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CarRoeltoWld abytson
Adapted by Gill Harvey
Illustrated by Nick Price
Reading Consultant: Alison Kelly
University of Surrey Roehampton
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Contents
Chapter 1:
Pegasus
Chapter 2:
The greedy griffin
Chapter 3:
The evil cockatrice
Chapter 4:
Unicorn magic
Chaftp—ter 1
Pegasus
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tame,” she said.
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The Chimera
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Even its taillwoIBtoakessiplnlaaegntrosaepnvthailok-ne,.
trsywtiinnitggh htpoiomison.
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spTeahrenantdhestpurcinkcae tlouomkpoouftlheiasd
on the end of it.
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Canhdimtheerabweaasst dceoallda.psed. The
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Bellerophon went back to
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Bellerophon fell through the
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Olympus. __
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Chapter 2
Thgerigfrfeinedy
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w...ahse asatwerraifgyriinfgfin! A griffin
hbcarnoeeadaedytaugaorlnefe.da, Ibwltiuoihtnnag.tdhsetohfe
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Swooping down, the griffin
sitnsalticohne’sdculapwtsh.e two oxen in
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doBwanckanadt hwoempte., Hassan sat
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to their bows and fired them.
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Chapter 3
The evil cockatrice
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Clclooaouo“lmlBdkeleedyae.talZant!ahdkis.!”
aBterlioubgkeTf“goeelfHhall,ueha”yeetd.esral’asioontioosdksftseeartshaetrsd.own and
“But roosters canhZTwse’ttgaha!aaTgd”kirshse.slaehdaoanyu.iindddgeeai.tn
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The rooster stared at the
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droelaledd. over,
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LoIot'sk ahBatetetchlahe!inegg.g!
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ciecinmyrreteeomeasptetduyhdireeierade’tsdely.
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brTavhee svoillldaigere tloeakdilelrtsheent a
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ca“llDedo obeutc,aarsefhuel!l”efBt.eela
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uhipsC, shhpaeeragrariinasgendd
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As the spear went in, the
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claoyHckesatiftlerlil,cl uefrnwoambaslehni’tstohhmourrostveaeat. nTadlhl.e
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mitsu“eTslfto,”skhtiohllwetphirteiaecsrrteesafalteuidcrt.ei,onyoouf
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saAwsistsoeolnf, aist ltehteocuotckatrice
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Chapter 4
Unicorn magic
bOenliceev,etdheurneicwoarsn ahokrinnsgwwehreo
dcmroiaengd’itctc.oo“mTFoeinbhdyo,mmheiesawpuaitgnheioc.uo“trAno!nn”deh.e”
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wa oTurnoldibc,yobrhnuutanhnteeydwcohauelllrdeon.v’etrfitnhde
wmeoDenkatyshssbebbceeaccmaammeeemwyoeenaetrhksss.........
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Toby grew old, but he didn’t
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where a unicorn lived.
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TacoFhboeyrd’.dsafeyest thhueryt jaonudrnheiysebdo.nes
uBnuFitcinoifarnlIlyslhi,votewhseaygrooiurul,nsydaoiutdh,ims“Tubshetend.
promise to leave him alone.”
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hueniccoournld. n’t touch the
thWeshkhsaieank“nigiOdn,Thgthohewbewyweiktlaihtlnso,”gflde.ar.
I’l“lYpouut tmheigmhtonha“aImfvreeIyactlbhauaonnnu’tingcheoharrt.vn”oe, f
sthaiadt ibtetfoorhei!m”ssealifd. Toby, but he
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