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The Mysterious Colossal Squid
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A Short Reader

Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 3 to 4
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	4.38

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		colossal, copyright, kraken, qualfies, squid, original, biologist, natural, based, made-up, rarely, whales, caption, general, frighten, certain
	content words:		New Zealand, New Zealand Ministry

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The Mysterious Colossal Squid By Mary Lynn Bushong

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¹     Caption: This colossal squid was caught by New Zealand fishermen in 2007. Original copyright for this image belongs to the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries. It is believed that the use of this image qualfies as fair use under U.S. copyright law. No other free image is available to show the size, shape, and natural color of this animal.
 
²     "I'm going to be one of the greatest fishermen in the world some day," announced Rafe as he speared a piece of grilled salmon with his fork.
 
³     "Oh," asked Dad, "what's this sudden interest in fishing?"
 
⁴     "Don't fishermen know all about fish?" asked Rafe.
 
⁵     "They know a lot about fish in general and some about certain fish," said Dad.

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