Surprises According to Humphrey (18 page)
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Authors: Betty G. Birney
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Dizzy Definitions
Humphrey made up his own definitions for his dictionary. Here are some more:
| Bandstand : | What the band must do when someone takes away the chairs |
| Cheap : | A sound made by an inexpensive bird |
| Coffee : | Snow White’s eighth dwarf, cousin to Sneezy |
| Cookout : | A chef on strike |
| Fodder : | He is married to Mudder |
| Gripe : | A ripe grape |
| Humdinger : | A person who hums while ringing a bell |
| Lipstick : | Glue for holding the mouth shut |
| Mood : | The past tense of moo |
| Paradise : | Two little white cubes with black dots |
| Peekaboo : | The act of spying on a ghost |
| Pup tent : | A doghouse made out of cloth |
| Soda pop : | A fizzing father |
| Stupendous : | Advanced stupidity |
| Traffic jam : | A substance for spreading on streets at five o’clock |
| Tulips : | The standard number of lips assigned to each person |
| Wigwam : | What a wig becomes after it’s been in the oven |
| Wing : | Something worn on a wittle baby’s finger |
| Zebra : | A horse that could only afford half a coat of paint |
| Zinc : | What will happen to you if you don’t know how to zwim |
Visitors from Outer Space
Circle the words from below that are hidden on the grid.
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Humphrey Meets the Aliens
Unscramble each of the clue words. All words refer to characters or situations in the book. Copy the letters above numbered lines to other numbered lines with the same number. The answer will tell you what Humphrey says to the aliens.
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Wacky Words
A PALINDROME is a word or phrase that’s spelled the same way backward and forward. So any way you spin your wheel, you can read it!
Here’s a famous one. What did Adam say when he first met Eve?
Madam, I’m Adam
Here are some other palindromes:
Enid and Edna dine
Now I see bees! I won!
Too fat a foot
Was it a car or a cat I saw?
Yo! Banana Boy!
Try your hand at figuring out what these palindromes are:
| 1. | Three first names. (Hint: The first two are girls’ names and the third one is a boy’s name.) |
| | A — — — |
| | H — — — — — |
| | B — — |
| 2. | Part of your face: E — — |
| 3. | Something you paddle in the water: K — — — — |
| 4. | A sound a horn makes: T — — — |
| 5. | A year: 1 — — — |
| 6. | Another year: 2 — — 2 |
| 7. | A word that looks the same when it’s upside down and backward: S — — — — |
| 8. | A time of day that, in capitals, looks the same forward, backward, and upside down: N — — N |
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Fire Safety Quiz
Firefighter Jeff teaches the students of Room 26 some tips about fire safety that
everyone
should know. Take this quiz to see how much you know about fire safety. Circle the correct answers:
| | |
| 1. | It’s okay to play with matches if you’re outside. |
| | T / F |
| 2. | If your clothes catch fire, you should Stop, Drop, and Roll. |
| | T / F |
| 3. | It’s okay to re-enter a burning building. |
| | T / F |
| 4. | If your house is on fire, call 911, then leave. |
| | T / F |
| 5. | Replace the batteries in your smoke alarm once a year. |
| | T / F |
| 6. | Never open doors that are hot to the touch. |
| | T / F |
| 7. | You should always sleep with your bedroom door open. |
| | T / F |
| 8. | Have a plan with escape routes from every room in the house. |
| | T / F |
| 9. | If you’re in a building that’s on fire, stay low and go. |
| | T / F |
| 10. | It’s okay to go back in a burning building to save your pet. |
| | T / F |
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Questions for Readers
