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Usborne Farmyard Tales

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TRACTOR

Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright

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This story one of a delightful series of picture books.

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Your child will wantto share with you many times.

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All the stories in Farmyard Tales have been written in a

special way to ensure thatyoung children succeed in
their first efforts to read.

To help with that success, first read all the story aloud
and talk about the pictures. Then encourage your child
to read the short, simpler text at the top of each page
and read the longertextatthe bottom of the page
yourself. This "turn about" reading builds up
confidence and children do love joining in. It is a great
day when they discover that they can read all the story
for themselves.

Farmyard To /es provides an enjoyable opportunity for

parents and children to share the excitement of learning
to read.

Betty Root
 (isborne Farmyard Tales

THE RUNAWAY
TRACTOR
Heather Amery

Illustrated by Stephen Cartvright

Language Consultant: Betty Root

There is a little yellow duck to find on every page.

This is Apple Tree Farm.

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This Mrs. Boot, the farmer. She has two children

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called Poppy and Sam, and a dog called Rusty.

Ted is the tractor driver.
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He has filled the trailer with hay. He is taking it to

the fields to feed the sheep.
Poppy and Sam hear a funny noise.

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"Listen," says Sam. "Ted is shouting and the tractor

is making a funny noise. Let's go and look."

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They run to the top of the hill.

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The tractor Is racing down the hill, going faster

and faster. "It won't stop," shouts Ted.
The trailer comes off.

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The trailer runs down the hill and crashes into a

fence. It stops suddenly and all the hay falls out.
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The tractor runs into the pond.

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The water with a great splash. The

tractor hits the
engine makes a loud noise, then it stops with a hiss.
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Ted climbs down from the tractor.

Ted wades through the water and out of the pond.

Poppy and Sam run down the hill.
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Ted is very wet.

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Ted takes off his boots and empties out the water.
How can he get the tractor out of the pond?
"I need help to move the tractor."

"Run to the house. We must telephone Farmer Dray,"

says Ted. Poppy and Sam run off to the house.
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Farmer Dray has a big horse.

Soon he walks down the hill with his horse.

Itis a huge carthorse, called Dolly.

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Ted helps with the ropes.

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Farmer Dray ties the ropes to the horse. Ted ties

the other ends to the tractor.

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Dolly pulls and pulls.

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Very slowly the tractor starts to move. Ted

pushes as hard as he can and Dolly pulls.
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Ted falls over.

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The tractor jerks forward and Ted falls in the water.

Now he is wet and muddy all over.

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The tractor is out of the pond.

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"Better leave the tractor to dry," says Farmer Dray.

"Then you can get the engine going again."
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Poppy and Sam ride home.

Farmer Dray lifts them on to Dolly's back. But Ted is

so muddy, he has to walk.

First published in 1989 by Usborne Publishing Ltd. Usborne House, 83-85 Saffron Hill, London EC1N 8RT Copyright© 1989 Usborne Publishing Ltd.

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been especially
This series of delightful short stories has
written, with the help of a language expert, for young
children who are just beginning to read. Stephen
Cartwright's charming illustrations carry the exciting and
humorous stories along and give clear clues to the words
and their meaning. With the help and encouragement of
an adult, beginner readers will be able to achieve the
pleasure and satisfaction of reading a whole book
for themselves.

The first four titles in this series are:

PIG GETS STUCK, THE NAUGHTY SHEEP
THE RUNAWAY TRACTOR, BARN ON FIRE
These titles are also available in a combined volume entitled
THE USBORNE BOOK OF FARMYARD TALES

USA by
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