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It was a beautiful summer day in the country. A duck sat on her nest waiting for her ducklings to hatch. They were taking their time, and she was bored with waiting. Then one morning a shell cracked, then another, and another. From each cracked egg came “quack, quack” as big eyes looked out. Five little ducklings emerged.

But the largest egg did not crack. Mother Duck waited. An old duck came by to visit. “I have no doubts that’s a turkey egg,” the old duck said. “Take my advice and leave it. Go teach your duck-lings to swim.”

But Mother Duck waited, and finally the last egg broke. A crea-ture crept from the shell crying, “Peep, peep!” Mother Duck stud-ied this large, ugly thing and wondered if it was a turkey.

The next day Mother Duck took her brood to the river. In they jumped, and the water covered their heads until, one after another, up they popped and swam about with no trouble. The Ugly Duck-ling swam too, and Mother Duck thought perhaps he was not so ugly after all.

Afterward she led the ducklings to the farmyard to introduce them to the others. She showed them how to walk -- toes turned in, feet spread wide, necks bent. “Be careful of the cat,” she warned. “And bow to the oldest duck with the red flag tied to her leg. She has Spanish blood and is very important.”

The ducklings did as their mother instructed, but the Spanish duck glared at the Ugly Duckling. “We don’t want that one here!” she sneered.

“He’s not pretty,” Mother Duck said, “but he swims beautifully. I’m certain he’ll grow up to be fine,” and she stroked his feathers.

However, the others pushed and bit and teased the Ugly Duck-ling. The turkey cock, emperor of the farmyard, puffed out his chest and flew at the poor creature. This went on for days. Even his mother began to wish he had never been born.

One night, the Ugly Duckling could bear it no more, and he flew away to a far shore, where he joined a flock of wild ducks.

In the morning the wild ducks stared at the stranger. “What sort of duck are you?” they asked as they strode around inspecting him. “You’re so ugly you’ll never marry one of ours,” they said.

He had no interest in marrying; he only wanted to lie in the rush-es and drink the water on this moor. He stayed for two days until two wild goslings appeared and begged him to join them on another moor. “It’ll be a chance to find a wife,” they said, but just then the sound of rifles punctured the air, and two wild geese fell among the rushes. The water filled with blood. The sound came again. Flocks of geese rose up from the rushes.

The poor Ugly Duckling was terrified. He tried to hide his head beneath his wing when a dog rushed past, its jaws open, its tongue hanging from its mouth, its eyes glaring. The Ugly Duckling held his breath, but the dog ran right past him.

“Even the dog thinks I’m too ugly!” he sighed. When all was qui-et, he ran away, over fields and meadows, but a storm was brewing. As it began to rain, the Ugly Duckling spied a rickety cottage in the distance. The door was open, so he slipped inside, out of the storm.

A woman, a tomcat and a hen lived here. The mistress loved that cat and hen as if they were her children, and she squinted at the duckling. She thought he was a big, fat duck. “I hope you’ll lay some nice eggs for us,” she said.

One day the cat asked, “Can you purr and raise your back like me?”

“No,” said the Ugly Duckling.“Can you lay eggs?” asked the hen.“No,” the Ugly Duckling answered.“Then you have no right to say anything,” they said, and the poor

duckling sat in a corner feeling sad. One day he felt a strong desire to swim, and so he told the hen.

“That means you’re mad,” she said.“You don’t understand me,” the Ugly Duckling said, sadder still.“Who could understand you? You have nothing to offer this

world,” the hen cackled, and so the Ugly Duckling decided to leave.Before long he found a lake where he could swim and dive, but he

avoided the other animals. He was certain no one would ever love him.

Autumn came, and the Ugly Duckling knew winter would come with hail and snow. Oh, how sad and lonely that would be!

And then one evening at sunset a flock of beautiful birds rose up out of the bushes. They were dazzling white, and their cry sounded familiar. As they flew higher, the Ugly Duckling felt his heart soar-ing toward the sky. He loved them and he envied them -- their beautiful wings, their flight like a ballet.

That night the lake began to freeze. The Ugly Duckling pad-dled with all his might until he became too exhausted. When he stopped, the water froze around him, and in the morning a peasant found him stuck there.

