Below is the conversation Mr. Figinblossom's students had after they encountered the jaguar. Read it, then add your contribution to the conversation in your TRAVEL LOG.
Teresa:
Wow! That is the most awesome cat I've
ever seen.
Charlie: A-a-awesome to you - but t-t-terrifying to me. By the words
of its song, it sounds like it wants to use its tools on us.
Tina: Well, this is it then. It's been nice knowing all of you.
It's a shame - we're all so young, but at least we got to see the
Amazon rain forest before we died.
Catrina: Oh this is great - just great! Here we are at the top of an
emergent kapok tree, no ladders, no ropes, no escape hatches, a hundred and
thirty feet between us and the ground - and we've got the most ferocious
predator in the forest staring us down. Yup, the trip is finally almost
over and we suddenly appear on the dinner menu. How appropriate! Wait
till my mother hears about this one.
Tina: I've got an idea, Rat-a-tat-tat: you keep babbling on and
the rest of us will make a run for it.
Otis: Actually, like other cats, jaguars are programmed to respond
to movement. Whoever runs is more likely to trigger an attack.
Dalia: You're all being silly. That jaguar is a kind and gentle
animal. See those big beautiful teeth. He's smiling at us. Besides, the
anaconda told us way back at the beginning of the journey that we would not
be eaten. After all, we are destined to learn 'The Secret of the Forest
Protector' and, according to my calculations, the next animal we see will
be none other than the harpy eagle.
Jose: Tienes razon. There goes the jaguar. Onward troops!
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