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The next morning, Dick

woke to hear someone

shouting in his ear

“Go away!” she yelled

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Before Dick could move, a ' man came out of the house

Go back to the kitchen, Mrs Curry!

“Are you alright, son?”

Dick had never been in such “Welcome to my home,”

a grand house before It was said the man “My name is / &

Mr Fitzwarren gave Dick a But Dick was happy with |/

job in his kitchen Dick spent his new job And everyone in | |

the day washing pots the house was kind to him

Out of my way,

scruffpot! top of the house

You can sleep in the attic, Dick

The room was small, but Dick didn’t mind

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It was the same every night

Just as Dick’s head hit the

That afternoon, he visited /y Dick had never seen so

the big city market There many things for sale

Then he suddenly saw ,

just what he needed \

He bought the biggest cat

from the stall and ran home

But, this time, Dick was

ready for them

“At last, I can get a good

night’s sleep,” thought Dick

Go get them,

Onn the cat chased the

mice back into their holes

“One of my ships is going

on a selling trip,” he said

He only had one thing to

sell — his cat

“Maybe someone will give

me two pennies for Tom,”

“Wake up, you lazy boy!”

growled the cook “Work

harder.”

From then on, she made

Dick work twice as hard as

anyone else

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She was mean for a month He walked and walked,

“Im going back to the until he had almost left |

country,” thought Dick Ễ By |

i Early one morning, he

| slipped out of the house

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“That’s strange,” thought

Dick “The bells sound like

they’re calling to me.”

be the mayor — three

times How odd.”

Dick could hardly believe ` “Congratulations, Dick,”

his ears But he went back to \_ boomed Mr Fitzwarren

“His palace was full of mice Dick used the money to and Tom chased them off.” | buy and sell things, just like

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1423 Richard Whittington was brought

up in Gloucestershire, England and went

to London to find work He became a successful cloth merchant and was mayor of London three times

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Whittington When Dick Whittington hears that the streets

of London are paved with gold, he can’t wait to seek his fortune But things don't quite work out

how he expects

Dick Whittington is in the Usborne First Reading series,

written especially for children who are learning to read,

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Education and reading specialist at Roehampton University

With delightful illustrations, these books combine great stories with simple

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