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Cloze
To catch a leprechaun
Rori and Kane watched in secret as a leprechaun, wearing strange clothes,
a and buckled shoes, had stolen a spoon they’d
behind him as he took the
as bait in their garden. They planned to follow
to his secret treasure trove. Then, they’d
regain their spoon, and take some treasure, too,
a lesson. If the leprechaun didn’t
them to anything,
then they’d snare . Rori held a big butterfly net that
purpose. By the rules, the captured
would have to tell them where
his lay. But leprechauns, like riddles, tricksters with
words. ‘Why was six sad?’ Rori
eight nine!’ So, instead, they’d make him show them the
dog, Stretch, beside them, they waited
Kane knew that one. ‘Because seven
. Keeping
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the leprechaun
strolled past a pot in plain view a bush. Looking
at it, Rori and Kane it was just bait to impatient
treasure hunters. They didn’t notice the
in a nearby tree trunk nor the
appearance of a dash-lined
from two pixie sentries
watching
the trees.
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