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U.S. Presidential Pets: Then and Now

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 Past Presidents brought many interesting animals to the White House, Finnegan said. The wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President, had silkworms. Herbert Hoover, the 31st President, had an opossum. And Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, had a raccoon named Rebecca who walked on a leash!  

 

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, was famous for his many pets. His six kids had snakes, dogs, cats, a badger, birds, guinea pigs, and more.  

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During World War I, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President, kept a herd of sheep on the White House lawn.  

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According to Finnegan, James Buchanan, the 15th President, received a herd of elephants from the King of Siam (now called Thailand). The Sultan of Oman gave Martin Van Buren, the eighth President, a pair of tiger cubs.  

 

Warren Harding, the 29th President, and his family had a birthday party for their dog Laddie Boy.  

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  Available at: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/animalsnature/uspresidentialpets/.  

  Access on: Feb 24, 2012. (Fragment)  

   

  Vocabulary:  

   

Silkworm – bicho da seda  

   

Opossum – gambá  

   

Raccoon – guaxinim        

   

Badger – texugo  

   

Herd – bando de  

   

Cubs - filhotes  

   

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1. Was Finnegan the fifteenth president?  

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2. Who was the fifteenth president?  

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3. Where was the herd of elephants from?  

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4. What was Herbert Hoover’s pet?  

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