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Each child combined tow or more animals to create a new animal.  The children wrote a letter to Dr. Seuss about their new creature.
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horsephin
Dear Dr. Seuss,
My creature is a horsephin.  It loves green fish very much!  It lives in the sea.  The horsephin has a keen sense of smell.  It likes the South Pacific Ocean.  It is a bright pink color.  It is a very smart animal.  It loves to swim a lot.
Your friend,

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catdog
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I have seen most of your creations.  But I have just made a new one.  It is called a catdog.  It is special because it is a cat and a dog mixed together.  Catdogs like to live in houses with lots of kids.  They like to play games with the kids.  Their favorite game is to play tag.  The catdog has two bowls of food.  One is for the cat and one is for the dog.  I hope you like my creation.
Your friend,

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fake
Dear Friend,
Meet my new friend, Fake.  I meet him while traveling to the Bahamas.  Fake lives with his brother, Snish.  They live in a cardboard box.  Fake and Snish are half snake and fish.  They are able to live on land and in water.  Their favorite food is watermelon.  Fake and his brother work at Paradise Bay.  I would like for you to meet Fake, he will be visiting us during Spring Break.  Enclosed is his picture.
Sincerely,

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flurry
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I’ve read a lot of your books.  You have a lot of strange creatures in your books.  I also have a strange creature.  I named it Flurry because it is a polar bear and penguin.  I got it on 2/3/08 before the Superbowl.  It’s a boy and is colored black and white.  It is an outdoor pet and lives in a snow burrow.  I feed it plenty of fish everyday.  I hope you like my letter.
Sincerely,
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lionilla
Dear Dr. Seuss,
My animal is called a Lionilla.  It is a lion and a gorilla.  It is all black with a hairy mane.  It has a lion’s body and a gorilla face.  It lives in the woods in a cave.  It likes to eat anything green.  I would like you to meet him.  I think you would really like him.
Sincerely,

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coggit
Dear Dr. Seuss,
My animal’s name is a Coggit.  I mixed together a dog, a cat, and a rabbit.  It lives in a place called Hawaii.  It is a very beautiful place to live.  There is a lot of stuff to eat in Hawaii.  The coggit likes to eat dog food, cat food, and rabbit food.  It looks like a funny animal.  The coggit is a really nice animal to keep.  I wish you could see it.
Your friend,

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kitaraffe
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I have created an animal called a Kitaraffe.  The two animals I’m combining are a kitten and a giraffe.  The Kitaraffe is very special.  It is special because it has a long neck for it to get food.  The food it eats is leaves and mice.  The Kitaraffe drinks a special juice made of milk and water.  There is only one Kitaraffe, it lives in my backyard.  We keep it in a big pen.  If you would like to meet this animal call me first so you don’t get hurt.
Sincerely,

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luna
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I really love your silly books.  I’m writing this letter to you to tell you about a new animal called a luna.  Lunas are part horse and flying ant.  Lunas are super tiny and love to fly.  They are super strong and can lift ten times their own weight.  It lives in cold places like Alaska.  It likes to be in dark cold wet places called boogity bogs.  Lunas like to eat coral beans that grow from the ice.
Sincerely,

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batdog
Dear Dr. Seuss,
One night I was walking around in the words when I saw a weird creature.  I went back many nights to discover what kind of animal it was.  It made a loud howling bark to let me know it was around.  It was some kind of dog that flew like a bat.  We need to make a name for this batdog.  It would make a great book.
Thank you,

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rabpehaphant
Dear Dr. Seuss,
How are you?  I am fine.  I created a new character for a story.  I named my creature Rabpegaphant.  It is part rabbit, part Pegasus, and part elephant.  It is special because it can fly, hop, and spray water out of its nose.  It lives in a magical forest in my imagination.  Rabpegaphant eats special crystals that grow in the forest.  I like it because it is magical and cool.  I hope you are doing well and you like my Rabpegaphant.
Sincerely,

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grillis
Dear Dr. Seuss,
You are my favorite artist.  I enjoy your funny books.  I made up a new creature for your next book.  My creature is called a Grillis.  He doesn’t look like any other animal.  A Grillis is half mouse, half gorilla.  A Grillis is strong like a gorilla, but quiet as a mouse.  He is about 2 feet high.  He is covered with white feathers, but he can’t fly.  He walks on his tiptoes.  A Grillis lives in the forest and eats foam, wood, and bark.
Respectfully,

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elephish
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I have created a new creature.  The new creature is an elephish.  An elephish is an elephant and fish together.  Its body is a fish body.  IT has the head and trunk of an elephant.  It lives in the ocean.  It eats frozen bananas.  Someday I’d want you to see my elephish.
Your friend,

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poobug
Dear Dr. Seuss,
The name of my animal is a poobug.  She is a mixture of a poodle and a ladybug.  My poobug lives in a garden that has lots of space with an orange flower.  She is light red with wings and antennae.  Her wings are dark red with black spots.  Poobugs like to eat all insects that fly but mostly crawl.  It can fly but not too high because of its weight and can also bark.  My poobug also eats dogfood that is left out for outside dogs.  I would like to have a poobug as a pet.
Your friend,
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deeble 
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I have a new animal that is half deer and half beetle. Its name is Deeble.  Deeble likes living in mountains and wooded areas.  The food it likes to eat is wild berries and grass.  I was wondering if my new animal could come live with you.  I love your books.  They make me laugh and they are a lot of fun.  I also like the rhyming words.
Your friend,
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elephant/grinch
Dear Dr. Seuss,
My new character is Gorton.  A Gorton is ½ Grinch and ½ Horton.  He is very special because he can walk on two legs.  He also has great smelling skills because of his long nose.  Gorton is very kind like Horton.  He lives in Whoville in a big house.  He likes to eat all kinds of vegetables.  He also likes to swing the Who children on his nose.  I hope you can write a new story soon!
Your friend,

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piglioceros
Dear Dr. Seuss,
I’m writing about a new Dr. Seuss character called the Piglioceros.  It likes to eat leaves, fruit, fish, and garbage.  It likes to play chase.  It likes to fight.  It lives in holes and trees.  It likes to travel.  They are very rare.
Love,

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catbird
Dear Dr. Seuss,
The name of my animal is catbird.  She lives in big oak trees.  Catbird likes to eat worms and mice.  The front has wings to fly and the back can walk and climb.  It walks like a human.  It is funny to watch it try to fly.  It twills like a bird and when it burps it meows.  My catbird acts like a superhero.  She flies through the sky looking for people in danger, because she loves everyone.  Thank you for reading my letter.
Love,
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