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Fun Facts About Fireflies
Yeti goes back to googling. ‘What’s more magical than a firefly light show on a warm summer night? Just remember that if you catch fireflies, you can keep them in a jar (with a lid punched to let in air and a moistened paper towel on the bottom) for only a day or two before you need to set them free. • There are more than…
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How to Find and Catch Fireflies
Back at Tiffi’s house she is still searching for more information that she can share with her friends. Aha! This might be the best article yet! ‘While fireflies are fairly widespread in North America, they’re far more prevalent in the eastern part of the country. The closer you get to the Rocky Mountains, the rarer they…
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Firefly Facts to Wow the Kids
Before closing her computer her eye catches one more article. ‘Fireflies don’t really need help being more interesting — they are bugs that light up! — but the more you learn about them, the more fascinating they become. Here are a few fun facts to wow the family: • Fireflies blink for the same reason that songbirds sing —…
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Tonight they are going to look for lightning bugs
Time moves fast and it’s now Saturday. Tiffi finally gets some text messages that the players need her help. Yippee! It doesn’t take her long to help them and then she heads out to meet those that are going to join her for dinner. She meets up with Jelly Queen, Red Rabbit, Misty and Olivia and they all enjoy a fun dinner…
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How to Keep Fireflies Alive
It doesn’t take Chewy and Yeti a long time to catch some. Both of them are amazed at how many flashing lights they can see. Looks like they picked a good night to find them. Yeti shares what he found out about the name and why some call it lightning bugs and others call it fireflies. Tiffi needs to find out how long they…
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Let’s have a pool party!
The weather in Candy Town has been very hot. Tiffi is happy that the players haven’t needed her help as much as they do in the winter. She wants to do things with her friends but if it’s this hot what can they do? Tiffi goes back to her summer bucket list to look for ideas of what they can do this summer. So far they all…
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Things to do before summer ends
Tiffi decides to look online for summer time and pool party ideas. Her phone rings and it’s Jenny calling. “Hi Tiffi, how are things on your end?” asks Jenny. I’m on the way to Candy Town to spend some time with my uncle. I’m going to spend a couple of weeks there so let’s plan some fun things.” Tiffi gets all excited and…
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Tiffi finds more summer fun ideas
‘Float the river - There's a reason every water park in the country has a "lazy river." Whether you live near the Guadalupe in Texas, the Truckee in Nevada, or the Shenandoah in West Virginia, grab your tube (and your cooler, of course), and spend the day living by the motto "it's not the destination, it's the journey."…
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Let's go to the zoo!
Bright and early the next morning Tiffi meets up with Jenny and Yeti for breakfast. While they are waiting for their food Yeti takes out a map of the zoo that he found online. The girls get very excited. Once they finish breakfast the three of them head on over to the zoo. Yeti pays the entrance admission and he opens the…
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The girls are enjoying the zoo
Enough reading! Time to check out all the animals. Tiffi has never been to a zoo before so she didn’t realize how large it can be or how much she has to walk. After a couple of hours they stopped to get a drink and a snack. They continued looking at everything. The day goes fast and they finally get to the last animal. The…
