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73 Who Ate Kipper's Toy Box? A Mousey Mystery · The Story Time With Lucky Podcast

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  Welcome back to Storytelling for Lucky Podcast. Today we're going to read Kipper's Toy Box.
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  Someone or something had been nibbling on a hole in Kipper's Toy Box.
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  Hope my toys are safe, said Kipper.
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  He emptied them out on counting them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. That's wrong, he said.
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  There should be only 6.
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  Kipper counted his toys again. This time he lined them up to make it easier.
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  One big owl one,
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  Hippopotamus two.
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  Sock thing three, Slipper four, Rabbit five, Mr.
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  Snake That's better, he said.
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  Kipper put his toys back in the toy box. Then he counted them one more time. Just to make sure.
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  One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight noses. That's too,
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  too many noses, said Kipper.
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  Kipper grabbed his big owl. Kipper grabbed his big owl and threw him out of
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  the toy box. What? he said crossfully.
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  Out went Hippopotamus, two Out went Rabbit, three Out went Mr Snake,
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  four Out went Slipper, five But where was Six?
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  There was... Where was Sock Thing?
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  Kipper was upset Next to Rabbit, Sock Thing was his favourite Now he was gone
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  I won't lose any more of you Sied Kipper He picked up the rest of his toys And
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  put them back in his basket He climbed in and,
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  kept watch until bedtime.
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  That night Kipper was woken by a strange noise. It was coming from the corner of the room.
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  Cibber turned on the light there wriggling across the floor was Sock Thing.
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  It must have been Sock Thing who had been eating his toy box.
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  Cibber was not sure what to do. None of his toys had ever come to life before.
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  He jumped back in his basket and hid behind Big Owl.
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  Sock Thing was wriggled slowly round in a circle. bumped into the basket.
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  Then he began to wriggle the bay back the way he had come.
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  He did not seem to know where he was going.
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  Kipper followed.
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  Quickly Kipper grabbed him by the nose. Sock thing was squeaked and wriggled harder.
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  Then a little tail appeared. A little pink tail. And the voice said, Don't hurt him!
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  So it was you! You have been making all of my toy box, said Kipper. It was true.
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  The mice had been nibbling pieces of Kipper's toy box to make their nest.
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  You must promise not to nibble it again, said Kipper. We promise, said the mice.
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  In return, Kipper let the mice share his basket.
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  It was much cozier than a nest made out of cardboard, and two little mice never
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  nibbled three Kipper's toy box again.
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  But their babies did. They nibbled everything.
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  The end, and thank you for listening.