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Grover was so happy.
He was going to spend two weeks with his cousins Rosie and Frank.
He kissed his mother good-bye.
Then he got into Uncle Jed’s car.


Uncle Jed drove out of the city and into the country.
Soon Uncle Jed said, “Here we are!”
Everyone was happy to see Grover.

Aunt Edna made a picnic lunch to welcome Grover.
After lunch Rosie said, “Let’s go bike riding, Grover!”
She ran to get her bike.
“But, Rosie,” detto Grover, “I do not have a bike.”


“We have an extra bike,” detto Rosie happily.
“Frank got a big new bike for his birthday. te can ride his little old one.”
Grover...

Big Bird liked to play with his friends.
But playing with them was hard for Big Bird because…


their jump ropes were too short…

their hopscotch boxes were too small…


their hide-and-seek hiding places were too little…

their see-saws came down but never went up.


One giorno Big Bird came home from the park da himself.
“I am too big to play with my friends,” he sobbed.

He was so busy crying he did not see his friend, Snuffle-upagus.


“Don’t cry, Bird,” detto Snuffle-upagus. “You are not too big. Their games are too little.”

Big Bird jumped up.
He stopped crying.
“Do te really think so, Mr....

One hot summer giorno Ernie had a cool idea.
“Hey, Bert,” he said. “Let’s sell lemonade.”


“Good idea, Ernie,” detto Bert. “You go buy the lemons. Then we will make the limonata together.”
“Right, Bert,” detto Ernie. “I will get the lemons.”
And he ran off to the store.


On the way Ernie saw Big Bird and Grover.
“Hi,” detto Ernie. “I am going to have a limonata stand. Be sure to come.”
“Oh, we will,” detto Big Bird. “All these feathers can make a bird pretty hot.”


At Mr. McIntosh’s store Ernie saw big piles of lemons.
He saw big piles of oranges too.
The oranges looked...