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Look out! It's the Owl!
On went the mouse through the deep dark wood.
an owl saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.
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“Where are you going to, little brown mouse?
Join me for tea in my treetop house”
“It's frightfully nice of you, Owl, but no
- I'm going to have tea with the gruffalo.”
“A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?”
“A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know?”
“He has knobbly knees, and turned out toes,
and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose.”
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“Where are you meeting him?”
“Here, by this stream... and his favorite food is owl ice cream.”
“Owl ice cream! Too-Whit! Too-Whoo!”
“Good-bye, little mouse,” and away Owl flew.
“Silly old Owl! Doesn't he know? There's no such thing as a gruffalo!”