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Did unicorns ever exist? Explore the mystery on today’s puzzling Kid Scoop News page!
or thousands of years, people all over the world have told stories about a magical,
mysterious one-horned animal: the unicorn. In some of these stories, unicorns were huge, and in others, they were tiny and playful. Some were pure white; others had
Standards Link: Literary Analysis: Students understand the origin of legends. brave. Others were peaceful. Some people think that unicorn stories started from sightings of a one-horned rhinoceros or a gazelle in profile. horns and bodies of many colors. Some were fierce and
Cut out these boxes. Put them together in the correct order and color the unicorn.
The unicorn is usually described as an ideal being, possessing qualities people admire. While the animal does not exist, the qualities do. Each unicorn below has a puzzle piece in its mouth. Match each piece with an identical piece that contains a word describing a unicorn quality.
Several hundred years ago, people sold mysterious horns that were said to be unicorn horns. These horns were straight; most animal horns are curved. Some were more than seven feet long and had spirals running down the entire length. Today, we know that many of those horns were from a shy sea animal called a narwhal . Cut out and assemble the puzzle pieces to learn a surprising fact about these “unicorns of the sea.”
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have features that help in survival.
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