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The 65-Story Treehouse Excerpt
The 65-Story Treehouse Excerpt
THE 65-STORY
TREEHOUSE
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We live in a tree.
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a cloning machine,
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LOLLIPOP LUNACY!
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A A R DVA R K!
CHEESE
STICK S!!
POOPPOOP!!
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an invisible level,
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a quicksand pit,
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CHAPTER 2
ATTACK OF
THE ANTS!
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TWO-TERRY TERROR!
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N
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ANTS!
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TS!
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STOMP! STOMP!
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Hmmm, I say.
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Hmmm.
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
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CHAPTER 3
JILL TO
THE RESCUE
Help! I yell.
Help! yells Terry.
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Andy? says a
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Terry? What
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Its Jill!
The ants went
crazy and turned
into a hose! I say.
Can you turn
the tap off so we
can get down?
says Terry.
Sure thing,
says Jill.
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Its not
working, she
says. Im too
big. I need to
be ant-size.
Can you draw
me smaller,
Terry?
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Thanks, Terry, says Jill through the micro-minimegaphone. The ants said they are very cross
because you and Andy keep wrecking their ant
farm.
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Im really sorry,
I say.
Me too, says
Terry. Im really,
really sorry.
Im even sorrier
than Terry, I say.
And Im even
sorrier than Andy,
says Terry.
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What problem?
I say.
I can explain,
says Terry. Once
upon a time . . .
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UH-OH . . .
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and then I
felt worse . . .
and then I
felt even worser . . .
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INSPECTOR BUBBLEWRAP
SAFETY CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS
BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENT
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CHAPTER 4
INSPECTOR
BUBBLEWRAP
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UH-OH . . .
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If I may
Ill start right here.
Uh-ohoh my
Oh nooh dear.
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Or an ear or a knee
Or an elbow or nose
Or an arm or a leg
Or a foot or some toes!
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Your trampoline
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And its up really high
Near the top of the tree!
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A crew of wreckers
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So youd better get going;
Theres no way you can stay.
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We jet-chair up to the owl house on our jetpropelled office chairs and hover in front of the
owls.
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I set the dial for six and a half years back. (Thats
just before we started building our treehouse.)
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OUCH!
UGH!
OOF!
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CHAPTER 5
PREHISTORIC
POND SCUM
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WHAM!
The trash bin lands and we all fall out onto the
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But I only set it for six and a half years back, I say.
The inspector must have knocked it when he
fell in, says Terry.
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