Paul Bunyan

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Paul Bunyan

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Characters

• Paul Bunyan is exaggerated in his size and
  strength.
• Babe is a big blue ox that becomes Pauls helper
  and friend.
• Pauls parents raised him on a farm when he was
  young.

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Setting

• The story takes place in early America. Paul was
  a logger and worked outdoors creating mountains,
  rivers, and lakes.

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Beginning

• Its said that Paul was born in Maine, but no one
  really knows for sure. He was the largest,
  smartest, and strongest baby! Before he could
  talk he started to collect trees.

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Middle

• Pauls family moved to the wilderness. He raced
  with the deer and wrestled with the grizzly
  bears.
• He found an ox and named him Babe.
• He said good-bye to his parents.
• He met the Gumbertoos.
• They had a wild, rough and tumble rumpus.

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Middle

• It took six weeks to untangle.
• Paul built a colossal flapjack griddle and
  greased it with bacon laced to their feet.
• Paul dug the St. Lawrence River and the Great
  Lakes so barges could bring in the syrup.
• The men leveled the Great Plains and shaved the
  slopes of the Rockies.

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Middle

• A blizzard hit and lasted for many years.
• Babe ate the snow.
• They traveled southwest.
• Paul cut the Grand Canyon.
• Paul staged a blizzard of popcorn.

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End

• Paul crossed California and reached the Pacific
  Ocean.
• Its said that Paul gave up his lumbering ways.
  Some say you can still hear his burst of laughter
  in the wild Alaskan mountains.

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Exaggerations

• He could blow out a candle and be in bed before
  the light went out.
• The woodsmen sailed up to bed in balloons and
  parachuted down to breakfast.
• They greased the griddle with bacon laced to
  their feet.
• They brought syrup to camp in barges.