Transcript The Missing Gator of Gumbo Limbo.

The Missing Gator of
Gumbo Limbo.
By Jean Craighead George
Problems found in the Book
• Dejun is being hunted by Travis
• Liza K’s mom wants a new job
• Priscilla does something secretively with
mini gin bottles
• Some of the fish are dying
• Dejun is missing
Dajun is being Hunted
• Travis makes his
living hunting and
killing alligators. He
has been hired to get
Dajun.
• The people in the
condos are afraid of
Dajun
Liza K’s mom is looking for a
new job.
• Liza K’s mom is a
waitress right now
• She is going to night
school.
• She want to be a
manager for the diner
she works at
• She wants a better
home for Liza K
Priscilla and the mini gin bottles
• She collect mini gin bottles
• No one knows what she does with them
• Liza K sees her filling them with colored
water
• Priscilla then hangs them on bushes
• Something is attracted to them, but what?
Some Fish are Dying in Gumbo
Limbo.
Fish are dying in
Gumbo Limbo
They are found on
floating on top of the water
The water has a funny
taste and smell to it.
Dajun is no where to be
found but plants are
still not growing where
they should
Dajun is missing
• Dajun is usually comes out in the day but
he’s no where to found in the daytime.
• You can usually tell where he is by the
plants being bulldoze over, this is not
happening.
• James James’s traps are not being disturbed
by Dajun.
Solutions to the problems
• Dajun being hunted - Travis thinks the alligator has moved
on so he moves on too.
• Liza K’s wants a new job - Liza K’s mom get the manager job.
• What Priscilla doing with gin bottles? -She using them to
attract hummingbirds.
• Fish are dying in Gumbo Limbo - Toxic containers were being
washed in the water. This will stop now.
• Dajun is missing - Dajun became a night animal so he
wouldn’t get caught. He only came out at night
.