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Behold MY gorgeous curvy shape, rin!

Oh, beauteous me! How I adore

My radiant looks! And please ignore

The pimple on my chin'

'My dear old trout!' Aunt Sponge cried out, 'You're only bones and skin!'

'Such loveliness as I possess can only truly shine

In Hollywood!' Aunt Sponge declared: 'Oh, wouldn't that be fine!

I'd capture all the nations' hearts!

They'd giveparts!

The stars would all resign!'

'I think you'd make,' Aunt Spiker said, 'a lovely Frankenstein'

Poor Ja-block The heat was terrible He eating all over His ar far too heavy for a s about all the other children in the world and what theytricycles in their gardens So bunches of wild flowers And all the little friends who in the wet sand and splashing around in the water

Great tears began oozing out of Ja and leaned against the chopping-block, overwhelmed by his own unhappiness

'What's theat him over the top of her steel spectacles

Jaan to cry

'Stop that iet on with your work, you nasty little beast!' Aunt Sponge ordered

'Oh, Auntie Sponge!' James cried out 'And Auntie Spiker! Couldn't we all - please - just for once - go down to the seaside on the bus? It isn't very far - and I feel so hot and awful and lonely'

'Why, you lazy good-for-nothing brute!' Aunt Spiker shouted

'Beat hie

'I certainly will!' Aunt Spiker snapped She glared at Jahtened eyes 'I shall beat you later on in the day when I don't feel so hot,' she said 'And now get out of ive me some peace!'

James turned and ran He ran off as fast as he could to the far end of the garden and hid himself behind that clump of dirty old laurel bushes that we mentioned earlier on Then he covered his face with his hands and began to cry and cry