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WHY OWLS HAVE SUCH BIG EYES

One day there was an owl. The owl’s favorite thing was to perch on a sunny pine branch. Owl liked sunny afternoons. On a sunny afternoon she liked to be on pine branches. Her favorite view was near a big lake where there were lots of big pine trees. Owl’s house was in one of those pine trees by the lake. In her hollow she had a very comfy bed. Sometimes she would stand on a branch and talk to herself. 

Sometimes she would say to herself, “What a wonderful place to be.” One day she was comparing the color of the lake to the sky. She did that every sunny afternoon for three days. 

On the third days she was about to decide when she met a nice chipmunk. Chipmunk and owl immediately became friends. Chipmunk told owl everything about him. This is some of the things he said.

He told owl how he lived in a pine tree just next to owl. He also said his favorite thing to do was sit on big pine trees and look over the lake. 

One day when owl and chipmunk were looking over the lake, chipmunk asked owl, “”Owl, what do you like to eat?” 

Owl said, “I like to eat nuts and berries.” 

Then chipmunk answered “hey, me too” 

A couple of days later owl asked, “do you think that the sky and the lake are the same color?” 

Chipmunk said, “I don’t know.” 

Then owl said, “Lets figure it out.”

First owl looked at the lake. She wondered if the sky and lake were the same color. She thought maybe the lake was darker.

Then own looked at the sky. She meant to just look at the color of the sky, but instead she looked directly at the sun.

Her eyes began to hurt from the bright light. Then they felt like there were burning. Her eyes because bigger and bigger.

Chipmunk looked at owl in surprise. She said, "What happened? Your eyes are huge! They are as big as the lake."

Now you know why owls eyes are so big.