Do you consider possums and sugar gliders to be the same thing?
Because the other day, I was in the girl's room doing a bit of light reading and found this:
Because the other day, I was in the girl's room doing a bit of light reading and found this:
"'Listen to me, Green Frog. You can learn to swim,' says Old Possum, coming down her tree."
When I taught science to kids, we Americans would always refer to that little furry creature on the left page as a sugar glider. So, I was just wondering.....
Should she be referring to herself as "Old Possum"?
Is it just her Aussie name?
I mean... a marsupial is as a marsupial does.
2 comments:
Arguably, Detroit is no where near Australia, but we call that a possum.
That is for sure a sugar glider.
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