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Oh, hello. I'm Sam. Welcome to my tea party.

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Well, it's not my tea party, really. It's Daddy Lion's tea party.

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But you're invited, too. This is a story by Mark Sperring,

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with pictures by Sarah Warburton.

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Teacups at the ready?

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Then I'll begin.

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One bright, sunny day,

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Daddy Lion reached for his favourite teapot

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and smiled at the lion cubs.

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"Ah! Today is the perfect day

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"for a quiet, little tea party," he announced.

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But the three lion cubs looked doubtful.

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They liked big, noisy parties, not quiet, little ones.

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"Can we at least invite the chimps?" they asked.

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Daddy Lion shook his mane.

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"I don't think so," he said.

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"Those chimps are always monkeying about."

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Ooh-ooh-ooh-ah-ah-ah-ah!

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"Then how about the potbellied pigs and the rhino?"

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asked the cubs.

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"Can they come, please and pretty please?"

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"Not today," said Daddy Lion.

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"The potbellied pigs always hog the cream buns."

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Oink! Oink!

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"And Rhino never stops charging about."

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Kerthump, kerthump, kerthump!

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"Then what about all our other friends?"

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asked the cubs. "Can they come instead?"

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"Well, my dears," sighed Daddy Lion.

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"They could, but you know how all the other animals normally behave."

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"Crocodile snaps at everyone."

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Snap!

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"Sloth only turns up when all the other guests have gone.

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"And as for skunk, that awful skunk,

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"he always poo-pong-stinks the whole place out."

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So it was decided. It would just be Daddy Lion

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and the lion cubs at the tea party.

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Wouldn't that be nice?

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There was just one huge problem.

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Elephant, who was all ears, had overheard the whole thing.

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"Psst," he whispered.

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"Did you know Daddy Lion is having a tea party

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"and none of us are invited?"

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But Ostrich, for obvious reasons,

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was only half listening.

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So when she shook the sand from her ears, she told the parrots,

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who were all talk, what she thought she'd heard the elephant say.

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Which is how the parrots ended up flying high overhead, squawking,

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"Daddy Lion's having a tea party and we're all invited."

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And which is why, just as Daddy Lion

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lifted his favourite china teacup daintily to his lips,

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the lion cubs let out a mighty cheer.

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"Yippee!"

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For there stood all the animals, ready to join in the fun.

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"Well, now you're here, you might as well all sit down,

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"but remember, this is a quiet, little tea party.

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"So best behaviour, please."

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So down they sat as nicely and politely as they possibly could.

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And no-one hogged the buns or monkeyed about.

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But just when the lion cubs thought things were a little too quiet,

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Ostrich nudged Daddy Lion.

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"Psst," she said.

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"Look. Everyone's staring at us."

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And for a moment, everyone froze.

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"Zoo visitors," muttered Daddy Lion.

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"I think we should all ignore them

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"and just behave as we normally would."

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Which is how Daddy Lion's party

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finally turned into a rip-roaring

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poo-pong stinking, big, noisy, wild success.

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And that is why, the very next day, the lion cubs asked,

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"Can we please have another quiet, little tea party,

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"just like yesterday?"

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A quiet, little tea party, yeah?

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Well, it didn't turn out that way, did it?

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I hope you enjoyed that story,

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and maybe you could have a tea party of your own tomorrow.

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But now, it's time for you to sleep.

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I'll see you again soon for another bedtime story.

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