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A merry band of small fairies — Tiddly Winks, Tiddly Wee, Tiddly Thrift, Tiddly Cheer-Up, Tiddly Scowl and Tiddly Why — guide beginning readers through simple, graded lessons in letters, numbers, manners and daily routines. Short illustrated episodes set in a schoolroom, a picnic, gardens and play scenes use repetition and playful mischief to teach reading, counting, saving, cooperation and punctuality. Household and schoolroom objects are personified, creating lively classroom interactions and gentle moral examples. The collection is organized as brief, easily decodable stories and rhymes intended for early readers learning the alphabet, basic vocabulary and social habits.
One Monday morning Tiddly Winks ran away.
He ran away from school one Monday morning.
He saw washing on a line.
He blew inside a white skirt.
The skirt looked like a balloon.
He said, “It looks like a balloon.”
He blew inside all the clothes.
He made the clothes look funny.
He called to the funny clothes on the line.
Tiddly Winks called, “Good bye.”
Tiddly Winks Made the Clothes Look Funny