The Stone Came Down the River
Polly learns that the blue stone came down from the mountains, and that it has a name.
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Quiz ↓The blue stone did not come from the sea. It came down the river.
Rivers carry stones down from the mountains. So two men walked up the river to look for the place. This was in nineteen seventy four. High in the mountains they found dark rock. Inside the dark rock there was blue.
One man was called Miguel Méndez. His daughter was called Larissa. The Spanish word for sea is mar. So he gave the stone the name larimar.
Other people saw the blue stone before him. But nobody knew what it was. Polly looks up at the green mountain above her.
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What did Miguel Méndez name the blue stone?
Where did the blue stone come from?
Who is Larissa?
What is the name of the stone that Miguel Méndez found?
Where did the blue stone come from?
Who is Miguel Méndez's daughter?
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