| 1. |
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Grabbing her broom, she leapt
astride it and soared into the darkness. |
| 2. |
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"Why?" asked her mother, Queen
Hortense. "That's what I don't understand, Willie. I would think you would
be delighted that your father is ready to choose your husband." |
| 3. |
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Then a tiny creature-something
like a lizard, yet somehow . . . different-scrambled from the
wreckage. Rearing on its hind legs, it spit fire at one of the goons, which
ran shrieking into the forest as flames singed its pants. |
| 4. |
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While waiting for his knights,
King Mildred sent the peasant woman to be cared for by a doctor. |
| 5. |
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The boy looked at the old man.
With his ramshackle armor and battered shield, he was hardly the kind of
knight Brian himself dreamed of becoming. |
| 6. |
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Other trees stretched to the
sides and into the distance as far as they could see-which was not far,
given the thick undergrowth. Streamers of moss and thick vines trailed from
the branches. |
| 7. |
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A dragon from the Forest of
Wonder is ravaging the kingdom! A fierce, man-eating, house-burning dragon.
He's eight feet tall and twenty feet long. He has a face make of fear, teeth
like daggers, a roar that can stop your heart. |
| 8. |
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When the fox spotted the two
humans it cried, "Help! Hellllllllp! You have to save me!" |
| 9. |
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An enormous spiderweb
stretched across the center of the clearing. Its intricate pattern was woven
from silvery strands as thick as her little finger. Stuck in the middle of
the web was a fat bear. |
| 10. |
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Once, a long time ago, I was a
mere peasant woman, just as normal as could be. I had a little house where I
lived with my husband, who was very old, and my son, who was very young.
Life was hard, but I was happy. |
