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The United States Forest Service received so many letters from children for Smokey that he needed to have his own:
( Circle every other letter) mokey Bear first appeared as a symbol of wildfire prevention in 1944.
In the spring of 1950, winds were pushing a wildfire through a forest in the Capitan Mountains of New Mexico. Firefighters from far and wide rushed to put the fire out.
A little bear cub climbed a tree to escape the flames burning on the ground. He was only five pounds and he was very scared.
Firefighters found the cub still alive, but his paws and hind legs were badly burned. They couldn’ t find his mother. The little
Use the water bucket to put out this campfire.
bear cub was sent to an animal doctor to be treated and bandaged.
A forest service ranger named Ranger Ray cared for the cub. Ray’ s 4-year-old daughter played with the bear and cheered him up.
The little bear was named Smokey and moved to the National Zoo in Washington, D. C. and he became the living symbol of Smokey Bear.
How many trees can you find on this page?
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