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EAST CHRIS JUDCE

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The Beast was always thrilled when

he woke up to find SNOW.
Every year, on the first day of snow, he helped the
mountain villagers to put on 4 festival to celebrate.

But this year there was 4 problem.

The Beast carefully climbed It was in chaos—
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the village. been stolen.
“We'll never build our festival now,” said an angry villager.
“It must be the work of that abominable Snow Beast.”

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Scratching his head, the Beast promised to find this

mysterious monster and get everyone’s tools back.
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Then the chase was on.
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the Beast would catch up...
As they ran through the snow, the two beasts
found out they had 4 lot in common.
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amazement When they reached the shore.

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 “No, no—this is my friend,” said the Beast
and he told the villagers about his adventure.

The Snow Beast returned everybody’s tools

and said he was very, very sorry.
The villagers forgave him, even the angry one,
but it wag too late to put on the snow festival.

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“T think I might have an idea.”
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