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Lord and Lady Lipton

A Reading A–Z Read-Aloud Book
Consonant L • Word Count: 632
Lord and
Lady Lipton

Written by Joe Slade

Illustrated by Tad Butler

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 Lord and WORDS USED IN THIS BOOK
High-utility words:
1–100 go, when, with, always, a, and, in, the,

Lady Lipton of, little, they, every, for, were, very, was, could, to,
but, had, would, his, her, about, that, one, went,
there, he, she, be, all, them, as, long, this, look,
over, saw, some, from, out, I, know, where, can,
into, there, with, your, said, is, about, so, my, get,
up, down, how, did, you, have
101–200 ate, eat, two, much, sleep, tell, help,
who, find, under, round, think, ran, here, by, made,
must, let, their, well
L words:
long, Lord, Lady, Lipton, lived, little, London, luxury,
large, lamb, lobster, lunch, Luke, lettuce, leaves, leek,
lad, lovely, Laura, Lucy, loved, lullaby, like, log, lions,
leopards, luckiest, land, looked, locked, learned,
lost, look, lawn, lane, leading, laughed, loud, Lodge,
Lily, last, lantern, light, ladder, leg, let’s, let

Lord and Lady Lipton

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Written by Joe Slade
Illustrated by Tad Butler

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A long, long time ago, Lord and Lady
Lipton lived in the village of Little
Hampton, near London. They lived in
luxury in a large palace. Every other day,
they ate lamb chops for lunch and lobster
for dinner.
The people of Little Hampton were very
poor, and a boy named Luke was
especially poor. Luke could only afford
to eat a couple of lettuce leaves for lunch
and a cup of leek soup for dinner. But
Luke was a very clever lad.

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Lord and Lady Lipton had two lovely
daughters, a teenage girl and a little girl.
The older daughter was named Laura,
and the little girl was named Lucy. Lord
and Lady Lipton loved Laura and Lucy
very much.
Every night, Lady Lipton would sing
a lovely lullaby to Lucy, and Lucy would
sleep like a log until morning. Then every
morning, Lord Lipton would wake his
little Lucy and tell her stories about lions
and leopards. Lord and Lady Lipton
thought that they were the luckiest people
in the land.

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“One morning, everything changed.
“Lord Lipton went to Lucy’s room to tell
her stories about lions and leopards, but
Lucy wasn’t there. He looked everywhere,
but he couldn’t find her.
“Where could she be?” asked Lord Lipton.
“The door was locked.”
“The lord called all the learned men in the
land to his palace and asked them to help
find his little lost Lucy. None of them
had a clue.
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Lord Lipton announced that the man
who could find his little lost Lucy could
marry his beautiful daughter, Laura.
As long as Laura agreed, of course.
Luke had long loved the Lord’s older
daughter, Laura. This was his chance
to marry her. Luke immediately went
to the palace to look for clues. He looked
all over the lawn under the window of
Lucy’s bedroom.
 “Suddenly, Luke laughed out loud. I think
I know where I can find Lucy, he thought.

“He ran deep into the woods to a little

house called The Lodge. There in the yard
was Lucy playing with her grandmother,
Queen Lily.

“Hello, your majesty,” said Luke.

“Everyone at the palace is worried about
little Lucy. Nobody knows where she is.”

He saw two holes in the ground under

Lucy’s window. He went to the lane on
the other side of the lawn. He saw some
footprints leading from the lane to the
woods. Luke noticed that beside every
set of footprints was a little round hole.

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 “I guessed that the holes under Lucy’s
window were made by a ladder, and I saw
your footprints and the holes your
walking cane made in the dirt,” said
Luke. “I remembered you had hurt your
leg. I guessed you must have brought
Lucy here. Let’s all go back to the palace
and let Lord and Lady Lipton know that
Lucy is safe,” suggested Luke.
“Oh, I couldn’t sleep last night, so I took
my lantern and went to the palace to get
Lucy. But it wasn’t yet light, and the
palace was locked. I borrowed the
gardener’s ladder and climbed up to
Lucy’s window. I woke Lucy, she climbed
down the ladder, and I carried her back
here to my house. But how did you know
she was here?” asked Queen Lily.

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“When Lucy, Luke, and Queen Lily walked
into the palace courtyard, Lord and Lady
Lipton were overjoyed to see that their
little girl was safe.
“This is wonderful!” Lord Lipton said.
Lady Lipton cried with joy.
“Queen Lily explained how Luke had
tracked down Lucy.
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“Well, young man,” said the lord to Luke,
“we have a wedding to prepare for.”
“Laura blushed. She was very happy, as
she had always liked Luke. Even though
he was poor, she had hoped that they
might end up together.
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