Miss Muffet Book Volume 2 with covers1 (1)

Volume 2
Edward Currie
Illustrated by: Shalla Mar N. Mugot

Book 2

For Al and El - The Blackberry Boys
First published in Great Britain 2019
Copyright ©2019 by Edward Currie
Harp Publishing
www.harppublishing.co.uk
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With Jack’s insults and curses still ringing in
her ears Miss Muffet made off with great
speed. She did not stay around to help Jack.
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She had no idea where she was going but
eventually came to a long, straight road which
disappeared over the horizon. Lots of carts
and stagecoaches were using the road. I will
thumb a lift she thought to herself.
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After waiting at the side of the road for a
short time she was relieved to hear the sound
of singing ♫ Hi ho, Hi Ho it’s off to work we
go ♫ and along the road came a cart full of
very small people sitting on a pile of hay. Her
thumb was already stuck out in the hope of a
lift.
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It worked. The cart stopped and the driver
who was a young woman wearing a white skirt
asked where Miss Muffet was going. She said
as far away as possible from this place. The
young woman was not suspicious of this
answer. She should have been.
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As soon as Miss Muffet was in the cart she
immediately assessed the situation. There was
the young woman sitting next to her with the
horses reins in her hands and the dwarfs,
still singing, in the back of the cart. Miss
Muffet needed to get rid of them.
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Glancing sideways at the young woman driving
Miss Muffet grabbed the reins with her left
hand and delivered an uppercut right to the
young woman’s chin lifting her off the seat
and depositing her at the side of the road.
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Instantly giving the horses a good, sharp
whack with the reins she sped off at a fast
gallop tipping the occupants in the back on to
the road. There was no more singing and
Snow White and her seven dwarves did not
get to work that day.
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Reaching the brow of a small hill Miss Muffet saw a
cottage with an old woman and dog in the back
garden. Feeling hungry and thirsty she decided to
stop and see if she could get something to eat and
drink. The cart came to a screeching stop but the
old woman and dog did not hear.
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Getting off the cart and stealthily
approaching the front door of the cottage
Miss Muffet noticed it was slightly open so
did not bother knocking but went straight in
and started to look around.
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Against one of the walls was a large cupboard
reaching from the floor to the ceiling. Miss Muffet
carefully opened it and to her delight it was full of
food which she quickly transferred into her
upturned frock and rushed back to the cart.
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Having robbed Old Mother Hubbard of all her food,
the cupboard now being empty and leaving her and
her dog to starve Miss Muffet leapt back onto the
cart and again sped off along the road. We now
know why Old Mother Hubbard’s cupboard was
bare.
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Coming to a T junction the signpost there said
London to the left and the coast to the right. Miss
Muffet briefly considered going to the right and
taking ship to France from the coast but she spoke
no French so decided London was the better option.
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Having first turned the signpost around to confuse
any pursuers she screamed at the horses “London
here we come”. She turned left and swiftly brought
the horses to the gallop again.
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Speeding along the road she chanced to see a
fair in the distance and standing by the side
of the road a young boy talking to a man
selling pies.
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The young man was looking in his pocket and
stepped backwards into the path of Miss
Muffet’s galloping horse. That was the end of
Simple Simon, he would not be trying to buy
pies from unknown pie makers ever again.
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Continuing along the London road she saw a
person with a bundle on a stick over his
shoulder and walking in the same direction. In
a good mood now and feeling a little lonely
Miss Muffet stopped and asked the man if he
wanted a ride.
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The man was grateful to be offered a lift
and Miss Muffet helped him on to the cart to
sit beside her. He said his name was Dick and
he was hoping to make his fortune in London.
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Miss Muffet set off once again at a gallop
and this surprised Dick who had to hang on
for dear life while trying to speak with Miss
Muffet who was quizzing him about his plans.
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Miss Muffet was not really listening to what
Dick was saying as she had spotted some
sheep on the road ahead. She was going much
too fast to go around them although there
was a young girl frantically waving for her to
stop something Miss Muffet had no intention
of doing.
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Dick, by this time hiding his head in his hands
was nearly thrown from the cart as Miss
Muffet ploughed straight through the flock of
sheep at the same time as shouting at the
girl to take more care of her animals in the
future. Little Bo Peep could only sit on the
verge and cry. She would not need to worry
about lost sheep again.
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Speeding on in the cart but also speaking with
Dick, Miss Muffet learned that he was going
to London and hoped one day to become Lord
Mayor. She thought that this was fanciful
and hubris on his part but before she could
say this London’s city walls came into view.
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Miss Muffet saw there was a bridge spanning
the river which she would need to cross.
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So instead of porridge they made a meal of
Goldilocks who Miss Muffet heard shouting
and screaming.
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Only the blonde, wavy hair remained after
the bears had finished eating. Until now it
was thought that Goldilocks had eaten baby
bear’s porridge but we now know it was Miss
Muffet and Goldilocks was unfairly blamed.
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In the meantime Miss Muffet from her hiding
place in the bushes, saw on the skyline the
remains of two small houses one made of
straw and one of wood but there was also one
of brick that was still standing.
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Wondering if there was food in the still
standing house and moving stealthily away
from the three bears’ place she walked uphill
toward the brick house, she noticed that it
had a thick, wooden door at the front.
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Knocking on the door, she at first got no
reply but then noticed that she was being
watched from the bottom of a window.
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She considered putting a brick through the
window but then decided that a more passive
approach would be best so she made rubbing
motions on her belly to indicate she was
hungry.
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Watching from behind a nearby tree was the
big, bad wolf who had blown down the straw
and wood houses and was still trying to blow
down the brick house.
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One of the little pigs inside seeing she was a
young girl went to the door and cautiously
opened it. Unfortunately for the pig what he
too had not seen was the big, bad wolf hiding
behind the tree.
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Before Miss Muffet could even put a foot in
the door the wolf rushed past forcefully
pushing the door in.
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The pigs, taken by complete surprise by the
quick opening of the door were trapped behind
it and looked alarmed at the turn of events.
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Miss Muffet thought it better not to hang
around, hungry or not she did not want to be
on the menu.
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Leaving the squealing, struggling pigs to be
butchered by the wolf Miss Muffet decided
to hide in a nearby bean field.
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This, as she soon discovered, was no ordinary
bean field, all the beans were very, very tall.
Near a thatched house one was even taller
than the rest reaching into the clouds above.
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Out of the house came a young man dressed
as a woodsman. He went to the bottom of
this very tall beanstalk and started to climb
it. His name was Jack.
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Miss Muffet had never seen anyone like him
before and was even more intrigued when he
started to climb the beanstalk.
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Throwing caution to the wind Miss Muffet was
up and running toward the unsuspecting Jack,
shouting as she went “Take me with you”
although, of course, she had no idea where
he was going.
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Startled, the young man turned, lost his grip
and fell the 30 metres to the ground breaking
his back in the process.
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His last words were……………………………………………………………..
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The first packet of papers ends here, as soon
as the next is opened and read the story will
continue.
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