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The
Great Big
Enormous Turnip
retold by M.C. Hall
illustrated by Johanna Westerman

Fiction

www.heinemann.com

ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01654-2
ISBN-10: 0-325-01654-2

Book 51

Level H

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The Great Big Enormous Turnip

Retold by M. C. Hall
Heinemann
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Credits
Illustrations: Johanna Westerman
Photographs: pp. 1824 (Narrators 1 and 2) Nancy Sheehan.
Printed in China
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The
Great Big
Enormous Turnip
retold by M. C. Hall
illustrated by Johanna Westerman

A Classic Tale

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The seed grew all night.

It grew and

One

grew

and

grew!

day, a farmer planted

a turnip seed.

Then he went off to bed.



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The farmer pulled and pulled

on the turnip.
But the turnip did not come out.

The next day, the farmer

came out to check on the plant.
Wow! he said.
Look at that turnip!
Ill pull it out,
and we can have it for lunch.


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The farmers wife came out

to check on the farmer.
Wow! she said.
That is a big turnip!
We can have it for lunch.
Help me pull it out,
said the farmer.

The farmers wife pulled on

the farmer.
The farmer pulled on the turnip.
But the turnip did not come out.


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The farmers son came out

to check on his mother.
Wow! he said.
That is a
great big turnip!
We can have it for lunch.

The son pulled on his mother.

The wife pulled on the farmer.

Help us pull it out,

said the farmer.


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The farmer pulled on the turnip.

But the turnip did not come out.


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Woof! Woof! said the farmers dog.

The dog pulled on the farmers son.

The son pulled on his mother.

You pull, too! said the farmer.

The wife pulled on the farmer.

Pull with us! said the wife.

The farmer pulled on the turnip.

Pull! Pull! said the son.

But the turnip did not come out.

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Then a mouse ran up

to the farmer.
Squeak! Squeak! said the mouse.
You cant help! said the farmer.
You are too little! said the wife.
Go away! said the son.
Woof! Woof! said the dog.

But the mouse pulled on the dog.

The dog pulled on the son.
The son pulled on his mother.
The wife pulled on the farmer.
The farmer pulled on the turnip.
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POP!
Up came the turnip at last!

What a great big

enormous

turnip! yelled everyone.

Now we can have it for lunch.

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The farmer cut up the turnip.

Then the farmer,

The farmers wife

the farmers wife,

baked the turnip.

the farmers son,

the farmers dog,
and the mouse
all ate the turnip.

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The
Great Big
Enormous Turnip

The Play
Characters

Narrator 1

Farmers Son

Narrator 2

Farmers Dog

Farmer

Mouse

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Farmers Wife

Narrator 1
One day, a farmer planted
a turnip seed.
Then he went off to bed.
The seed grew all night.
It grew and grew and grew!
The next day, the farmer came
out to check on the plant.
Farmer
Wow! Look at that turnip!
Ill pull it out,
and we can have it for lunch.
Narrator 2
The farmer pulled and pulled
on the turnip.
But the turnip did not
come out.

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Narrator 1
The farmers wife came out
to check on the farmer.
Farmers Wife
Wow!
That is a big turnip!
We can have it for lunch.
Farmer
Help me pull it out.
Narrator 2
The farmers wife pulled on
the farmer.
The farmer pulled on the turnip.
But the turnip did not
come out.
Narrator 1
The farmers son came out
to check on his mother.
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Farmers Son
Wow! That is a
great big turnip!
We can have it for lunch.
Farmer
Help us pull it out.
Narrator 2
The son pulled on his mother.
The wife pulled on the farmer.
The farmer pulled on the turnip.
But the turnip did not
come out.
Farmers Dog
Woof! Woof!
Farmer
You pull, too!

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Farmers Wife
Pull with us!

Farmer
You cant help!

Farmers Son
Pull! Pull!

Farmers Wife
You are too little!

Narrator 1
The dog pulled on
the farmers son.
The son pulled on his mother.
The wife pulled on the farmer.
The farmer pulled on the turnip.
But the turnip did not
come out.

Farmers Son
Go away!

Narrator 2
Then a mouse ran up
to the farmer.
Mouse
Squeak! Squeak!

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Farmers Dog
Woof! Woof!
Narrator 1
But the mouse pulled
on the dog.
The dog pulled
on the farmers son.
The son pulled on his mother.
The wife pulled on the farmer.
The farmer pulled on the turnip.

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Narrator 2
POP!
Up came the turnip at last!
Farmer
Farmers Wife
Farmers Son
What a great big
enormous turnip!
Now we can have it for lunch.
Narrator 1
The farmer cut up the turnip.
The farmers wife
baked the turnip.
Then the farmer,
the farmers wife,
the farmers son,
the farmers dog,
and the mouse
all ate the turnip.

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