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Armadillos : dynamite diggers
\"\"Did you know that there are 20 species of armadillo, but only two roll into a ball for protection. Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment.\"--From https://www.bookdepository.com.
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SATURDAY NIGHT
DISTINGUISHING SATURDAY NIGHT FROM the rest of the week began around 700 B.C. with the introduction in Assyria of once-a-week ''evil days,'' and it has remained constant throughout human history, including but not ending with ''Saturday Night Fever.'' I don't know of anything else that has social significance spanning ancient Babylonia and Babylon, L.I. My musing was interrupted by my waitress, a tall woman with curly brown hair, a high forehead and a voice that could cut through dry wall. Her nametag said MARIAN. She greeted me and asked if I was meeting someone. I said I wasn't. ''Here on vacation?'' she asked. When I said I was in town doing work, she gave me a long look full of pity. At that point, all I wanted was to get a quick dinner and get out. Marian, however, dawdled. After she took my order, she tidied my place setting and filled my water glass. She checked my salt and pepper shakers. I began to suspect that in her eyes I was a statistical freak - in the area of customers, a Fourth of July snowstorm. Finally, she grabbed a waitress passing by, turned her so she could get a good look at me, and said in a loud, clear voice, ''Just look at her! My God! All by herself and working on Saturday night!'' When Mayor James Perron banned cruising on Main Street, it set off three years of furious public debate. The superficial concern was traffic flow. What really got everyone roiled up was the idea that the city was legislating their leisure time. ''I'm a working man and I pay my taxes,'' the same man said, ''but no one's going to tell me how to spend my weekend. That's all mine.''
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