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Martin & Sylvia's Nature School

The Perfect Mix

Sylvia and Sofia go next door to the Browns' Farm with eager anticipation of working with the animals or plants. Instead, Mr. Brown wants them to help him make dirt. Make dirt? Mr. Brown explains how dirt is a miraculous combination of life and death and is the foundation of everything that happens at the farm.

Parent Note: This story contains a reference to the death of a pet rabbit.

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Martin & Sylvia's Nature School

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