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Article: Tongue Twister Trouble.(short story)
- Article from:
- Children's Playmate
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
- Author:
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One quiet afternoon, Todd Tyler Thomas sat alone in his room, reading a book of tongue twisters. He read aloud, "'How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?'"
Suddenly, Todd Tyler Thomas heard someone at the door. Knock, knock, knock/He got up to answer it.
A very grumpy woodchuck walked in. "Young man! I am sick and tired of chucking wood!" the woodchuck said. "Year in, year out, children read that tongue twister. Why, chucking wood has almost ruined my teeth!" He pointed his grumpy nose into the air.
"I am sorry," said Todd Tyler Thomas. "I will read something else."
"And I will sit here and see that you ...