Page 11 - How Sophie Grumble Guts Got Her Name
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After what seemed an
interminable age, the man
returned with a ladder, a rope
and a friend to help.
He climbed up the ladder while
his friend held it steady and he
had the rope tied around his
waist and tied to a tree so that
if he was swept off the ladder,
he wouldn’t be swept away.
“Oh, you poor little thing”
he said as he reached
where Sophie and her
basket were lodged.
“What a predicament
you’ve found yourself in”.
“Yes, well how about you
just getting me out of my
predicament”, Sophie
grumbled.
She didn’t really mean to
be ungrateful and grumpy,
but she was tired, cold,
wet, very hungry and very
scared - and she didn’t
want to be in that tree a
moment longer.
