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To catch a leprechaun
Rori and Kane watched in secret as a leprechaun, wearing strange clothes, a
hat and buckled shoes, had stolen a golden spoon they’d put as bait in their
garden. They planned to follow sneakily behind him as he took the spoon to his
secret treasure trove. Then, they’d regain their stolen spoon, and take some other
treasure, too, as a lesson. If the leprechaun didn’t lead them to anything, then they’d
snare him. Rori held a big butterfly net for that purpose. By the rules, the captured
leprechaun would have to tell them where his treasure lay. But leprechauns, like
riddles, are tricksters with words. ‘Why was six sad?’ Rori and Kane knew that one.
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‘Because seven eight nine!’ So, instead, they’d make him show them the treasure.
Keeping their dog, Stretch, beside them, they waited while the leprechaun strolled
casually past a pot in plain view beside a bush. Looking at it, Rori and Kane
suspected it was just bait to trick impatient treasure hunters. They didn’t notice the
sudden appearance of a dash-lined door in a nearby tree trunk nor the chirrups
from two pixie sentries watching from the trees.
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COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOZE Book 4 978-1-922426-73-4 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au