Finally, Elizabeth came to a cave with a large door
that had a huge knocker on it.
She took hold of the knocker and banged on the
door. The dragon stuck his nose out of the door and
said, “Well, a princess! I love to eat princesses, but I
have already eaten a whole castle today. I am a
very busy dragon. Come back tomorrow.”
He slammed the door so fast that Elizabeth almost
got her nose caught.
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Elizabeth came to a cave.
The dragon loved to eat princesses.
Ronald answered the door.
Elizabeth was really scared of the dragon.
The dragon enjoyed eating castles.
false
The next morning the forest woke to an unusual sight.
At the foot of the oldest oak a new tree had begun to grow.
No one but the oldest oak had seen anything like it before.
“It certainly isn’t like any of us,” said the others
It was summer in the new forest.
The oak greeted the little tree.
“Welcome to the New Forest,” he said.
“this is your home and we are your friends.”
The little tree grew quickly and
before long the old oak began telling
stories of life in the forest.
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In the evening they noticed something strange.
The little tree listened to the old oak’s stories.
It was autumn in the New Forest.
The little tree grew quickly.
The oldest tree was a fir tree.
false
“How lucky I am,” said Frog, admiring
his reflection in the water. “I am
beautiful and I can swim and jump
better than anyone. I am green, and green is my
favourite colour. Being a frog is the best thing in
the world.”
“What about me then?” asked Duck. “I am all
white. Don’t you think I am beautiful too ?”
“No,” said Frog. “There’s no green on you at all.”
“But I can fly,” said Duck, “and you can’t.”
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Being a cow is the best thing in the world.
Frog can swim and jump.
The story is about a frog and a duck.
The duck is yellow.
Duck and frog could fly.
false
The Shrimpton family!
Wherever the Shrimptons went people noticed them.
They were so talented, so eccentric, so larger than
life… you just couldn’t miss them even if you
wanted to. The Shrimpton’s hated to be missed.
They spent a great deal of time and trouble making
sure that they never went unnoticed. Mrs Shrimpton
created flamboyant hats from
fruit, feathers and fur.
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The Shrimptons were larger than life.
The story is about a family called the Shrubs.
Mrs Shrimpton made a hat from fruit,
The Shrimptons hated to be missed.
People never noticed the Shrimptons.
false