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An invitation is given on the very first page… ‘Come! Let’s slip down the end of the garden, we’ll .....
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Mabel loves Fridays. This is the day each week she and her mum go for a treat at Miss Plum’s .....
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Sal’s dad is an accomplished horseman, effortlessly rounding up cows on the farm. Sal has her own horse, and she .....