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Can you hear me, Grandad?

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A girl's grandfather insists on "mishearing" her excited discussion of what she is going to see at the zoo, creating such comic distortions as turning "A leopard cannot change its spots" into "cann...

The treasure sock

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A girl amazes her mother by producing a frog, a marble, a set of false teeth, and other treasures she has picked up on her way home and stored in her sock.

One of those days

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When her daughter complains about her bad day at school, a mother compares it to her own disaster-filled day.

My friend Mr. Morris

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Selecting items from a store catalog helps Mr. Morris find new meanings to the words, feather duster, walking stick, and running shorts.

Thank you for the tadpole

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A father helps his son decide on a birthday present for a friend.

The squeaky, creaky bed

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A cumulative tale about a little boy who cannot fall asleep in the noisy old bed at his grandparents' house.

The squeaky, creaky bed

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A cumulative tale about a little boy who cannot fall asleep in the noisy old bed at his grandparents' house.

Drat that fat cat!

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A fat cat in search of food eats up everything he meets until he swallows a bee.

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