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CHAPTER VII

THE ARRIVAL OF SONGBIRD

"So you've made some enemies as well as some friends, eh?" remarked Songbird Powell, after he had been registered, taken up to his room, and had listened to what the Rover boys had to tell. "No use of talking, it doesn't take you fellows long to stir things up!"

"You said you had a surprise for us, Songbird," returned Tom. "I'm dying by inches to know what it is."

"Maybe it's a new poem," put in Sam with a grimace at his brothers.

"I've got a poem--several of them, in fact," answered Songbird, "but I didn't have those in mind when I spoke. Who do you suppose I met yesterday morning, in Ithaca, while I was waiting for the train?"

"Dora Stanhope and the Lanings," answered Tom promptly.

"No. Tad Sobber."

"Tad Sobber!" exclaimed the Rover boys in concert.

"Songbird, are you sure of it?" demanded Dick.

"Sure? Wasn't I talking to him!"

"But--but--I thought he was lost in that hurricane, when the _Josephine_ was wrecked."

"No. It seems he escaped to a vessel bound for England; but his uncle, Sid Merrick, was lost, and so were most of the others. Sobber just got back from England--came in on one of the ocean liners, so he told me."

"How did he act?" asked Tom.

"Where was he going?" added Sam.

"Did he seem to have any money?" came from Dick.

All of the Rovers were intensely interested, and showed it plainly.

"Say, one question at a time, please!" cried Songbird, "You put me in mind of a song I once wrote about a little boy:
1. what did Dick ask?
2. Who did Tom think Songbird had seen?
3. was it them?
4. who was it?
5. what did the boys think had happened to him?
6. who had been lost
7. was he the only one?
8. Had the boys only made enemies?
9. what else?
10. what did Sam think Songbird's surprise was?
11. did he have any?
12. was that his surprise?
13. what ship had wrecked?
14. was Sid Merrick Sobber's grandfather?
15. was he a relative?
16. what relationship?
17. were the Rover boys bored by the descussion?
18. how did thye feel?
19. what was Songbird reminded of
20. about?

Numbered answers:
1. if Songbird was sure
2. Dora Stanhope and the Lanings
3. no
4. Tad Sobber
5. that he was lost in a hurricane
6. Sid Merrick
7. no
8. no
9. some friends
10. a new poem
11. yes
12. no
13. Josephine
14. no
15. yes
16. uncle
17. no
18. intensely interested
19. a song
20. a little boy:

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When reindeer are done with the holiday season, people often wonder what they do during their time off. Well, reindeer are pretty good at taking a vacation during down time. Reindeer of any age are always in a hurry for their own holidays!

Rudolph is the most famous reindeer, and he has been known to ride foam noodles in the pool. He loves to get wet and splash around! Comet has a more quiet time during his vacation. You'll often see him looking in the fridge for his favorite cooking ingredient, cheese. He is a great cook and likes to make cheese pizza. Cupid is pretty good at reindeer games, and he is always on the winning team during vacation time. He is always signing up for games all summer long. Donner loves to fly and ride the wind, even in his off time. He is always practicing. That's why he is the best at flying.

So, that's what some of the reindeer do in their time off. If you happen to see any reindeer doing funny things, they are on vacation!
1. Who was the most famous reindeer?
2. What does he like to ride?
3. Where?
4. Who is the best flyer?
5. What does he ride?
6. Who is quiet?
7. What is he searching for?
8. Why?
9. Who is the winner?
10. What does he sign up for?
11. What are the reindeer doing?
12. What is funny?

Numbered answers:
1. Rudolph
2. foam noodles
3. in the pool
4. Donner
5. the wind
6. Comet
7. cheese.
8. to make cheese pizza
9. Cupid
10. games
11. they are on vacation
12. reindeer

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(CNN) -- Here's what I want for Father's Day: I want my children to develop a passion for science. I've decided to grease the wheels. I've called the best for advice.

His name is Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University. He's getting kids engaged at his World Science Festival. He has even written a children's book based on relativity, "Icarus at the Edge of Time."

Icarus was the boy in the ancient Greek myth whose father crafted him wings of wax. The father warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun. Icarus ignored him. His wax wings melted, and he died.

Greene's reincarnation of Icarus was born on a space ship -- part of a community of explorers on a 25-trillion mile search for life on another planet. He is 14, which gets my attention, because it's about the same age as my oldest daughter.

The length of the spaceship's journey means Icarus must live his whole life within the confines of that ship. "But," writes Brian Greene, the boy "had a palpable yearning for something beyond the life he'd been handed." One day the ship's captain, Icarus' father, announces: "We are making an emergency course diversion to avoid an uncharted black hole."

Icarus has built his own small spacecraft. He has done the calculations. He ignores his father's warning. He sets out to approach the black hole, to get within "a hairsbreadth above the point of no return."

He miscalculates ever so slightly and is thrust 10,000 years into the future. He is found by a new generation and is briefed on the long history he just missed, including the fact that the universe was now, as a result of the mission his father commanded, in an era of interstellar cooperation and lasting peace.
1. who is the article about?
2. what is his profession
3. where does he teach?
4. what does he want for fathers day
5. what is his festival called?
6. Has he written anything?
7. what?
8. what is it called?
9. who is Icarus?
10. how old is he in the story?
11. where is he living?
12. who is driving the ship?
13. what does his father announce?
14. Does he listen to his father?
15. what does he use?
16. did he build it?
17. does his plan work?
18. what happens?
19. how far does he travel ahead?
20. is he found?
Numbered answers:
1. Brian Greene,
2. physics and mathematics
3. Columbia University
4. his children to develop a passion for science.
5. World Science Festival.
6. yes
7. a children's book
8. Icarus at the Edge of Time."
9. a boy
10. 14
11. a space ship
12. Icarus
13. We are making an emergency course diversion to avoid an uncharted black hole
14. no
15. his own small spacecraft.
16. yes
17. no
18. He miscalculates
19. 10,000 years into the future
20. yes