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Raking Leaves • "Mia and Gabe, can you please rake the leaves in the yard?• asks Mom. "Take Charlie out with

you.• "Come on, Charlieln says Mia. "Let's go rake some leaves!"

� • It is a beautiful Saturday in the fall. Mia and Gabe get rakes out of the shed. They beg

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the leaves. Mia and Gabe keep working until al l of the leaves have been raked into a b

• "That was hard work,» says Gabe.

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u t ea . e chasing a squirrel. Leaves go flying everywhere. "Charlie, no!" yells Gabe

"Oh, no!" Mia cries. ftNow we have to rake the leaves again!"

Mia and Gabe begin to rake the leaves again. Finally, they have a nic�

, fy pile of leaves. "Whew!0 says Mia. "I am exhausted." "Me too," says Gabe. "let's get a snack and rest."

� • As they turn to go into the house, a big gust of wind come blows the leaf pile apart. The leaves swirl and twirl in the air.

Q"Ugh!" moans Gabe. "Not again!" cries Mia.

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- Have you ever noticed t e ange colors in the fall? Leaves change from green to yellow, orange andf"e h this happen?

- Leaves need sunli �� ter, and chlorophyll to make food for trees. Chlorophyll is in each leaf, and chlor yl ��en. This is what gives a leaf its green color. Each leaf has many colors

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in it. ln mos th green color is the strongest. The green covers up the other colors in the leaf. Th

rs· · ea es look green in the spring and summer .

In the f , ather gets colder, and the tree knows that winter is coming. The tree begins to

�ea r winter. The water tubes in the leaves start to dose. As this happens, the leaves

less water. And the green chlorophyll starts to fade. Now, we can see the other the leaf.

game of hide and seek. In the spring and summer, the colors in the leaf are hiding behind g een chlorophyll. In the fall, they come out of hiding for all the world to see!