"Amazing Alice" blacksmith - ironworker crank - part of a machine that sets it in motion dependable - reliable forge - blacksmith's shop ravines - deep, narrow valleys telegraph - a device used to send coded messges over wires

"A Peddler's Dream" bound - tied together fortune - money or possessions amassed mission - a center or headquarters for religious or social work peddling - carrying from place to place and selling purchased - bought with money quarters - a place to live or stay trudged - walked with effort

"The Race for the North Pole" adventure - an unusual or exciting experience glaciers - large masses of ice navigate - sail or steer a ship or aircraft region - a place or area walruses - large sea animals of artic area

"Into the Sea" awkward - uncomfortable or uncoordinated coral - subsance made up of the skeltons of tiny sea creatures current - a flow flippers - broad, flat animal body parts used for swimming muscles - body tissues that move body parts protection - safety ridges - raised narrow strips underside - bottom side

"Space Probes to the Planets" atmosphere - air that surrounds Earth craters - holes in the ground shaped like bowls incredible - amazing probes - spacecrafts carrying scientific instruments to record information spacecraft - vehicle used for flight in outer space

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