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Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf Quotes

Eight of the best book quotes from Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
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“This book has twelve stories about Polly and how she always managed to escape from the wolf by being cleverer than he was- which wasn’t very difficult because he was generally not at all clever. In fact he was rather stupid.”
02
″‘But I haven’t got a cow,’ he cried. ‘If you had you wouldn’t need to eat me,’ Polly pointed out. ‘You could eat the cow.‘”
03
“Why can’t I ever get you, Polly, when that other wolf managed to get his little girl.”
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″‘OW! HOWL! OW!’ It was so hot it burnt the skin off his mouth and tongue and he couldn’t spit it out, it was too sticky. In terror, the wolf ran out of the house and NEVER CAME BACK!”
06
″‘Sorry,’ said the wolf, ″I’m too full of pie. I’ll come back another day to deal with you.‘”
07
“How can I get there first and gobble her up and get all dressed up to trick you into believing I am her if we’ve got a great train journey to do?”
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″‘But in my book he doesn’t get Red Riding Hood,’ said Polly. ‘Her father comes just in time to save her.’ ‘Oh, he doesn’t in my book!’ said the wolf. ‘I expect mine is the true story, and yours is just invented.‘”
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