He broke the ice with his wooden shoe and carried the poor Ugly Duckling home. The warmth of the cottage revived him, but when the children wanted to play, he quaked with fear. He knocked over the milk pail and milk splashed everywhere. The woman clapped her hands, and the frightened duckling flew into the butter cask. She screamed and tried to grab him with her tongs. The children screamed and laughed.

The door was open, and he escaped to the river where he hid, ex-hausted.

That winter was terribly hard. No one knows how difficult.But one morning he heard a lark singing, and he knew it was

spring. His wings felt strong. He flapped them against his sides and rose into the air. He flew until he came to a bountiful garden bordered by a beautiful pond, where he landed.

From the nearby thicket he heard a sound. Three beautiful swans swam into view, and he backed away. Surely they would hate him, he thought. He bowed his head in despair, but then he saw his re-flection in the stream.

He was no longer the Ugly Duckling. He was a beautiful white swan, and the other swans surrounded him, welcoming and ca-ressing him.

Some children began to toss cake into the water. “Look, there’s a new swan!” they cried. “He’s the most beautiful of all.”

When the swan who had been the Ugly Duckling heard this, he bowed his head in modesty. Then his heart swelled and he rustled his feathers and arched his neck and gave a cry of joy, for he had never dreamed of such happiness.

A Danish tale

The ugly ducklingI sat down for dinner when...

“I sat down for dinner when the turkey came alive! It chased us all around the house. I got outside; it found me. It chased me to school. It slept with me, too. I got tired of it so I threw it out a window. It came back and pecked me. I finally asked it why it was chasing me. The turkey said, ‘I

got too hot in there.’”Samantha Geesaman, 9 (WINNER)

Fourth gradeCarroll Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when I was eating dinner and my meatball rolled off the table. It started to roll to my baby brother’s chair. I thought he was going to pick it up but

he jumped out of his chair and ate it off the ground. Then my brother ate it all. So my mo got a new meatball for me. I learned not to make my meatball roll off the table again.

The end.”Michalene Miekley, 8 (WINNER)

Grade 2BSt. Patrick School

“I sat down for dinner when my chair broke and my dog licked my face.”

Jonah Miller, 10 (WINNER)Fourth grade

Fishing Creek Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when I saw a lion boxing with a bear and a dragon. I was so scared I fell out of my chair and I said, ‘Why can a lion box a bear?’ The lion said, ‘You are

dreaming. Time for you to get out of the bus.’”Ainslie Stewart

Second gradeBellaire Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when I heard a knock at the door, so

I opened it. Some of my friends were there! Their names are Ava, Carmen, Ella, and Ron. They asked me if I wanted to go to the playground. I asked my mom and she said yes. When we got to the playground, they gave me a surprise birthday party! We ate all kinds of junk food. We stayed

until 12:30 a.m.”Lexi Rhine, 9Fourth grade

Mooreland Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when I got home from soccer, so I was tired. It was spaghetti night. My sister started

a food fight and the spaghetti landed on the ceiling. We thought we should clean it up before our parents saw it.

We climbed on the table to reach it when it all turned into worms and started falling on us. Then my sister started

yelling ‘Wake up! Wake up!’ I woke up with my face in my spaghetti dinner and my parents laughing at me.”

Ethan Rose, 8 (WINNER)Third grade

LeTort Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when something weird happened. My brother started bouncing around on the walls, then my

dad started to moo like a cow. But the weirdest thing was my mom started acting like a baby. But then I realized I

waasn’t in my own house!”Hannah Rush, 9

Fourth gradeCrestview Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when a bad storm came and the

power went out. We had to light a candle. Then the storm was over and the power came back. Then we blew the

candle out.”Jack Spears, 6

First gradeNewville Elementary

“I sat down for dinner when my cat started to talk. She

said, “Hello! What is your name?” I said, “My name is Abby.” Then I told my mom. She said to just let her go.

