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woke to hear someone
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scruffpot! top of the house You can sleep in
the attic, Dick
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But, this time, Dick was
ready for them
“At last, I can get a good
night’s sleep,” thought Dick
Go get them,
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He only had one thing to
sell — his cat
“Maybe someone will give me two pennies for Tom,” he thought
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“Wake up, you lazy boy!” growled the cook “Work
harder.”
From then on, she made
Dick work twice as hard as
anyone else
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She was mean for a month He walked and walked,
“Im going back to the until he had almost left |
country,” thought Dick Ễ By |
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“That’s strange,” thought
Dick “The bells sound like
they’re calling to me.” “Theu re telling me to go back,” he realized rin | i gon L Turn again See 4ittington, Ft London thrice Mayor “And they’re saying Ill
be the mayor — three
times How odd.”
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his ears But he went back to \_ boomed Mr Fitzwarren
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“His palace was full of mice Dick used the money to and Tom chased them off.” | buy and sell things, just like ) Mr Fitzwarren
Mr Fitzwarren handed Dick
two bags bursting with gold iL
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Dick Whittington is based on the life of a real person who lived from about 1350 to
1423 Richard Whittington was brought up in Gloucestershire, England and went
to London to find work He became a successful cloth merchant and was
mayor of London three times
Series editor: Lesley Sims
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Whittington When Dick Whittington hears that the streets
of London are paved with gold, he can’t wait to seek his fortune But things don't quite work out
how he expects
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written especially for children who are learning to read,
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