Clarice Bean Thats Me – Lauren Child

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When he wants to be left alone he goes to work

When Dad wants some peace and quiet Ms. Egglington says> g » ♦ 9 i ^ It ^ ^ 4 M ill ii ^ iK « fl 1 « . I’m afraid he’s in a ra0sting. (i.e.j buzz off.) Really he”s eating rocky road ice cream and listening to Frank Sinatra on the stereo. ^ My brother Minal and ] ^ like to jump on him and snip his moustache with Mom’s scissors Q^^andad spends ^osl oflen as/ee^ 4^, ^ / ^^ving peace and quiet, with a cat on his head, Soineliines Grandad and 1 play cards.

Grandad’s eyesighi: is on Ihe blink so normally 1 win. He says> Is that a Jack of Hearts? I And ] say, ]V^o, ^fs => Three of Spaces, (jrands.^^. Yesterday he poured a carton^ ‘ of soup on his cornflakes.^ ^ He saidj I think this milk’s bad. It looks a bit lumpy. – ] saich itA pea SOiiP, Qrandad- When Mom wants some peace and quiet she balances on one leg in her bedroom or listens to whales singing in the tub. which means “”]\e had il up to here with t all of you” in Danish, ffl she’ll savv\7€^^ iT>vs mr. Sometimes 1 say^ Mom do you ever get bo^ed?

and she says, (\{ duty ^ – { When ] gel a bee in my bonnet and Mom needs some peace and quiet she says^ This usually does the Irick.^ polaloes the Because ] mighl want lo be an acrobat ] have lo keep nimble and flexible. ] do this by scrunching into the laundry basket.

(That’s a very important part of acrobatics.) There’s no peace and quiet in the yard because there’s this boy who lives next door.

This book was sent to lo’ts of PUBLISHERS Soma people liked the ijjords SomB people liked the pictures Not many people liked them both together Hardly anyone liked the 0 g g @ A few thought it shouldn’t be written from a child’s point of view No ona thought it would work as a book the way it was I didn’t uawt to change it I waited for five years I STARTED MAKING LAMPSHADES I MIXED PAINTS for an artist I BECAME A RECEPTIONIST NOTHING happened .

. . F inallyi got a letter It said, I still have it It was one of the most exciting things that has ever happened to me Author photograph copyright (k j brcHb^v; M’\na | C’^ickei Ch»rp Caoat^j) ■t¥”>A mm’^’ (Yandaci.

\J^V0\ \^ ] know lots of peop]e> most of fhem in my family. Some of them live in our house, and some of them just visit. We are^ raising . „ * ” **” (mostly) li|

J Jike peace ar } don t gel mucr ] rn always pusy r My room is sma , , 5Quash ever in my room sh]n& aroun \ likes e,o t)e ^ Somelimes ] say, I hayen’t got tiHle for all yoU^^ noHsCIlSe. And he says. TnwJ • And ^ Twit and a half. And he says, Tw,t with Canpofs in yo^p And then ] flick his nose with my ruler, MAnd he says, Ooo/».

in this really whiny brother way. And Mom says. trs. And ] say. What do you flick Hoses With then?

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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  • Unique ID: 84966ee5174daa64
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  • Author: Unknown
  • ISBN: 9780763647957
  • Pages: 37
  • Language: English (en)

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  • Estimated Reading Time: 7.16 minutes
  • Total Words: 1,431
  • Total Characters: 8,494
  • Average Words per Page: 38.68
  • Average Characters per Page: 229.57

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