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Prairie Dog
by Gregory

The Jones family has black tails and they are about one foot long each. They are members of the rodent's family and look like a squirrel with a black tail. They live in burrows, which are a hole dug 3 to 16 feet in the ground. Thousands of prairie dogs can live in the same hole. Karen can locate her pups by sniffing and nuzzling. They like to groom each other by licking. When Hairy and Mary play, they roll in the dirt. The Jones family has more than one entrance, so when one dog is getting chased he can jump in the hole. At the other side, another prairie dog can hear to see if the coyote is gone. Karen must look out for the black foot ferret, hawks, eagles, and snakes to protect her young.

The problem was Hairy, the brother, kept going out on his own. One day Hairy went outside and all of a sudden an eagle swept Hairy off to his nest in a cave. That night Hairy did not come home. All the prairie dogs were so worried, that almost all of the prairie dogs went out looking for him.

The prairie dog saw a cave and in the cave there was an eagle's nest. Hairy was about to get eaten by the eagle and by her babies. All of the prairie dogs had to do something fast. So the prairie dogs decided that two prairie dogs would distract the mother eagles while the rest take Hairy. They took Hairy and ran to their burrow and Hairy has not left the house since.