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The Monster and the Missing Cookies

A playful mystery solving the case of the vanished kitchen treats.

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the monster and the missing cookies by

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Tria dwe P early one morning Rara is reading her

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favorite book suddenly she hears a

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noise I want cookies I will take them to my tower and Gobble them up who was that

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and why were they eating her favorite cookies Raa wants her cookies back so

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she follows the crumbs to her closet inside she discovers a fantastic

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Forest ahead Rara sees the monster crossing a swamp she quietly follows

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behind Rara hop hop hops to stay out of the water far ahead she sees the monster

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it is climbing a Hill Covered In White bushes the hill is surrounded by a lake

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of lava Rara must cross a narrow bridge to get

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closer Rara finds the bushes are soft and fuzzy like pom poms she wants to

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stop and rest but she wants those cookies

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more but how will Rara cross the lake but pom poms make perfect Stepping

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Stones safely across the lake Rara sees a

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cave she hides inside waiting for the right time to grab the

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cookies Rara watches the monster from inside the cave

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what is it doing when the monster goes away Rara

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comes out of the Cave the cookies are on top of a tower how will raara reach

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it Rara builds a stack of

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stones she climbs to the top but just as she reaches the cookies

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daddy monster is hungry give me the

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cookies Rara gives her father a

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cookie why did you put the cookies up high

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dad so you wouldn't eat too

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many mom called it's time for lunch over lunch Rara tells everyone about her

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fantastic adventure and they all have cookies for

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dessert hey there don't forget to like

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Essential vocabulary encountered in this story, categorized by difficulty with definitions and phonetics:

surroundedsəˈɹaʊndɪd
A1

simple past and past participle of surround

“it is climbing a Hill Covered In White bushes the hill is surrounded by a lake”
adventureədˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ
A1

A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.

“fantastic adventure and they all have cookies for”
discoversdiscovers
A1

third-person singular simple present indicative of discover

“she follows the crumbs to her closet inside she discovers a fantastic”
fantasticfanˈtʰas.tɪk(ʰ)
A1

Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).

“she follows the crumbs to her closet inside she discovers a fantastic”
climbingˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ
A1

The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of

“it is climbing a Hill Covered In White bushes the hill is surrounded by a lake”