Page 7 - Spider Magazine for Kids (January 2020)
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entered the kitchen. Then, while
Rudyard lured Charles away from
the door with two huge handfuls
of Stinky Piggie treats, Dandelion and
Doodlebug got to work as “dressers.”
Finally, all was ready. With
Charles slobbering away in a corner,
Punky stealthily opened the back
door. A very strange looking figure
tottered out and stumbled recklessly
around the corner of the house, gone
from sight. A moment later, Charles
returned, slammed the door shut with
a groan, and resumed his guard-pig
position like the heaving porker
he was.
But who cared? Cackling like
maniacs, the kids rushed through
the house and arrived in the front
hall just as a ratta-tat-tat-tat pecking
sounded against the door.
“The First Footer!” Aunt Pearl
closet. Doodlebug called all their pets. cried, struggling out of her armchair.
“Not bad thinking, even for a sea “May he be tall and dark-haired!”
hag!” Punky said, slapping Dandelion Doodlebug, Dandelion, Rudyard,
too hard on the back. and Punky held their breath, trying
Dandelion bit her tongue and not to giggle as everyone gathered in
gathered in the pets as they eagerly the hall. They watched expectantly
Eet ezz just une Hung from the top of
old crabapple . . . Termite Tower . . . In Old Bugtown And at exactly 12 o’clock it
Big Red Ball? But Square . . . drops to celebrate
what’s that? the new year!
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