Page 55 - Grade 5 - unit 1
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Suddenly, between crashes of thunder, the
queen heard a firm tap-tapping at the palace
gates, so she threw on her dressing gown and
went to see who it could be.
A girl was standing outside. And what
a state she was in! The wild weather had
tangled her dark curls into a big bush. Rivers
of rainwater streamed off her shoulders and
splashed off her torn stockings, filling her
sturdy little boots to overflowing. And every
step she took made a sad squelch, like a frog
in a ditch. Squish. Squash.
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