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Chip hod cr new book. It wqs qbout o princess who coutdn't tough. Nobodg could moke her tough.
Chip hod qn ideo. "Trg ond mqke me toughr" he sqid. lliff mode o funng foce, but she coutdn't nrokc Chip tough.
Biff put on q funnu wig. She told q funng joke, but she still couldn't mqke Chip lough. "It's no goodr" she sqid.
I(pper hcrd some joke teeth. The joke tccth were new The teeth went ctick, click, ctick. Evergone loughed ond loughed.
The mogic keg begon to gtow. The chitdren rqn into Biff's room. The mogic took them on q new qdventure.
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The chitdren were rn o villoge. Theg scrw cI notice on o tree. It wqs qbout o princess who coutdn't tough.
I(pper hqd crn ideq. He stitt hqd the jok teeth.
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csn moke the princess loughr" he
The king wqs in the villoge. A girl totd him o joke. "Thqt's not funnur" soid the king. "Thqt won't mqke the princess tough."
"\(Iho's next?" cqtted the king. "I omr" sqid g mqn. "Oh no!" grooned the king. "Not onother chicken!"
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The chitdren went to the king. "$7e csn mcrke the princess loughr" soid Biff. "FIow?" osked the king.
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The teeth went ctick, click, click. Evergone toughed ond toughed. "Thqt witt mqke the princess lough," soid the king.
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Kipper dropped the teeth. A dog cought them qnd rqn off with them in its mouth.
"Stop thot dog!" shouted the king. "Stop thot dog ond get the teeth." Evergone rqn qfter the dog. "Get the teeth!" shouted the king.
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The dog wqs too fost. Nobodg coutd cqtch it. "Stop thot dog!" shouted the king.
The dog rqn this wog ond thot. People tried to grob it, but it wqs too fqst. "Get the teeth!" shouted Kipper.
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The king rqn qfter the dog. Evergone rqn qfter the king. The king fetl over.
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I(pper picked up the joke teeth. Evergone tooked qt them. The teeth were broken. "Oh no!" sqid the king.
The king put the teeth on cr cushion. "Whqt q pitg!" he soid. "Now theg won't mqke the princess tough."
The princess heqrd the noise. She tooked out of q window. She sqw the king ond she storted to lough.
The king hqd mud on his clothes. He hqd the teeth on the cushion. He tooked funng thot the princess loughed ond loughed.
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The king Looked qr rhe princess. "I've mqde the princess toughr" he soid. Evergone loughed ond cheered.
The mogic keg begon to gtow. The mogic took the children home. But nobodg sqw the chitdren go. Evergone wqs
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AFTER READING Look ogoin ot the pictures on poges 7-9. Ask:
Whot woutd you do to moke the princess lough? Turn to poge ll. Ask: Why did the king storl to tough? Look ot poge 2O. Ask: Why did the princess stort to lough?
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"Whot mqde the princess lough?" qsked Kipper.
"I don't knowr" soid Chip, "but peopte tough ot sittg things."
Text O Roderick Hunt 1994 Iuustrations O Alex Brychta 1994 Irirst published 1994
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