Tea Away! by Linda Switzer

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Tea Away!

Published on Feb 05, 2016

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TEA AWAY!

A CHILDREN'S BOOK BY LINDA SWITZER

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HI!!!

I'M LARRY THE DOLPHIN!

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ON DECEMBER 16, 1773..

I WAS PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS IN BOSTON HARBOR.

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WE PLAYED FOLLOW THE DOLPHIN UNTIL...

SPLASH! A CRATE LANDED BEHIND MY TAIL FIN.

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I LEAPED INTO TO THE AIR,

AND I SAW COLONISTS THROWING BOXES OF TEA INTO THE HARBOR.

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THEY LOOKED LIKE...

NATIVE AMERICANS?

THAT'S WHEN I SAW SAM ADAMS.

HE WAS THROWING A CRATE INTO BOSTON HARBOR. IT SPLASHED.

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I LANDED INTHE WATER.

MY FRIENDS WERE THERE, WAITING FOR ME.

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THE WATER WAS TURNING BROWN!

THE TEA WAS TURNING THE PORT BROWN!

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IT WENT ON FOR THREE HOURS.

YEP, THREE HOURS.

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THE COLONISTS DUMPED 92,000 POUNDS OF TEA

THAT'S EQUAL TO 29,440 BOXES OF CRAYONS.

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I HAD WITNESSED THE BOSTON TEA PARTY.

IT WAS TERRIFYING, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

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SO, WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE TEA PARTY?

WELL, THE KING PUT NEW TAXES ON THE PEOPLE.

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HE TOOK AWAY THEIR MONEY.

THE PEOPLE OF BOSTON NEEDED HELP BADLY.

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THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR PORT.

THE KING CLOSED IT. THEIR LIFE WAS GONE.

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BECAUSE OF THIS...

WE HAD THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND BECAME A FREE COUNTRY.

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THE BOSTON TEA PARTY HELPED US...

WE ARE A FREE COUNTRY NOW BECAUSE OF THE TEA PARTY.

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