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Little Eddie One Trunk
Little Eddie One Trunk
Little Eddie One Trunk
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Little Eddie WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK
High utility words:
1–100 when, was, some, of, the, were, and, but,
One Trunk
all, a, you, see, had, one, he, in, his, they, how, to, be,
with, my, I, that, him, as, up, of, them, not, me, do, an,
it, have, from, can, how, said, she, would, for, what, are,
about, come, came, big, there, out, so, we, your
101–200 two, little, play, could, ran, went, saw, must,
small, here
E words: when, Edward, elephants, extraordinary,
everyone, bell, peppers, eggplants, before, let, them,
kept, never, when, went, Eddie, Emma, except, never,
bent, led, ten, ever, every, end, met, explained, question,
extra, tell, friend
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“When Edward was born, some of the
elephant indeed.
trunks.”
3 4
As Edward grew up, many of the other
and sang:
5 6
Edward grew up to be a fine-looking One day, he had walked all morning. He was
elephant. But he didn’t have a girlfriend. deep in the jungle when he heard a splishing
None of the young girl elephants wanted a and a splashing. He went to investigate.
boyfriend with only one trunk. Edward kept
You can imagine how surprised he was
to himself. He took long walks in the jungle
when he saw a beautiful young girl elephant
and often found himself far, far from his
playing in a river. And can you imagine how
village. But he always found his way home.
double-surprised he was to see that she only
An elephant never forgets.
had one trunk?
7 8
“Because all elephants, except me and um . . .
in disbelief.
“Not that bit,” said Emma. “Why would they
call you ‘one trunk’?” “Come with me. I’ll show you,” said Emma.
9 10
“Emma led Edward through the jungle.
11 12
“Edward was so insistent, Emma’s mother
story.
we move east.”
13 14
“Their leader answered the question. “All “Edward looked at Emma and said shyly,
elephants have one trunk, except for your “If they’ll let me.”
Edward’s mom.
15 16