Groundhog Day
Groundhog’s Day Vocabulary To hibernate (verb)- to sleep through the winter. hibernation (noun)- comes from hibernate. (a long sleep through the winter) legend - (noun) old story that is told from parents to children, and children's children, for many, many years shadow - (noun) darkness made where the light can't go through (when the sun shines you can see the dark outline of your body on the ground) What’s Groundhog’s Day? A groundhog is a small animal that digs and lives under the ground. It is also called the woodchuck. Groundhogs live in many parts of North America. In the winter they hibernate like bears and some other animals. There is a legend that a few hundred years ago Europeans brought Groundhog’s Day to America. They said that the groundhog wakes up from its hibernation on February 2 nd . (February 2 nd is halfway between winter and spring.) If it comes up from its hole and it is sunny, it will see its shadow...
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