Characters

Chapter One

iant Hiccups
Martin is
a good helper.

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Anna is Martin's
bossy, big sister.

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 When Mom and Dad went out,
they left Anna in charge.
I was doing my jigsaw puzzle.
I hiccupped, and the puzzle pieces
flew into the air.
So did I.

Anna is my sister. She's taller than I am.

I usually need her help to reach things
in high places. But not this morning.
This morning I could reach the ceiling
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Hic-cup! Another giant hiccup. Hic-cup!

"Martin!" said Anna. "This is fantastic.
They kept on coming.
Mom and Dad left a list of jobs to do.
"Anna! Help me!" I said. A huge hiccup With your giant hiccups, we'll get them
sent me right over
the top of her head. finished in no time."

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 Chapter Two

HHiccups at work

I don't want to do jobs," I said.

I want to
be-hic-cup!-cured.
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Jobs first, cure later," said Anna.
"Job one-dust cobwebs.
Martin, stand under the cobwebs.
Hold duster. And hiccup.
a So I did. Ihiccupped and I dusted.
We won't need a ladder at all." I dusted and I
hiccupped.
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Job two-hang out washing.
Martin, if you hold the wet clothes,
hiccup, and spin around in the air, So I did. I
hiccupped and I spun.
I
the clothes will dry extra fast. hiccupped and I dried.
We won't need I dried and I
a clothesline at all" spun and I
hiccupped.
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"Job three-plant bulbs.
Martin, stand in the flower bed and
hiccup.
land.
You'll

We won't need
dig the holes when you

a shovel

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at all!"
So I did. I

I dug
hiccupped and
Thiccupped and I dug.
and I landed and I

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I landed.

hiccupped.
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M Rewardd

done. Finally Anna gave

The jobs were

to cure my
of water

me a big glass

hiccups.
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 Anna told me to hold my breath.
I held it for as long as I could.
I drank all of the water in two huge gulps. Hic-cup!
Hic-cup! Hic-cup!
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 from my giant hiccups. As a reward for getting all the jobs done,
I w a s w o r n out
Anna cooked my favorite food.
felt like they would
never stop.
I A stack of pancakes with blueberries
mind off the hiccups
I needed to get my
and whipped cream on top.
onto a cure.
and
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"Mmm. Excellent. Hic-cup!
Then-Hic-cup!
I stacked the blueberries on the pancakes.
Any more?" I asked.
Tm building the biggest blueberry tower

Anna served me the rest of the batch. on Earth," I told Anna. Hic-cup!

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 Chapter Four

Hiccup Lure

Splat!
Blue, squishy berries rolled everywhere.
Mom's white tablecloth turned berry-blue.

Oh no! My tower!" I said.

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Oh no! My tablecloth!"
It was Mom. Home early.
I got the fright of my life. I waited for a hiccup. .

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I looked at her face. "Martin!" said Mom.
It was terrifying "What have you got to say for yourself

I waited for a hiccup. "Im cured! No more hiccups!"

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 EXERCISES
Name.

Then I looked at the tablecloth.

But," I said, "I have a funny feeling
that I'll have more work to do!"

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