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Copyright © 2010 by All About® Learning Press, Inc.Printed in the United States of America

All About® Learning Press, Inc.2038 E. Anvil Lake RoadEagle River, WI 54521

ISBN 978-1-935197-12-6

Cover Design and Page Layout: David LaTulippe

Illustrations: Matt Chapman:

Donna Goeddaeus:

David LaTulippe:

“The Bad Rat” – “The Gum” – “Fox in a Box”“The Red Pen”“The Tan Hat” – “Hit the Gas” – “The Hot Rod”“Jan Did It” – “Kip the Pup” – “Run, Bug, Run!”“The Sad Hog” – “Six Fish”“Jam” – “Get the Moth, Meg!”

Run, Bug, Run!: a collection of short stories is part of the All About® Reading program. For more books in this series, go to www.AllAboutReading.com.

To the reader –may you discover the joy in reading!

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Contents

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This is Cobweb the Cat.

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The Bad Rat

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The big bad rat hidin the tin can.

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The rat bit the pig.

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The pig bit the cat.

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The mad cat bit Jim.

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Jim hit the fan.

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Did the fan tip? Yes!

It hit the rat. Bam!

The rat hid

in the tin can.

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The End

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This is Cobweb the Cat.

Fox in a Box

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Fox has a box.

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Fox is in the box.

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Fox is on the box.

The box is on Fox.

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The box is in Fox!

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Quit it, Fox!

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Can Fox fix the box?

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Fox did not fix the box!

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The End

This is Cobweb the Cat.

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Six Fish

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Beth is ten.

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Is this cash?

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Yes! Beth got cash.

Beth can shop!

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Can Beth get a shipwith the cash?

A jet?

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Beth is at the pet shop.

Can Beth get a cat?

A fish? A dog?

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Beth did the math.

With this cash,

Beth got six fish!

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Lug Lash

Sob

Jet

Pin

Jig

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