Usborne Farmyard Tales
THE GRiyMPY
GOAT
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Amery & Stephen
Cartwright
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Usborne Farmyard Tales
THE GPLWMPY
GOAT
Heather Amery
by Stephen Cartwright
Illustrated
Edited by Jcnn\' Tyler
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Apple Tree Farm.
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She has two children,
Poppy and Sam, and a dog called Rusty.
is
called
Mrs. Boot, the farmer.
Ted works on the
form.
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tells
"Will
she
Poppy and Sam to clean the goat's shed.
let us?" asks Sam. "She's so grumpy now."
Gertie the goat chases
Sam.
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She butts him with her head. He nearly
Sam, Poppy and Rusty run out through
falls
over.
the gate.
Poppy shuts the
gate,
They must get Gertie out
get to her shed.
"I
pen so they con
hove on idea," soys Sam.
of her
Sam
gets a bag of bread.
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"Come
eats
it
on, Gertie," soys
Sam. "Nice bread."
and the bag, but stays
in
her pen.
Gertie
"Let's try
some
fresh grass," says Poppy.
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up some gross and drops it by the
gate. Gertie eats it but trots back into her pen.
Poppy
pulls
"I
have another
idea,"
says
Sam
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She wouldn't butt me
Ted," says Sam. He runs off again.
"Gertie doesn't butt Ted.
I
looked
like
if
Sam comes
back wearing Ted's clothes.
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He has found Ted's
into the
old coot
pen but Gertie
still
and
hat.
butts him.
Sam goes
"I'll
get a rope," says Poppy.
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pen. Poppy tries to throw the
rope over Gertie's head. She misses.
They go
into the
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Gertie chases
them
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Rusty runs out of the pen and Gertie follows him.
"She's out!" shouts Sam. "Quick, shut the gate."
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Sam and Poppy
clean out Gertie's shed.
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They sweep up the old straw and put in the
wheelbarrow. They spread out fresh straw.
it
12
Poppy opens the
gate.
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"Come
on, Gertie.
Sam. Gertie
trots
You con go bock now," soys
back
into
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her pen.
"You are a grumpy old goat," says Poppy.
"We've cleaned out your shed and you're
grumpy," says Sam. "Grumpy Gertie."
14
still
Next morning, they meet Ted,
"Come and
go
to the
look at Gertie now," says Ted.
goat pen.
15
They
all
Gertie has a
little kid,
"Oh, isn't it sweet," says Poppy. "Gertie doesn't
look grumpy now," soys Sam.
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Usborne Farmyard Tales
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GOAT
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