"Hi! We are Mocha and Sam.
You can see us on the Photo Page."
"We are going to tell you a little bit about chinchillas."

"We are furry little animals that come from
South America,where we lived in the
Andes Mountains," says Mocha.
(Mocha is a brown velvet chinchilla.)

"A man named M. F. Chapman found eleven of us and
brought us to the United States in 1923,"
says Sam. (Sam's a gray chinchilla.)

Some people that really like us gave us the nickname 'chins'.
We hope you will come back to visit us soon!"
Says Mocha and Sam.

"See if you can do this crossword puzzle about us."
All of the answers are on this page.

Try one of the Chin Puzzles ...
Can you put the Bathtub Chinchillas Back together in Puzzle #1?
Hint: Each puzzle is slightly harder than the one before!

Or Puzzle #2 Jewell, a standard gray kit eating a treat.
She has only one front paw.

Or Puzzle #3 LaMocha, a brown velvet kit, nibbling on her treat.

Or Puzzle #4 Angel, a pink white, in an old shoe with friends.

Or Puzzle #5 Prissy, a beautiful white mosaic kit.

To fill in the crossword puzzle on the computer, just use the mouse to point to the box you want to put the letter in, click and then type in the letter. Only one letter in each box! Repeat this on each box. If you make a mistake click your pointer on that box and click the backspace button on your keyboard and the letter will go away. Click here if you would rather print it out.

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ACROSS

1.What is the name of the brown velvet chinchilla?
2.What is a nickname for chinchilla?
3.Where did chinchillas come from?
4.How many chinchillas did M. F. Chapman bring to the United States?
5.What is the name of the gray chinchilla?

DOWN

1.What animals are on this page?
2.Chins do not have feathers, they have _ _ _ .
3.In what mountains did the chinchillas live before they came to the United States?

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E-mail me with your questions about chinchillas
(But, ask your parents permission first!)