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Rex the Rhino By Jenny Loehr

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                            was a happy rhino who lived with his sister                               at the Riley Zoo.                              loved watching the children visit every day and had a good  friendship with                             , the zookeeper.      One night, after                             had finished feeding                             his bedtime snack of                               and                             ,                             forgot to close the  door to the cage.                              had never considered leaving the comfort of the zoo but thought it would be neat to see what was out there.      As he left the cage,                             called over to him, “                            !  Please  don’t leave.  It is dangerous outside of the zoo.”  He decided not to listen to his sister.   

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                            made his way down the                              and around the corner to a small                             that separated the zoo from the public park.                              easily roamed across the rushing                              and wandered through the park to the main                               into town.      Once in town,                             was startled by racing cars, roaring trucks, and a large group of kids on                                .                               hid in an abandoned building that had a leaky                            .                             wished he had listened to                              and stayed at the zoo.  He started to cry because it had begun to                                and water was rushing through the holes in the leaky                              .                               tried to make himself feel better by closing his eyes and thinking of the children that would visit him at the zoo.

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       He also thought of                              and                              , the zookeeper.  Finally he  decided to find his way back to the zoo.                                   left the building with the leaky                             and roamed through the dark streets in the                             .                                found his way into the park  and knew that the                              and the                              to the zoo were close by. Suddenly, he spotted the park                             , who had also spotted                                 . “A lot of people have been worried about you,” said the park                            . He slipped a  thin                              around                             and led him down the                                , across the                             to home.  Inside                            cage,                             and                               were waiting for him. 

                          They were so happy to see                             and the park  come up the                             to the cage.                              knew that  there was no place like home.