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A Purple Peaked
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there ivede OW MONS tec

Name A Rumple Buttercup

He Had...
b crookea teeth aes

3 uals of hair

Girone Skin

ita Percent
Bigger

Ank his left foot was

Slightly bigger than

Inis right

Left Right
He Was Vers Al
ede SO Rump \e worried

that if anyone ever SAW

him they icles.

Be a 4\ row
3
Sc aced : 6 .COOKS at
(S head
So he Spent his entire
lite hiding Under grou
IN A TAN Arai“ right by
OW garbage CaN in the
middle of town,
Where NO one wool ever
See him
But where he could SHl\ See
them. Lavgliing anc playing,

Singing anc dancing, Walking

Logs ana shel eioG rope

Bot Most of Ae
Mot Being Weird
 Lots of

Strarght
J Cin eaeeae

Perfectly
pre pe ier
Cet
 Living Underground Wasn't All

bad, though. Rumple made the

MOSt of (tend hack a Nice little
home he Aecorated with aid
Qachage he founk iw the CaN
Outside
 Bry ken
Umbrella Toe

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UGE rusted Bec Daa :
rAA\o headrest
ee, he pee

Day after day

Week After Week

Near After Year

Alone
Ss ONe aay he reached in the jarbage

Can and took...

2 lollipops

& A piece of chewed

4um

|/ 3 Steands of
} Spa ghe tdi

Oy ge Some melted
aire rope

A petrified pretze\

Ag
AY A hanAfel of
at) A y CANA Y Corny

aud Created...
Candy Corn Carl
E ven Though he WAS sust a

Bunch of old candy that

Rumple had gluek to the
Wall, Candy Cor Carl was
Rumple's best friend in

the world and Rumple

Wwovl& talk to him for
ours Kay .

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Breit CarL Never Replied
 SF KK. aly Haw

In there Cos J

Sea,
HAnue oe
Cause ae
U're
hums on,
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“Me Tf Car\ was real he Prob abl Wolk have likrd that
stoke but since he was a buch of camoly stuck
Menall he sest Stacect.
When KRumple Luasn'+ ouildin g
Stuff ovt of garloage OR
talking +o Carl he would
Stew to the voices Aloove
ground anc pretend

they were rahe to

nim

asd

With his eyes ShxT really

Tight (f was as if he
lias Pact of all the fur
hAPpt ning Abové
But when he opemed his eyes
he would. remember that j} was

A\\ 3st a dream and no one

Was ever TALE IA to him
 Leo

Sometimes at Night if
the Moor Wasn't feo bright
and if Rumple was feelin
adventurous he would 40
above gronmd with tHe help
of a very Simple Aisguise
Rumpd eae Above Derek
disqaur Se INS4ructiOonSs

Pee\ out of Fh
gacloage Can
= ot eee hence up
the drain puna

Dir NEE YES

Still
 Lying Quietly Dy the
qatloage Can No one wold
Miglites Vita a Pao e ANY ONE
Saw him they Woula ust
AWink he was a pile
of trash
Hiddew under his banana peel

Rumple A\mosS t felt [ike he

Was Norma |
Near after year with

WwoulA feel the breeze

of the Changing Seasons
 October he Coote
In
hear the COUN Cling
|
leaves ana Almost

taste the apple

%
Cider
Ty December he
would hem a\ong
Ace Re PASSING
cArolersS

ra -@
 And IN July he

Coed IMA GiN@ the

Beaut: fu Fireworks
But at the end of
Rach Night he was
Alway $ femnded
that...
He was Stil all alone
p

/
ip. ee were Tuewing

iste which meant that

Rumple’s favorite day

uns Fag} APPrOACHIN g

p-€
THe ANwual FPasama sam
Cotton CANDY Pancake Parad e
 ON the faye Saturday

re C of Summer Rvery one as

town WorlA Wake up

late, Keep their pasanns

ON, an march Aown
1 Dot PGE at sleek :
SN a9 annk Aawcing and /
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firtworks Oe
lighting

Pantene
AY ph Whi eat
ATIN | fae
ly

Giant loushels of cotton \/

Candy Pancakes

We fry!
dh Oe
 Rumple loveA this das

most of all because it

was the one Aay of
the year that he could
agerNY aS Ro
With a\\ of the Noise ana

Commotion NO oNe woul.

