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Tiger had a brand new torch.
'It's the most powerful torch
there is!' · he said to Kipper.
He shone it at Big Ow1.
He shone it at Hippo.
He shone it in Kipper's face.
'You should see it when it's
dark!' he said.'It's REALLY good
when it's dark!'
He sat in Kipper's basket
and pulled the blanket over
his head.
℃ome on! We can make it dark
under here!' hesaid.
Under the blanket was one of
Kipper's story books.
'That's another thing!' said Tiger.
'You can read under the bed clothes
with a torch like this!'
Kipper began toread.
'Deep in the middleof the
dark, dark wood,there lived a horrible,
horrendous, terrible, tremendous ... '
'That's it!' shouted Tiger, jumping up.
'We'll camp in the"1oods tonight!
It'll be really, REALLY dark in
the "1oods.'
'Shall I bring my
book?' saidKipper.
So they took thebook and
so biscuits and they put up
their tent in thetniddle of the w-oods,
at the botto111 ofBig Hill.
But as it began toget dark
Tiger began to think that perhaps
it w-asn't such a good idea after all.
“Come inside and have a
biscuit,' said Kipper. 'Do you
want Rabbit or
Big Ow1?'
But Tiger didn’t reply.He was
looking nervouslyout of the door.
'Do you think there are any bears
in these woods?'he whispered.
No , I shouldn't think so,' said
Kipper. He began to read.
'Deep in the middle of the dark,
dark wood, there lived a horrible ... '
But Tiger wasn't ready. He asked
Kipper to sit next to the door, instead
of him. And whenKipper tried again
to read, Tiger got up and zipped the
door shut altogether.
But the third time Kipper tried
to read, from somewhere
outside the tent,there came the
most terrible, tremendous, horrible,
horrendous, “SCREECH”
What was that?'said Kipper.
Tiger said nothing.
'Let's go and look!' whispered
Kipper. So they crept out of the tent
and into the woods,shining Tiger's
torch ahead of them.
'I think it came from somewhere
near here,' said Kipper. The torch
beam lit up the enormous, grey
trunk of an old tree.
There in the middle was
a dark, dark hole.
Suddenly a huge pair of
yellow eyes blinked open, and
from the hole came the most terrible,
“SCREECH”
They shrieked and ran, bumping
into each other and sending the
torch flying. They scrambled into the
tent and lay there panting hard,
listening ...
I think it was just an ow1,'
whispered Kipper.'Yes, it
was just a silly,old ow1.'
But behind him, the shadow of
something was growing on the
wall of the tent.
Something with horns.
It's a horrible,horrendous
monster!' squealedTiger.
The shape on the tent grew
and grew till it was looming
above them. Then it
slowly changed
into a shape
that Kipper
had seen
before.
Kipper crept back out of the
tent and walked towards the
torchlight. There,caught in the
beam, was a little snail.
Kipper picked upthe torch and
let the snail crawlon to his paw.
He looked at the snail closely.
Its horns curled in and out
as he touched them.
I’ve found the horrible,
horrendous monster!
Look Tiger!'
Tiger peeped outfrom
underneath theblanket.
He saw- the snail.
He saw- itsshadow-.
He felt silly.
Shall I read the story now?'
said Kipper.
But Kipper neverdid get to read
his story, becausethey went
home to Tiger's house, where they
put up the tent inTiger's bedroom ...
.. and Tiger got to read it instead.