who isn’t his
owner without warning. That’s
what makes him such a great
sidekick.
By: Ben L.
2 These insects often pollinate trees. 1 These gather
A building material that comes
sunlight to make food for trees.
from trees. 2 Flowers just before
they open.
4 This can grow into a new tree.
3 Trees soak this up
5 Apples, oranges, or bananas.
through their roots.
7 The part of a tree that attaches it
6 A colorful part of
to the ground and soaks up water.
some trees that later makes
9 Where the seed of a pine tree is. seeds or fruit.
11 The skin of trees. 8 The sticky liquid
13 The thick part of a tree. inside a tree.
14 Trees need this to make food. 10 The leaves of a pine
tree.
11 The part of a tree
where leaves are.
12 The leaf of a flower.