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The Red Well-Read Reader



        Story 343

                                                        Dimh Luk




             Dimh Luk no like be called "Dumb kook."  This badly annoy Luk, though he

        not give no one no rebuke.


               To prove them w’ong, he learn to spell big word like Dubuque an' King

        Farouk, an' he learn meaning of ot’er word like fluke an' snook.


             Today, no one juke Luk, for har’ work has won Dimh Luk schol•ar•ship to

        Baruch an’ ot’er one to Un•i•ver•si•ty Duke.






        Story 344


                                                    Food for Ghouls



             When a subject breaks the King's rule, even though he may mewl or pule, he

             will be thrown in a dungeon unheated by fuel.




             There he will be fed                                               just soupy gruel

             and treated                                                        ter•ri•bly cruel.




             Later, when he dies                                                and his body turns cool,

             he then will be eaten                                              by a blood-sucking ghoul.
















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