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CHAPTER 1

THE 26-STORY
TREEHOUSE

Hi, my name is Andy.

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This is my friend Terry.

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We live in a tree.

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Well, when I say tree, I mean treehouse. And


when I say treehouse, I dont just mean any
old treehouseI mean a 26-story treehouse!
(It used to be a 13-story treehouse, but weve
added another 13 stories.)

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So, what are you waiting for?


Come on up!

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Weve added a bumper car rink,

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a skate ramp (with a crocodile-pit hazard),

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a mud-fighting arena,

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an antigravity chamber,

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an ice-skating pond (with real, live ice-skating


penguins),

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a recording studio,

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a mechanical bull called Kevin,

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an ATM (thats an Automatic Tattoo Machine, in


case you didnt know),

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an ice-cream parlor with seventy-eight flavors,


run by an ice cream-serving robot called Edward
Scooperhands,

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and the Maze of Dooma maze so complicated


that nobody who has gone in has ever come out
again.

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As well as being our home, the treehouse is also


where we make books together. I write the words
and Terry draws the pictures.

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As you can see, weve been doing this for quite a


while now.

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Sure, Terry can be a bit annoying at times . . .

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but mostly, we get on pretty well.

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