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Transcript of The Playground Thief
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Isabella Zampetaki
THE
PL Y GROUND
THiEF
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spinning
seesawing
sliding
swing
ing
W hen the children realized that a thief
was sneaking into their playground, they
became very angry.
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The thief would steal the seesaw‟s
seesawing and the seesaw would not
seesaw anymore.
Seesaw robbed of its seesawing
Not even the two strongest dads in the world
together can make it seesaw.
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Swing whose swinging has been stolen.
The roundest of eggs take their nap in its lap.
The thief would steal the slide‟s sliding andthe slide would not slide anymore.
He would rob the merry-go-round of its
spinning and the merry-go-round would not
spin.
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στριφογύρισμα
Sirene was very upset and she warned that,should she see the thief, she would attack
him with her screeches -mightier than any
burglar alarm.
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Max was very angry at the thief and he yelled that if he caught him in his hands,
he would turn him into dust and shovel
him into his bucket.
D U
TS
U
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Billy was sad and he muttered that should he
run into the thief, he would drown him in a
lake of tears.
ta
ak
3m
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Thales was just thoughtful.He knew that there was no problem
without a solution and was trying to
figure out the solution to this one.
M o r e i d e a
s s p r o u t f r o m T
h a l e s ’
h e a d t h a n f l o w e r s i n s p r i n g .
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While Thales was looking for the solution, a strange
kid was looking for the way into the playground.
Or so it seemed.
The kid kept walking around the fence. Every timehe reached the entrance, he would take his handsout of his pockets and linger for a moment.But then, he would hide his hands back into hispockets and his head under his enormous hat.
And he would keep to his circlesaround the playground.
L
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Thales walked to the entrance and gave his
hand to the kid. The kid looked puzzled and, before he could think it through, he gave hishand to Thales.
Thales took the kid to the seesaw and sat atits one end.The kid walked hesitantly to the other.
Nobody (except Thales) could have imagined
the thing that happened when the kid put hishands on the seesaw:
The seesaw
And it bounced so strong that Thales
and the kid were slung into the air
while Sirene‟s and Max‟s eyes popped
like pop-corn.
Sirene’s and Max’s eyes popped like pop-corn,
or would you rather have round and bulging
fried eggs instead?
s e e s a w
e d
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Billy who was left as numb as the swing that
he sat on, asked the kid to, please, sway him.
The kid came closer and pushed Billy gently on the back. And the swing did not just sway.
It flew so high that Billy burst intolaughs.
And his laughs were so loud that they
bounced on the trees and upset the birds.
H H
H H H
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In the meantime, Max and Sirene climbed on the
merry-go-round and called out to the others to jointhem. Billy and Thales jumped right on.They all cast their eyes on the kid, waiting for him tomake the merry-go-round go round again.
But the kid looked down and his hands hid back intohis pockets. There was no room for him on themerry-go-round.
Thales (who bothered to feel the kid‟s feelings for amoment) stepped down and gave him his spot.Then, he made his own effort at the merry-go-round, but nothing went round.
“Wait Thales. I am strong. Let me push” holleredMax. But nothing went round.
“Drop it Max. Let me do it. I know a trick thatgrown-ups do” said Sirene.
But nothing went round.
All aboard the merry-go-round!
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It was then that the kid jumped down,took his hands (and a long- forgottensmile) out of his pockets and gave the
merry-go-round a gentle push.
And the merry went round.
At first, it span slow.
Then, like a whirligig
and then like a whirlwind.
And as the merry whirled round and
round, all colors and laughs
started to blend.
Until they all felt like one.
The laughing whirlwind danced around
the entire playground
leaving no child at solitary play.
L
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PS. The children never discovered who theplayground thief was.
But they did learn that the name of their new friend was Lone.
L
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What do you think? Did you ever find it hard to sway, swing orslide in the playground? What was wrong?
What would have happened if Thales had notoffered his hand to Lone and if Max had yelled “Go away! This playground belongs tome!” instead?
How do you think that Lone felt when every-
body but him got on the merry-go-round?
Have you ever given your turn or spot tosomebody else? How did you feel?
What was it that made the merry-go-roundgo round again?
Make a drawing of all aboard the merry-go-
round and stick it in page 12!
Who do you think the playground thief was? Why did he steal the playground’s fun?
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The Playground Thief is a free-tale written and illustrated by Isabella Zampetaki.
Feel free to share it with your friends, aslong as it is not for commercial purposes.
I would be thrilled if you could surprisemy starving inbox with comments anddrawings [[email protected]].
If it „s not “all Greek to you,” please visit my blog [http://mamamythia.blogspot.com/].
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