Mom told me to feed her so I did that. Then I grabbed her and went upstairs and flopped on my bed and made her comfortable and she went to sleep. Me, too. When we

woke up, she started to meow.”Abby Rosenberry, 6

First gradeNewville Elementary

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Fighting Lung Cancer

Breathe Deep Take a deep breath in, then let it out. That feels really good, doesn’t it? We need air to live. Our lungs have the important job of making sure we get the air we need. But what happens if the lungs aren’t working well? Sometimes, people develop lung cancer, which causes more deaths than any other type of cancer in the United States. In 2008, about 160,000 people died of this disease. There are many causes of lung cancer. The good news is that you can reduce your risk of getting lung cancer by not smoking. Smoking is a big cause of lung cancer and other diseases, so don’t smoke! LUNGevity is a charity that includes lung cancer survivors, their families and scientists who are working to end this dangerous situation. The Mini Page talked with specialists in this group to learn more about lung cancer and the increased hope that new research offers.Important organs We each have two lungs, one on each side of our chest. Lungs are stretchy, almost like balloons. When we breathe in air, lungs inflate, or puff out. When we breathe out, our lungs deflate, or grow flatter.

Hard workers The lungs’ main jobs are to bring oxygen to our blood and to get rid of carbon dioxide. When we breathe in, or inhale, lungs fill with air. Oxygen from the air enters our lungs and then goes into the bloodstream. When we breathe out, or exhale,the lungs push out the carbon dioxide waste from our bodies.

Bodyguards Lungs also help protect us against dangers in the environment. When special cells in the lungs detect possible threats, such as germs, they trigger our immune system to fight the invaders. Lungs usually do a great job clearing out the bad things we breathe in, such as tobacco smoke and diesel fumes. This cleaning system can sometimes work too hard and can also trigger allergic reactions. Cancer About 2,500 years ago, a Greek doctor named Hippocrates (hih-PAW-kruh-teez) called this disease “cancer” after the Greek word for crab. Cancerous tumors may have looked like crabs because veins spread from the tumor like crab claws. Maybe the hard tumor was like the hard shell of a crab. The body controls how much normal cells grow. But cancer cells don’t have any brakes. They grow and grow. Once cancer starts growing in one spot, blood can carry the cancer cells to other parts of the body. When cancer cells spread to other parts of the body, we say they metastasize (muh-TAS-tuh-size).

A lung is like an upside-down tree. The trachea (TRAY-kee-uh), or windpipe, is like the tree trunk. Bronchi (BRONG-kie) are like branches. Air sacs called alveoli (al-VEE-oh-lie) are like leaves. Oxygen goes out and carbon dioxide comes in while the gases are in the alveoli.

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Words that remind us of lung cancer are hidden in the block below. Some words are hidden backward or diagonally. See if you can find: AIR, AWARENESS, CELL, CHEST, DEEP, DETECT, FORM, FUNDRAISING, HEALTHY, HOPE, INHALE, LUNG, MEDICINE, PERSONALIZED, PREVENTION, SMOKING, SYMPTOMS, TESTS, TREATMENT, WALK.

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The Fight BeginsLung cancer Cancerous cells keep reproducing until there are a bunch of cells packed together, forming a tumor. A lung cancer tumor can rangefrom grape-sized to apple-sized. Lung cancer cells like to travel. They separate from the original tumor and move to other parts of the body. They continue to grow wherever they end up. Like other cancers, lung cancer spreads in this way to other parts of the body.Many kinds Every person’s cancer acts differently from everybody else’s. This is especially true with lung cancer. That is partly why it is so hard to treat. Lung cancer can be hard to detect.

only because the cancer has spread. They find the cancer in the new place before they find it in the lungs where it started.

Finding and treating There is no easy way to test for lung cancer. One way to diagnose lung cancer is to puncture the lungs to take a sample, or biopsy (BI-ops-ee). Imagine what happens when you puncture a balloon. Lungs are similar to balloons. The best way to detect, or discover, lung cancer is to take pictures with machines, such as CT scans. But even these detailed pictures can be hard to read. There are often growths in the lungs that are not cancerous. Pictures don’t show which growths are actually cancer. A person at high risk for lung cancer, such as someone who has smoked for years, should see a doctor about getting special tests. When lung cancer is detected early, doctors and patients have a lot of success in getting rid of it for good.

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A 13-year-old girl prepares to rappel, or descend with a rope, from an 11-story building in Washington, D.C., in September. This is the first year for LUNGevity’s Breathe Deep and Jump DC event, to raise awareness and funding for lung cancer research.In other LUNGevity events, kids have set up hot chocolate and lemonade stands to raise funds. One girl in Maine ran 100 miles to raise money after her grandmother died of lung cancer.

