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Vocabulary Word of the Day  - swindled

swindled  - swindle  /bi-'li-t^&l/    - to obtain money or property by fraud or deceit

Page 113  -  "Darn it!" said Stuart, "I've been swindled."   He had paid seventy-six cents for a genuine Indian birch bark canoe, only to find that it leaked.

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Stuart bought a birch bark canoe. He had plans on taking Harriet for a romantic ride, but his plans feel apart. Read what happened to Stuart. Then build your own birch bark canoe.

See directions here:

Birch Bark Canoe  http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/canoe.html

Birch Bark Canoe  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/na/canoe/

Canoe Pattern  http://www.teelfamily.com/activities/trees/canoe.html

Make your own birch bark  http://www.teelfamily.com/activities/trees/

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