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She Swallowed a Fly!
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You may have heard about Sally, the old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly...but I interviewed her about how it affected her life!
Sally immediately got a job undercover for the military, frustrating and destroying enemy activities. What was her occupation?
A saBOTeur, of course! She swallowed a BOTfly!
Now it's your turn to work out the occupations of these old women after they swallowed various flies!
Each old woman's occupation begins with the first letter of her name. (e.g. Saboteur Sally)
The Hint section will tell you the type of fly she swallowed, making it a lot easier.
1. Mary became an influential and very wealthy business woman.
2. Glenda worked by a hot furnace, using her strong lungs to create ornaments from a molten silica mixture.
3. Beryl had been a colonel in the British army, but got promoted shortly after the fly incident!
4. Babe began research on plant life.
5. Germaine's career moved to golf course maintenance.
6. Tilly became a sports star with a sharp eye and steady hand as she aimed at the clay pigeons.
Sally immediately got a job undercover for the military, frustrating and destroying enemy activities. What was her occupation?
A saBOTeur, of course! She swallowed a BOTfly!
Now it's your turn to work out the occupations of these old women after they swallowed various flies!
Each old woman's occupation begins with the first letter of her name. (e.g. Saboteur Sally)
The Hint section will tell you the type of fly she swallowed, making it a lot easier.
1. Mary became an influential and very wealthy business woman.
2. Glenda worked by a hot furnace, using her strong lungs to create ornaments from a molten silica mixture.
3. Beryl had been a colonel in the British army, but got promoted shortly after the fly incident!
4. Babe began research on plant life.
5. Germaine's career moved to golf course maintenance.
6. Tilly became a sports star with a sharp eye and steady hand as she aimed at the clay pigeons.
Hint
1. She swallowed a GNAT.2. She swallowed a BLOWfly.
3. She swallowed a GADfly.
4. She swallowed a BOTfly.
5. She swallowed a GREENfly.
6. She swallowed a piece of SHOO-fly pie!
Answer
1. MaGNATe2. GlassBLOWer
3. BriGADier
4. BOTanist
5. GREENkeeper or GREENskeeper
6. TrapSHOOter
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