Five Children and It
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Hand hairy...?
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Hand hairy?
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Sand-fairy.
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Oh, pendulous expression,
furrowed brow - bad news?

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- This letter from your publisher.
- Yes, yes. Immaterial.

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Impact inconsequential.
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They want to make big changes to your book.
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- They do?
- Yes.

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Difficult Sums For Children isn't catchy enough.
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- Catchy?
- They're suggesting a new title.

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Counting The Fun With Charlie Chicken.
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They're replacing you with a chicken.
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- Ridiculous.
- Of course it is.

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We must write back and tell them.
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Give me the name of the chicken
and the address of his coop.

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No, no, your publishers.
You can't have a counting chicken.

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Of course not. Can't count without fingers.
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No use. Oh, I suppose he could use wings.
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No, that's silly. He'd only get to two.
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Unless... er...
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Noah managed two by two.
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Gosh, that flood must have been
a terrible setback.

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Ahh.
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Hm-hm.
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Smells like rain. Great change is afoot.
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You can sign this one.
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It! It!
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So, have you come to thank me
for yesterday's wish?

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- I brought you these.
- Ah.

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Forget it. How kind.
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That hole doesn't look very comfortable.
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- Yes, it is.
- Would you like to sit next to me?

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Like Flopsy. He's my rabbit.
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- You have a rabbit called Flopsy?
- Mm.

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Has he got no spine?
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Your ability with naming things
is not very good, child.

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Oh, here they all come. Hmm.
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Our wish didn't turn out as we expected.
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No.
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Yes. Our doubles turned the hall
into a swimming pool.

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Was anything damaged?
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- Damaged? It was an absolute mess!
- Huh? Plenty.

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- The vases smashed to smithereens?
- Yes.

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The floor flooded, and dictionaries drenched?
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They were.
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And the house burnt to the ground?
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- No.
- House didn't burn to the ground?


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