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How baby flamingos become pink. These Caribbean flamingos are the brightest members of the flamingo family.

How baby flamingos become pink

They are unusual in many ways. Their curved bill is a specialist bit of equipment, containing a unique structure that filters algae and small crustaceans out of the water. And this bill is the key to their parenting strategy. Their chicks are born with straight bills, that can’t yet filter water to feed. So these bird parents produce milk. 11 Disturbing True Crime Stories You Can Read Tonight. Some of the most horrific true crime stories come from serial criminals—killers, rapists, arsonists.

11 Disturbing True Crime Stories You Can Read Tonight

But there are some crimes with behavior so bizarre, so unsettling, that they could prevent you from sleeping ever again. While many of these legendary tales get overshadowed by more infamous cases, these 11 terrible true crime cases of years past will remind you that horror comes in all different, terrible shapes and sizes. In February 1957, a college student stumbled upon the remains of a young boy in the woods of Philadelphia and reported his gruesome discovery to the police. 10 Crime Stories With Strange Coincidences. A coincidence is defined as a series of events and circumstances which seemingly have no apparent connection to each other, but wind up being related by pure chance.

10 Crime Stories With Strange Coincidences

Whenever a mysterious crime takes place, investigators will attempt to solve it by piecing together the events and circumstances surrounding the case. However, complications can ensue when a coincidence enters the picture. An investigation can be seriously hampered when one is forced to look into events which, at first glance, appear to be connected to the crime but turn out to be nothing more than a bizarre coincidence. In many of these cases, the coincidence had no direct connection to the crime but made for an interesting “story-within-a-story.” 10The Deaths Of Iqbal Al-Hilli And Her Secret Ex-Husband On September 5, 2012, a shocking mass murder took place near Chevaline, France. English Reading: English Texts for Beginners. Short Stories at East of the Web. A game of Scrabble has serious consequences. - Length: 4 pages - Age Rating: PG.

Short Stories at East of the Web

Reading Comprehension Worksheets. Free Reading Worksheets. Ereading Worksheets has the best reading worksheets on the internet, and they’re all free.

Free Reading Worksheets

These worksheets are skill focused and aligned to Common Core State Standards. You are free to save, edit, and print these worksheets for personal or classroom use. Many of these assignments can now be completed online. 3 Levels of Questions. 40 Excellent Short Stories For Middle School.

"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" Sherman Alexie The author's official home page.

"The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian"

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Unit plan: essential questions, 5-week timeline, daily lesson plans, related nonfiction articles, graphic organizers, final project, assessment rubrics. 20 pages; word processor required for access. Free Reading Worksheets. Learn language in context. The Petting Zoo by Peter de Niverville. Coasting forward, Johnson scanned the road looking for the turnoff.

The Petting Zoo by Peter de Niverville

About one hundred yards ahead, he saw a lane that intersected with the highway. Flicking on his turn signal, he shot a quick glance at his watch. If I don't find it in fifteen minutes, he promised himself, I'll turn back. Accelerating smoothly, he turned onto a well-paved secondary road with deep ditches on either side. "The Petting Zoo" by Peter de Niverville — Horror storytime with Otis Jiry. Short Stories. Collections. Online Reading Activities.

Vocabulary placement test – intermediate students. Have you tried our vocabulary placement test for elementary students, and it was too easy for you?

Vocabulary placement test – intermediate students

Have you scored close to 2000? Then this is the vocabulary test you should take. Here we test the words which belong between 2,000 and 5,000 most frequent words in English. Lamb to the slaughter. The Landlady. About this BritLit kit Billy Weaver, a young man visiting the City of Bath for the first time, is looking for accommodation.

The Landlady

He is inexplicably drawn to a house where the landlady seems to be expecting him. The house and the landlady seem friendly and welcoming, and he looks forward to staying there. 100 Great Short Stories. Short stories for EFL learners by Scott Lauder and Walter McGregor. The Hitchhiker: Reading Comprehension. As Andrea turned off the motorway onto the road to Brockbourne, the small village in which she lived, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, but already the sun was falling behind the hills.

The Hitchhiker: Reading Comprehension

At this time in December, it would be completely dark by five o'clock. Andrea shivered. The interior of the car was not cold, but the trees bending in the harsh wind and the patches of yesterday's snow still heaped in the fields made her feel chilly inside. It was another ten miles to the cottage where she lived with her husband Michael, and the dim light and wintry weather made her feel a little lonely.

She would have liked to listen to the radio, but it had been stolen from her car when it was parked outside her office in London about two weeks ago, and she had not got around to replacing it yet. Reading Comprehension Worksheets. Thank you for joining ReadWorks.org! Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl. LAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER by Roald Dahl. English Online - Articles in Easy Understandable English for Learners.