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Lucy: What did one lung say to the other in a romantic moment?Leon: “I lung for you”!

Lindsay: How is an ear like a lung?Lisa: It also has lobes!

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Lonnie: What can be drawn without pen or pencil?

Laura: Your breath!

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Meet Chris Pine Chris Pine is the voice of Jack Frost

Guardians.” Chris, 32, was born in Los Angeles. He comes from a family of actors. His grandmother, parents and sister are all actors. He studied English in college. He also studied acting at a special school for

theater arts. He has acted in many TV shows and movies,

He enjoys skeet shooting and likes to write. He supports charities that promote children’s literacy.

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thick.)4. Stir in fruit.5. Spread mixture in an 8-by-8-inch square pan coated with cooking spray.6. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.7. Cool and cut into bars. Makes 2 dozen.You will need an adult’s help with this recipe. from The Mini Page © 2012 Universal Uclick

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Searching for Cancer Weapons

The Mini Page StaffBetty Debnam - Founding Editor and Editor at Large Lisa Tarry - Managing Editor Lucy Lien - Associate Editor Wendy Daley - Artist

Smart cells Lung cancer cells are really good at changing, or adaptingare working hard to find many different treatments. That way, they can be ready to fight the disease if it comes back in a different form.Smart treatment

figure out how to target treatment to each person’s cancer. Because each person’s cancer is different, a different treatment must be developed for each individual person. This is called personalized medicine. Cancer treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy are like flamethrowers. They wipe out everything around, even healthy cells. Scientists are trying to find smart cancer weapons that target only the cancer. In the last 15 years, doctors have had many success stories. People who have had lung cancer are living longer and having great lives. Surgery is the most effective treatment, but if the lungs are punctured in surgery, they may not keep working, just like with balloons. Also, if lung cancer has spread, surgery might not be possible.

Smart choices Don’t smoke. If people don’t start smoking, the risk of lung cancer and other deadly diseases will go down a lot. Smoking marijuana also harms the lungs. About 4,000 kids try cigarettes for the first time every day. About 1,000

of those kids will stay hooked for the rest of their lives. If they don’t develop lung cancer, they will probably

develop other problems, such as heart trouble. Even people who have stopped smoking may still have damage to their lungs. Of course, if people stop smoking, they are in far less danger than people who keep it up. The best thing to do is to never, ever start. We don’t know all the causes of lung cancer. Some of them include exposure to secondhand smoke or to other environmental hazards such as asbestos, radon or diesel fumes. But smoking is the worst danger of all.

LUNGevity In 2000, seven lung cancer survivors formed LUNGevity to raise awareness about the disease. Four of those survivors died within the first six months of its founding. Their family members took over the cause. In 2008, the family of Patricia Stern started a different group after she died of lung cancer. Their organization was called Protect Your Lungs. The two groups joined in 2010, keeping the name LUNGevity. It is working to find ways to discover lung cancer earlier and add more treatment options. LUNGevity is now the largest private funder of lung cancer research in the United States. Last year, the group gave $3 million to cancer research.

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Thousands of people walk each year in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness of lung cancer and LUNGevity, and to raise funds for research. These walkers were participating in 2011. The motto of LUNGevity fundraising events is “Breathe Deep.” LUNGevity events include golf tournaments and fundraising parties.

The Mini Page thanks Andrea Stern Ferris, LUNGevity Foundation president, and Dr. Pierre Massion, chair, LUNGevity scientific advisory board, for help with this issue.

Next week, The Mini Page is about special books that help kids and animals.

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Supersport: Matt RyanHeight: 6-4 Birthdate: 5-17-85Weight: 220 Hometown: Exton, Pa.

him to stay down. And don’t ever count him out. In his fifth NFL season, he is “Masterful Matt,” one of theNFL’s elite quarterbacks with a knack for leading comebacks.

With prolific passing and poised leadership, he threw 13 touchdown

for any other QB in the league.

where he majored in communications, set school passing records and earned a male scholar-athlete award. He also developed a golf game, but his sports passion is passing — and winning.

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