Maki's story about cicadas

Maki recorded a man talking about several happy memories he had as a child.  One of these was about playing with what he called "17-year locusts,"  which are actually cicadas.  Follow this link to read more about cicadas, and then listen to Maki's recording, focusing on the story about the 17-year locusts:

Information about Chicago area 17-year cicadas

Before you listen to Maki's recording, make sure you know the meaning of these words and phrases:

Dozens, off the top of my head, one or our rites, Lassie, a collie dog, a sumer of locusts, crush, tricycle, we would hear the crunch

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After listening to the recording, answer these questions in the "comments" section below this blog.

1. How old was he?
2. Who is Lassie?
3. What is a tricycle?  Who normaly rides this?
4. What did he do with the locusts with his girlfriend?

Comments

[Kyoko]

1.3 years old
2.TV show's name and the collie dog's name
3.Rides which have three wheels and usually are ridden by children.
4.They took turns to capture on locusts which fall on side walk and crush and crunch.

[EunBin]

1. He was 3years old.

2.He said that it's TV show'ss name and some dog.

3.bycicle for the children that have a three wheels.

4.They walked and crushed and crunched with locusts.

[Hae ryeong]

1.3years old
2.collie dog
3.The bicycle that has three wheels. Children
4.They walked and crushed with locust.

[Lani]

1. three years old
2. TV show's and collie dog's name.
3. bicycle which have three wheels for children.
4. side walk, crush and crunch with locust

[Grazyna]

1. He was 3 years old.
2. Lassie is the coly dog from the TV show "Lassie."
3. Tricycle is the three wheels bicycle which is usually rided by children.
4. They cuptured the locusts and put on the sidewalk, then they rided their tricycle over, so they could hear the crunch.

[Tiger]

1.3 years old
2.dog's name from the TV show
3.three wheels bicycle for children.
4.put ont eh side walk, crunch and cruch.

[Hidy]

1. three years old
2. TV show's name, a collie dog
3. The bycicle which has three wheels for children.
4. side walk and crush and crunch with locust

[miyako]

1.He was 3 years old.
2.Collie dog from TV show.
3.It's for children to ride and it has three tiny wheels and it's like bicycle.
4.They walked and cruched with locust.

[maki]

1.He was 3 years old.

2.TV shows nanme was "Lassie", and the main character was a collie dog.

3.A vehicle for kids,and which with one wheel at the front and two at the back.

4.They walked and crushed and crunched the locusts.