Nappers and Sleepers

By Carol C. Sides

Some animals and insects sleep all winter. Others take long naps, but wake up to eat. Here’s a puzzle with sixteen sleepers hidden in it. Find them all by reading forward, backward, up, down, or diagonally.

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Answers:

• bat, beetle, bluebottle, fly, box turtle, brown bear, bullfrog, chipmunk, cricket, prairie dog, queen bee, raccoon, salamander, skunk, toad, wasp, woodchuck.