A young boy named Buzz

had a pet fly.

No one knows why
he had a pet fly.
Buzz named him Fly Guy.

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 Chapter 1

One day Buzz went

to visit his grandma.
Fly Guy went, too.
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Grandma was happy
to see Buzz.
She ran to hug him.
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“Hi, Grandma!” said Buzz.
“I want you to meet my pet . . .”

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 Grandma said—

and she swallowed Fly Guy.

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Buzz didn’t know why
she swallowed Fly Guy.
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Chapter 2

Fly Guy went down

a deep dark hole.
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At the bottom of the hole,
he came to a wet place.
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He looked around for a while.
Then he wanted to leave.
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He started up the hole.
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Just then, Grandma
swallowed a spider
to catch Fly Guy.
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She swallowed a bird
to catch the spider.
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She swallowed a cat
to catch the bird.
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She swallowed a dog
to catch the cat.
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She swallowed a goat
to catch the dog.
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She swallowed a cow
to catch the goat.
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 Chapter 3
Grandma was about to
swallow a horse
to catch the cow.

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Fly Guy cried,

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“I’m up here!” yelled Buzz.

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Out came Fly Guy.
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Out came the spider,
the bird, the cat, the dog,
the goat, and the cow.

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And everyone lived
happily ever after,
of course!

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—T. A.

Copyright © 2007 by Tedd Arnold.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Arnold, Tedd.
There was an old lady who swallowed Fly Guy/ Tedd Arnold.
p. cm.
"Cartwheel books."
Summary: After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma
tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.
ISBN 978-0-439-63906-4
[1. Flies--Fiction. 2. Pets--Fiction. 3. Grandmothers--Fiction. 4.
Humorous stories.] I. Title.
PZ7 .A7379TH 2007 [E]--DC22
2006037714
ISBN 978-0-439-63906-4
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 7 8 9 10 11
Printed in Singapore 46
First printing, September 2007