As long AS he had hi 5

isguise :

om
 Suma
ave

AF ver a whole Year ot

WAI TiNg the day Was Almost

here
the night before, Rumple
was 50 @xceited he
could hardly Sleep
He Woke vp early the Next
Morning , brushed his 5
crooked teeth
Combed Ws 4 lis py
hares
 Aud Slowly , Carefully

SlitherecaA his lon g gl Cen

hana up the faim drain
to fink a banana
Pee |
The garbage CAN WAS

empty!
ones
 there was No

ISANANA eels |
Pat Can't AO Aloove grouna withovt

Day Ais guise or People w\\

think DM weird™
So he lowered his

heack eee
Av& Creech
 And Crie A

RLY
or
And Criek Some more
Anca that is when

he heard ito
Kumple Coldwt believe
it! Was Candy Corm Carl
finally Talleing After
A\\ these years?
But Cacl was /
Silent \\
 And then he heard
the SAME Voice AQAIN..

A {ttle lh if louder

this time
the Voice Wasn't Comin
from Candy Corn Carl

i} was Comin g from

the cain Arain |
Come ONE Above ground
as dalting to him
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we couldn’
otice
help bet N
iM oe
Away YoY erTOns

U sum \ Spot Ty ahha

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ca aoe
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met
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iff DEEN VOCE replied

Because I hike. 5
crooked teeth

: Strands of hair

Greew Scaly a ecary

ANA my left foot
i$ Slightly bigger

than as Rain.

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gp tre voy. “LT have really

on My teeth ,
oioe nein oe metal
E auhine oy i$ Covere
can)
ae, Cee eiesm
See
“aud loot At me!
sp kee ceally thc
gras ser, A COpeG pornty

NOSE, ANCL CAN +

Ow ON OUNCE tye letter RI \A

ee ae
A\\ ot Sudden, Rumple
didut feel so Alone
 He moved closer to
the CAIN ALAN, gat up
on his tiptoes looked
Out and Saw...

tip toes
 Lim tater
Pua my ©

Big Bates >

pene

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ko hogs

Jey Ow 7 Shory,
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Av thats whew Rumple Realioed

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Everyone is Weird.
And that’s what

MAKES US great
Pullin g Rumple Abave ground,
the boy CemarKkecd...
x luhy ho You

Alway § We Ar
A \bANANA pee

ON your head ?
 iT]

Awol Rump le EhU Sia Smile

 A\\ this time they could
Cee him atter all auc Nobody
reece oie eee ee
S crooked 4+eeth

3 Strands of hair
Green scaly Skin
or even A Alans
BANANA
Ey Peel
ea
on his head|

A
 And the town, WAS SO

Nappy the; New friend had

Aecided to Join them zbo ve

ground they insiSteA he
lead the parade from ow
top of the highest
Float
~ PAyAMa JAN#
High up there Above ground
WAY hig hee than he hack
ever locen before Rumple
Cola feel the Wind in
recs 6SLrands
of hair
Cea
aR
a)

Fide conn minal.

the Cotton Canaly
PANCAKES jay ne

b Crooked. fect,
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ne :7 lA

7 “‘aote
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oo
= A
 [Sut the Wwatmes $

feeling BA OAS er te ide on;

the inside
Knowing he Wr 5 Surrounde

by a\\ his Ntw friend s

Who ..
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By p[Tim ay de
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vi 4°
Z PATAMA am
AM Gi
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< (/ ) :

A\\ Wore BANANA Peels on

Aneir Weoedss swonen Ot hes?
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Rumple Buttercup has 5 crooked
teeth, SstranAs of hair, green
SKIN, ANA lis left foot is Slightly
bigger thaw his right
He 15 Weied .

Byes im Bare’ Candy ei Car \

Chis imaginary friteua made of +ash)

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