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Book 39
Mother
Sea Turtle
by Jane Bingley
illustrated by Sam Tomasello
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Mother Sea Turtle
Author: Jane Bingley
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Mother Sea Turtle
swims to the beach.
Then she crawls up
on the sand.
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Mother Sea Turtle
picks a good spot
to dig a hole.
She digs and digs
in the sand.
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Mother Sea Turtle
has big f lippers.
Her f lippers are good
for digging.
l llpper
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Mother Sea Turtle
digs a deep hole.
The hole is for her eggs.
She lays many eggs
in the hole.
Then she fills the hole
with sand.
Her eggs are safe
under the sand.
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Mother Sea Turtle
crawls back to the sea.
Then she swims away.
Her big f lippers are
good for swimming, too.
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The eggs sit
under the warm sand.
Baby turtles grow
inside the eggs.
One by one, baby turtles
come out of their shells.
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The baby turtles
dig out of the sand.
Their little f lippers
are good for digging.
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The baby turtles
crawl to the sea.
Then they swim away.
Their little f lippers
are good for swimming, too.
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