Do you know all the things your shadow can do? There are quite a few of them. You can use your hands to ____ strange shadows on a wall. Have a friend shine a flashlight and move ____ fingers and thumbs in different ways ____ see what happens. Maybe you can ____ a shadow that looks like a ____, a cat, or even a dragon. You can play games with your ____ when you are outside the house, too. Of course, it will have to ____ a sunny day for this to ____. You will not be able to ____ your shadow if it is raining. To play with your own shadow, you ____ have to find it first. But ____ won’t have to look far. It ____ usually right at your feet. But, ____ it in front, behind, or to ____ side of you? That all depends ____ where the light is coming from. ____ and late afternoons are the best ____ to play with shadows. Shadows are ____ then. Empty backyards or school playgrounds ____ often a good place to find your shadow. Try it! Then move around ____ watch how your shadow moves. Once ____ have found your shadow, try to ____ on it. Can you do it? ____ does the shadow keep moving away ____ as you jump? Try to chase ____ own shadow. Or run away while ____ chases you. Try to dance with ____. Try to stand still and freeze ____ shadow. Try holding up sticks or ____ to make your shadow look strange. It is even more fun to play ____ shadows if there is more than ____ person playing. Stand still and ask ____ friend to trace your shadow with a ____ of chalk. Then do the ____ with your friend’s shadow. Try playing ____ tag. In this game, you run ____ after your friends and try to ____ on their shadows before they can get away. The one whose shadow gets ____ on is “it.” This game can ____ played with many friends at once. A long time ago, people found that ____ could create stories by casting shadows ____ a wall. They used pieces of ____ cut to look like animals and ____. They placed a fire behind the ____ figures to cast shadows. Then they ____ the shadows talk and have adventures. It was like going to the ____ You can do all kinds of fun things with shadows.

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