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Once upon a time the animals decided they must do something heroic to meet the problems of a “new world” so they organized a school. They had adopted an activity curriculum consisting of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To make it easier to administer the curriculum, all the animals took all the subjects.
The duck was excellent in swimming. In fact, better than his instructor. But he made only passing grades in flying and was very poor in running. Since he was slow in running, he had to stay after school and also drop swimming in order to practice running. This was kept up until his webbed feet were badly worn and he was only average in swimming. But average was acceptable in school so nobody worried about that, except the duck.
The rabbit started at the top of the class in running but had a nervous breakdown because of so much makeup work in swimming.
The squirrel was excellent in climbing until he developed frustration in the flying class where his teacher made him start from the ground up instead of the treetop down. He also developed a “charlie horse” from overexertion and then got a C in climbing and D in running.
The eagle was a problem child and was disciplined severely. In the climbing class, he beat all the others to the top of the tree but insisted on using his own way to get there.
At the end of the year, an abnormal eel that could swim exceeding well and also run, climb and fly a little had the highest average and was valedictorian.
The prairie dogs stayed out of school and fought the tax levy because the administration would not add digging and burrowing to the curriculum.
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Story Summary :
The story begins with the characters a duck, rabbit, squirrel, eagle, eel and the prairie dogs. In order to meet the problems of the new world they decided to start a school which consisted of running, climbing, swimming and flying. To bring upon uniformatity and easy administration over the curriculum, all the animals had to take all the subjects. Everything seemed well, but there was one problem. Being wild animals, they were unable to perform all the subjects well due to their adaptations. The duck had his feet worn out trying to run, the rabbit a nervous wreck, due to the swimming lessons, the squirrel developing 'charlie horse' and the eagle being severely disciplined which he was not used to. While all the animals suffered greatly, a particularly abnormal eel passed all the subjects with flying colours, earning it the highest average and the valedictorian. The prairie dogs however were unsatisfied with the education system. They insisted upon bringing digging and burrowing to the curriculum and fought the tax levy for this.
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guess the result of the prairie dog if they had been given admission in the animal school and support your guessing with facts from the extract