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get comfy, because it's time to begin Puffed out Piggy.

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Once upon a time in a magical land, four animals

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gathered at an inn. There was a porcupine, a peacock,

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a panda and a pig. And although they were all

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sat around the table together, they weren't really friends. It

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would be better to describe them as rivals, for all

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four were competing against one another for a prize. You

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lot may as Well give up now, said the porcupine

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as he speared a piece of cheese with his fork.

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I'll be the one that finds the ogre's eye, not

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any of you, what bouldered ash, said the peacock Snooterly,

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it's obvious that I'm the best looking and most deserving

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of you all, so it will be me that claims

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the magic stone. What clap trap, exclaimed the panda. Good

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looks won't win the day. It will be the strength

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and determination that I bring that will make the ogre's

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eye mine. The pig, though, said nothing. She wasn't cunning

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like the porcupine, confident like the peacock, or strong like

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the panda. She was well, she was a pig. That's

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about the best she could say for herself. Then we

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begin at first light, announced the porcupine as he pushed

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his chair back. I'm off to get some sleep. I'd

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wish you all good luck, but what's the point when

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I'm the one that's going to win? One by one?

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The animals got up and left, leaving the pig alone.

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Oh what a silly piggy I am, she said. I

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don't stand a chance against those three. Perhaps I should

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just go home. What's that, Vicky asked the owner of

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the inn. She was a Fenick fox come to clear

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away the empty plates. Oh nothing, Lilian sighed Vicky the pig.

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You're not thinking of giving up, are you? The Fenick

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fox asked, I may as well. Vicky snorted, I'm not

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special like those other animals. I'm just a pig. How

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am I ever going to beat them? It sounds to

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me like you've given up before you've even tried, answered Lilian,

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as she stacked the plates. What's so special about this

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ogre's eye anyway? It's a magic stone that can make

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you fly, said Vicky with a grin. Can you imagine that?

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What fun it would be to zoom and dive amongst

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the clouds. You'd like that very much, wouldn't you? Smiled Lilian.

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I would, yes, confirmed VICKI. Then don't give up, suggested

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the Fennek fox. It sounds as if this stone is

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worth making the effort for. I guess you're right, nodded

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Vicki as she got up from her chair. Good night, Lilian.

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For now, Vicki the Pig had decided to carry on.

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She was awoken the next morning to much shouting Rushing

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from her room, Vicki found the panda looking furious, clutching

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a fistful of rope in her hand that stinking rotten sheet,

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the panda roared. What's wrong, asked Vicki. When the porcupine

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left the table last night, it was to hide in

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my room. When I came in, he jumped on me

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and tied me up, bellowed the panda. The door to

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the peacock's room was still closed, so Vicki gave a

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