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HIGHLAND
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Askews & Holts |May-2013

Illustrated by Andy Elkerton

Reading Consultant: Alison Kelly
Roehampton University
This is a story about five
dinosaurs — ©
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ab ig forest.
He liked living in the
forest. He liked
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But, most of all, Sid liked
scaring other dinosaurs.
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He saw Shite — but Spike
didn’t see him.
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Spike was picking berries.

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look juicy.

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Sid crept up behind Spike,
and gave a... NR
: splat! Spike got covered
in squashy berries.
 “That’s not funny, Sid,”
said Spike.
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Sid just grinned and

stomped on his way.
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Come here,
little fishies.
Sid crept up behind Ross,
and gave ‘a 0 AR!
Splash! Ross fell into
the water.

“That’s not funny, Sid,”

said Ross.
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stomped on h is wau.
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Ollie was collecting eggs
or her dinner.

I'll have fried

eggs tonight.
Sid crept up behind Ollie,
g a v e a...
and

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Crack! Eggs went
everywhere.

pilawha, laughed Sid.

“That’s not funny, Sid,”
said Ollie.
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Sid just grinned and
stomped on his way.

When Sid got

home, his
throat hurt.
The next day, Sid went
for another walk.

He saw Spike picking

berries.
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Sid crept up behin

and gave a...

Spike laughed, _
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 Ha ha, Sid.
You've lost your roar.
You can't scare me
any more!

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Sid came to the river.
Ross was fishing.

Sid’s throat hurt. But he

still wanted to roar.
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 éscrept up behind Ross
and gave a...
 Henheeole:
You've lost your roor.
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any more! :

Sid went red in the face

and tiptoed away.
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Sid came to the tall trees.
Ollie was collecting eggs.

Sid’s throat still hurt.

But he wanted to roar.
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He crept up behind Ollie
and gave a...

Ollie laughed.
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 rile} Intel, sileh
You've lost your roar.
You can't scare me
any more!

Sid went red and ran all

the way home.
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laughed at. It felt bad.

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He didn’t hike ct a
sore throat either.
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So he ate a
spoonful of
honey,

drank some
warm water

and went to bed.

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The next day, Sid’s throat
was better.

He decided to visit Spike,

Ross and Ollie.
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 went ae

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Then we can
be friends.
Sid went to the berry
bushes — but Spike wasn’t
there.
That's odd.
He went to the river — but
Ross wasn’t there.
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He went to the ta
»but Ollie wasn’t there.
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Sid saw some footprints.

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They were at the bushes
and the river too.
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They weren't Spike's.

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Joo long.
They weren't Ross's.

Too deep.
 cl huge dinosaur,
called Rex.

PrOmolease
don't eat us, Rex.

Rex had taken Spike, Ross

and Ollie home for dinner.
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Sid wanted to scare Rex.
But did he have a roar?

There was only one wa

to find out.
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Rex was terrified.
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He ran off and didn’t look
back.

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“Three cheers for Sid!”

cried the others.
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Hurray for Sid! His mighty roar
saved us from that dinosaur.
 Series editor:
Lesley Sims

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Who LostHisROAR |
_ Sid enjoys scaring the other dinosaurs with his
mighty roar. They don’¢-find it so funny. But what weuld
happen if Sid ever lost his voice? He’s about to find out. oe

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