Dr Abigail Allwood — the girl who looks for life on Mars

Fierce Girls

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Kids & Family, Stories For Kids

4.4 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Abigail Allwood never thought she'd be a scientist. In fact, she was terrible at science when she was at school. Now, she is searching for life on Mars! She’s the boss of a whole team of NASA scientists who are sending a robot she designed into space. How did she do it? Turns out there’s a universe of possibilities out there ... as long as you reach for the stars. Narrated by Australia’s first female foreign minister Julie Bishop

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0:00.0	This is the story of the girl who looks for life on Mars, Abigail Allwood, read by Australia's first
0:16.4	ever female minister for foreign affairs, Julie Bishop. Twinko, Twink Twinkle, twinkle little star.
0:29.0	Abby stared up at the sparkling night sky.
0:32.0	She felt so tiny laying there on the grass,
0:35.1	just her, the stars, and the cane toads.
0:39.4	I wonder if there are cane toads in space,
0:41.9	she thought. Surely Earth isn't the only place with
0:45.5	living creatures there's got to be something else out there. Maybe there's a
0:50.1	girl like me laying in her backyard staring up into the sky wondering exactly the same thing
0:57.0	but on the whole different planet.
1:00.0	Abigail Orwood was a dreamer. The only things she did more than staring into space
1:06.7	were watching animal documentaries and bearing her head in science fiction novels.
1:21.0	Abigail, stop reading and do your math's homework. Abby groaned. She wasn't great with numbers.
1:26.8	Jill has six boxes of 17 apples. Bill gives her 11 apples.
1:32.3	Jill eats 3 apples.
1:34.0	How many apples does Jewel have now?
1:36.0	Abby tried to concentrate.
1:38.0	Apples were spinning around in her head
1:42.0	like planets in the solar system.
1:44.0	Six times 17 equals.
1:48.0	Her brain strained.
1:49.0	I don't know.
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