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just above the newspaper article. Then he hung something on it.
    It was the flat skull of Rufiji!

    Stanley gasped. “How did— Where did you—”
    “It was lying on the ground outside Dr. Fallows’s tent after you ran off.” Arthur grinned. “I figured you might want it—you know, to remind you who you really are.”
    Stanley’s stomach fluttered as the skull swung gently on its pushpin. Then he noticed that Arthur had the comma pillow strapped to his back like a mane, and the quotation mark pillow curving up over his head. He’d pinned spots of dark fabric all over.
    Arthur was a giraffe! He swept a blanket off his bed and held it out to Stanley. “Want to go on a safari in the laundry room?”
    “Absolutely!” said Stanley. And together, the Lambchop boys headed off on another adventure.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
TO GO ON YOUR OWN
AFRICAN SAFARI
    Four of the five fastest land animals on Earth live in Africa: cheetahs, wildebeest, lions, and Thomson’s gazelle.
    Africa is the second-largest of the Earth’s continents. It covers 11,699,000 square miles and makes up about 22 percent of the world’s land area. With over 50 countries, Africa has more than any other continent.
    Giraffes are about 2 meters (6 feet) tall when they are born. Their tongues can be so long—up to 18 inches—that they can reach their ears with them!
    While many have tried, zebras have never been successfully domesticated like horses.
    Elephants can weigh up to 6 or 7 tons and have no natural enemies in the animal kingdom. They’re not predators and there are no other animals large enough to challenge them.
    The Namib desert is the oldest in the world, and the only desert in Africa inhabited by giraffes, lions, elephants, and rhino.
    Africa is almost an island. Its only connection to other land is the tiny Sinai Peninsula in Egypt!

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    FLAT STANLEY’S
WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES
Book No. 7
    The Flying Chinese
Wonders
    The fact that Stanley Lambchop was flat did not mean he enjoyed being treated like a poster.
    Stanley trudged back and forth outside the school auditorium with a giant piece of cardboard taped to the front of his body. It read:
    T HE F LYING C HINESE W ONDERS
    A C HINESE N EW Y EAR P ERFORMANCE
    FOR THE W HOLE C OMMUNITY
    People streamed inside. A beefy boy from Stanley’s class called out, “Look, it’s the poster boy for flat kids!”
    Stanley grimaced. He hoped no one else would notice him.
    “Well, hello there, Stanley Lambchop!” It was Doctor Dan, whom Stanley had visited just after he was flattened. It wasn’t long ago that he’d woken up to find that his bulletin board had fallen on him in the middle of the night. “Helping out with the big performance, are we? Well, good for you for making positive use of an unusual condition!”
    How embarrassing, Stanley thought.
    After Doctor Dan left to take his seat, Stanley’s family appeared. “My little star!” squealed his mother, Harriet Lambchop.
    Stanley tried to smile as she kissed the edge of his head.
    His little brother, Arthur, rolled his eyes. “He’s not even in the show, Mom.”
    “Now, Arthur,” Mrs. Lambchop said, “those behind the scenes are just as important as those onstage.”
    “And nobody is behind the scenes like our Stanley.” Mr. Lambchop winked. Stanley sighed. He’d always liked being in plays. Now, all anyone wanted him to do was move the sets, because his shape made him hard to see when he crossed the stage.
    “I’m not even moving scenery today,” Stanley grumbled.
    “Why not?” asked Mr. Lambchop.
    “Are you in charge of the giant pandas?” said Mrs. Lambchop hopefully. “They have always been my favorite wonders from China!”
    “No.” Stanley pouted. “There aren’t any pandas. The spotlight blew a fuse, so . . ,” He held up a giant flashlight from behind his poster. “I have to hang upside down from the ceiling with this.”
    “Hey, Stanley,” called his friend Carlos, who lived next door