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I took of the picture. Whot ore the bogs doing?
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,. i i.,lr Tom Contg wcrs cr bog from cr veru poor fomilg. His clothes were old qnd dirtg ond
-1: * he never hod enough food. I{owever,Tom believed thqt he could hqve q better life
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i. 1 one dog. He wos clever qnd he knew how to reqd write. He wq.nted to get o
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good job ond eqrn enough mgqeu to hqve o house, clothes ond good food.
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One dog, Tom wqs outside the poloce gotes when he sow Prince Edword. T.om stood
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1l Theg hod verg different lives, but theg looked just the scrme. Theg hqd the sctme
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!,t eues, the some hqir ond the sqme fqces.The onlg thing thqt wqs different wqs their
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,,2 clothes. Prince Edwqrd invitedTom into the poloce qnd the two bogs tqlked obout
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tl{ their lives. Edword hqd lots of moneg, fine clothes, jewels ond plentg of food, but he
;:i d ,l hqd to stog in the poloce ond be quiet ond good oll the time.Tom hcrd nothing, but
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he could plog in the street with other bogs ond meet lots of interesting people.
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"I wont to be like gour"Tom soid to Edwqrd. "You qre rich ond gou cqn hqve
evergthing uou wqnt." "I wqnt to be like gour" Edwqrd sqid to Tom. "You ore free
'3: ond gou cqn do evergthing uou wqnt." "\Well, gou look just like me, ond we ore the
some Gger" sqid Edwqrd. "Let's swop clothes.You con stqu here qnd I cqn live with
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Uour fomilg for q while."Tom thought this wqs wonderful ideq.The two bogs
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swopped clothes o.nd looked qt eoch other.
"\U(/e Gre like twins,"Tom loughed. Before Edwqrd left the poloce, he hid o wqx disc
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bogs together. Soon Edword wos withTom's fomilg, but it wos not much fun.Tom's
fother wos unkind. He wos often qngru ond he shouted ot Edwqrd qll the time.
Edwqrd wqnted to leqve. He rqn crwcrg ond met o soldier cqlled Miles Hendon.
t18 Extensive reoding: The Prince ond fhe Pouper