E AT Y OUR R OCKS, C ROC !
Dr. Gl ider’s Advice for Troubled Animals
WRITTEN BY JESS KEATING
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR PETE OSWALD
E AT Y OUR R OCKS, C ROC !
Dr. Gl ider’s Advice for Troubled Animals
WRITTEN BY JESS KEATING
ILLUSTRATED BY PETE OSWALD
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My name is Dr. Gl ider, and if you’ve got a problem, I can help!
To Chris and Martin Kratt, for al l the adventures. —J. K.
For Anders. —P. O.
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Sugar gl iders l ike me are nocturnal, but now that I’m a doctor, I help patients day and night! Ready to rol l? Let’s go!
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DR. GLIDER! My mom is already expecting me to be up and running across the plains. Can you tel l her to CHILL? Those cheetahs get to lounge in their den al l day. It’s not FAIR!
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Sorry, Wi l l, but your mom is right. The savanna is ful l of hungry animals. You want to eat breakfast, not BE breakfast, right? Get movin’!
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Thank goodness you’re here! I’ve been getting HEADACHES for weeks, and I can’t stay awake for my morning yoga. HELP!
Tal ia, you are nocturnal . Skip the yoga and try some late-night stargazing instead!
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I’m so glad you’re here, doc! I’m STARVING! There may be plenty of fish in the sea, but they’re so hard to catch. Why am I so bad at hunting? I’m so hungry, I could faint!
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CHIN UP, AL! I’ve got some great news:
You don’t need to hunt. You just need to find the nearest girl anglerfish and BITE HER! Trust me— you won’t bel ieve what happens next.
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Dr. Gl ider, I am desperate. My brother is missing! He went out yesterday and didn’t come back. Now the ants keep marching by and they look very gui lty. I think they KIDNAPPED him!
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Sorry, Astrid, but I spotted some ants a few trees away and I think you’re
right: He’s been APHID-NAPPED! But don’t worry, ants treat their pets very wel l !
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Hi, Doctor. There’s a fami ly of humans that l ives beside my pond, and no matter how much I hide, they are always trying
TO CATCH ME! I am feel ing seriously helpless.
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Oh, Patrick. You may be cute, but you are far from helpless! Why haven’t you used your secret weapon on them yet? You’ve got venom up your sleeve! (Or rather, your paw.)
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Help me, Dr. Gl ider. My stomach is ki l l ing me! I eat al l the same food as my fami ly, but I’m the only one that feels sick. WHAT’S WRONG WITH ME?
Carl, sounds to me l ike you need to eat more sol id food. Are you eating ROCKS? A rock a day keeps the doctor away!
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Welcome to the shal lows, Dr. G! See these strange fish stuck to my bel ly? I can’t get rid of them. I zig, they zig. I zag, they zag! What’s a shark got to do to get some alone time?
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Si l ly shark. You shouldn’t be trying to outswim your bel ly- buddies, you should be thanking them. They’re your mobi le CLEANING SQUAD!
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I’m so glad you flew by, Doc. My fami ly is always flying, flying, FLYING! I don’t want to ruffle any feathers, but if I don’t get some sleep soon, I’m
going to crash! What do I do?!
Your bird brain is wel l equipped for some shut-eye in the sky, Freddie. Catch some zzz’s above the high seas!
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EEK! Dr. Gl ider! What’s making these creepy sounds in the water? I hate to be a scaredy-kri l l, but I can hear them al l day and night. Do you think I’m being HAUNTED?
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LOOK OUT, KRISTY! You’re being HUNTED, not haunted. Whenever you hear that eerie music, just keep swimming. You know what they say: Where there’s a whale, there’s a way . . . TO BE EATEN!
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GLIDER! These rats spend al l day skittering up my vines and chattering in my leaves. They look very hungry and . . . they’re stressing me out!
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Are you kidding me, Penelope? You don’t need to be scared of them eating you. You can catch them to shut them up. Don’t worry, be TRAPPY!
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I final ly worked up the courage to ask out a girl . We were having a great time, but she gave me this WEIRD LOOK al l night. Did I do something wrong?
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Yikes, Percy! Don’t ask her out again—she wants to eat you for dinner. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!
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Dr. Gl ider! Look what we found!
Is it sti l l al ive? It looks TASTY!
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You kids have found a frozen wood frog! Yes, he’s al ive, but I wouldn’t eat him. He’l l give you a case of BRAIN FREEZE that would be un-FROG-ettable!
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Thanks for swimming by, Dr. Gl ider! I need help with dinner. I get cuts and scrapes on my snout, and it HURTS SO MUCH! Any tips for a safer schnozz at mealtime?
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Daphne, a simple sponge wi l l protect that poor nose. Meals wi l l be a lot less painful now!
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DR. GLIDER! I’m going BANANAS! My termite casserole is in the oven, I’ve got an entire burrow to clean, eight chi ldren to feed, and predators to watch for. Can you help me final ly get some rest? 30
Oh, my dear mama! Have you lost your meerkat marbles? You are a woman in charge! YOU run the show. Cal l home right now and get your fami ly to help out. You’re a queen, Myrtle—START ACTING LIKE IT!
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See you next time!
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