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In August, Smoggy the Froggy and his family moved 

to a pond in New York City.

After a few days in his new home, Smoggy decided 

to explore the big city.

While exploring, Smoggy saw lots of buildings and 

cars but only a few animals. The only animals he 

saw were birds. 

Smoggy wondered why there were not very many 

animals but didn’t have time to investigate. It was 

starting to get dark so he decided to go back home.

On the way home, Smoggy noticed a large wall in a 

river near his house. He decided that when he got 

home, he would ask his parents about it. 

“Dad, 

what is 

the grey 

wall in 

the river 

for?” 

Smoggy 

asked 

during 

dinner. 

“That creates hydroelectric power,” responded 

his dad. “Water that flows through it spins a 

turbine that creates electricity." 

"This is a very reliable source of power because the 

water never runs out and it doesn’t hurt the Earth," said 

Smoggy's dad.   “That is so cool!” said Smoggy.

For the rest of the night, Smoggy and his dad talked 

about hydroelectric power. Soon, it was time for 

Smoggy to go to bed. The next day was his first day of 

school and he needed to get a good night’s sleep. 

The next 

morning, Smoggy 

woke up feeling 

excited. He 

couldn’t wait to 

meet his teacher 

and new friends! 

After eating 

breakfast, getting 

dressed, and 

brushing his 

teeth, Smoggy 

got in the car 

with his mom and 

rode to school.

“Welcome to 

Jefferson 

Elementary School, 

I’m Mr. Felix,” said 

Smoggy’s teacher 

as he entered the 

classroom. Mr. Felix 

promised that 

Smoggy and his 

friends would have 

a great year in 

second grade. 

Smoggy was 

thrilled to have 

such an awesome 

goat as a teacher!

After meeting Mr. Felix, Smoggy’s mom and left to go to 

work. “Don’t forget, you have to walk home today,” said 

Smoggy’s mom. Although he had practiced before with 

his parents, this was Smoggy’s first time walking home 

alone from school. 

Smoggy had a 

great day at 

school. He got 

to know his 

classmates, 

did math and 

reading 

worksheets, 

and tried out 

the new 

playground at 

Jefferson 

Elementary. 

At 3:30, 

the bell 

rang. 

Smoggy 

left school 

and began 

his walk 

home. 

On his walk, Smoggy decided to explore the city a little 

bit more. He saw buildings and cars that he had not 

seen before. Smoggy noticed a lot of black smoke 

coming from many of the buildings.

He noticed that the smoke came from cars and 

trucks as well. “This must be scaring off the 

animals!” said Smoggy.

Soon, 

Smoggy 

began to 

cough. 

Smoggy’s cough got worse. The longer he stayed out, 

the more he coughed. Smoggy decided to head back 

home.

Once he got home, Smoggy talked to his parents about 

his cough. “I got a cough while exploring New York City 

on the way home from school. I don’t know what 

caused it,” said Smoggy. “Let’s go to the doctor to get 

you checked out,” responded his mom. 

The doctor took a look at Smoggy. “I know what the 

problem is,” she said. “Pollution in the air is causing 

your cough. You can go to school tomorrow but try to 

stay away from the black smoke. It can make you very 

sick!”

Smoggy was very worried about the black smoke. 

He did not want other people to get sick too! 

Smoggy wondered what he could do to decrease the 

amount of pollution in the air. 

At school the next day, Smoggy 

decided to ask his teacher what 

he could do to help with the 

pollution.  

Smoggy asked, “Mr. Felix what can I do to help reduce 

pollution in the city?” “That is an excellent question! I 

will talk to the whole class about ways to get rid of 

pollution,” said Mr. Felix.

Mr. Felix told the class that pollution could be reduced in 

small ways and big ways. Small things that Smoggy and 

his classmates could do included turning off lights when 

leaving a room and riding a bike short distances.

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