A Tiny Voice in the Chalk Dust
When Mop the ghost gets stuck in a cobweb at Monster Academy, Pudding the monkey must find a way to help him down.
by Ellie Marsh
Bo runs to the bathroom, ready for a warm bath full of bubbles, but something is already sitting in the water. What can it be?

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"Bath time!" says Bo.
Bo runs to the bathroom. The bath is warm and full of bubbles. But something is sitting in the bubbles. It is a green frog!
"Hello, Frog," says Bo. "This is my bath."
The frog looks at Bo.
"Please get out," says Bo.
The frog blinks. It kicks its legs in the warm water. It does not get out.
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