1) Some hippies find their friend Squiddy struggling to breathe with plastic rings stuck around his neck and rescue him. 2) They ask their friend Shaleah if she knows what the plastic rings are from and she says they are from plastic water bottles. 3) The hippies want to help clean up the polluted Chesapeake Bay water so they make new signs with positive messages instead of Shaleah's no swimming signs to encourage helping the environment.

1. The Adventures of
the Hippies out to
Save the
Chesapeake Bay

2. together. They
pecked open the lock
and escaped while
farmer Phadalia
wasn‟t looking! They
were near a friend
so they decided to go
and see him to see if
they could get
anywhere to stay

5. water is bringin‟ me
down, the water, the
water is bringin‟ me
down!”

8. yelp from Squiddy,
their friend. Flugan
the blue crab rushed
over to him.

10. “What‟s wrong?”
asked Flugan.

12. “I can barely
breathe…” Squiddy
tried to say.

14. round, plastic circles
around his neck. He
swam up to the
shore and to go and
get one of there
friends Shaleah.

16. “Shaleah, Shaleah!”
he cried.

18. “Yes, what is it?!”
Shaleah asked.

20. “Squiddy is in
trouble Dudet!”
Flugan said panting.

22. Shaleah grabbed
Flugan and told him
to clip the circles
off of Squiddy.

24. “What were those
things?” Squiddy and
Flugan asked

26. “Those were plastic
rings off of water
bottles” Shaleah
answered.

28. “Oh” they both said
together.

30. What just happened,
Dudes?” asked
Squakey and Eggsy
panting.

32. there was a real
problem with the
water in the
Chesapeake Bay. So
they asked if the
water had always
been this way. But
no one knew about it.

34. questions about this
water, it would most
definitely be him. We
wish we would have
only gone to him
first, to save time.
He lives, well
everywhere. He‟s
like a turtle GPS. He
knows pretty much

36. “Hey Dudes, look!”
Said Eggsy.

38. “What? “ Asked
everyone else.

40. “There‟s our friend
Shaleah!” Said Eggsy.

42. “That‟s groovy,
Dudes.” Said Flugan.

43. something in her
hands. They walked
over to her and
started talking to
her.

45. “What‟s that in your
hand?” they asked
her.

47. “I‟m putting up some
of these signs for
work.” She said

49. “Where‟s our lava
lamp? Oh wait, but
why?” They asked.

51. polluted people
aren‟t allowed to
swim in them” She
said, “I‟m trying to
get people to start
cleaning it up.”

53. “I think they‟re
going against us
hippies. Can we
help?” they asked.

55. you‟ll like it that
much. Here, you can
put these signs up.”
She said passing
Flugan some signs.

57. “Hey, Dudet” said
Flugan

59. „What?” said Shaleah

61. “These signs say no
swimming! Said
Flugan

63. “Yeah. What about
them?”

66. “We love to swim in
the Chesapeake,
Dudes!”

68. Shaleah passed
another sign to
Eggsy.

70. up signs that are
just going to make
it worse lets put
signs to make it
better,” said Eggsy.

72. “You know what
Eggsy? You‟re right.
This isn‟t helping at
all.” Said Shaelah.

74. “Come on Dudes.
Let‟s go make some
new signs!” Said
Shaelah.

76. peeps.” Flugan was
working with Eggsy
making new signs
that said “Save the
fish. Leave the
water mellow like
Humphrey. Don‟t
pollute”

78. “Shaleah ,we took
down all the old
signs” said Squakey
and Eggsy.

80. “That‟s groovy guys”
said Shaleah.

82. to help and try to
make a difference.
From that day on,
the Chesapeake Bay
has been getting
better bit by bit.

85. CAN MAKE A
DIFFERENCE NO
MATTER HOW BIG
THE PROBLEM IS