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      • Alex the Anteater
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      • Hedgehog’s Name
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        • Malcolm Engineer Ch 1
      • A Dragon Laugh
        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 1
        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 2
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        • A Dragon Laugh Chapter 4
      • Liss-Tallian: The Bar-Lanian
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  • Zombies
    • How to Tell if Your Teacher is a Zombie?
      • Q1     Does your teacher lurch or shamble when they walk?
      • Q2     How does your teacher smell?
      • Q3     Is your teacher carrying a large stack of books or papers?
      • Q4     Does your teacher moan?
      • Q5     Does your teacher have gobbets of meat between their teeth and trickles of fresh blood running from the corners of their mouths?
      • Q6     Does your teacher have ripped or ragged clothing?
      • Q7     Is your teacher missing the occasional non-essential body part; fingers, hands, feet, ears and so forth?
      • Conclusion.
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    • How to Tell if Your Classmate is a Zombie.
      • Q1     Is your classmate aware of, and reactive to, their surroundings?
      • Q2     Does your classmate smell funny?
      • Q3     What are the visual signs?
      • Q4     Are they in the wrong group?
      • Q5     Are they responsive to insults?
      • Q6     Did they stop over with you?
      • Q7     Are they really kissing?
    • What Should I do if my Teacher is a Zombie?
      • Evasive action 1. In the School
      • Evasive Action 2: Staying at Home
      • Back to School
      • The Destructive Approach
    • Clothing, School Uniforms, and Zombie Survival
      • Q1, Can teachers really tell if your shoes have steel toecaps?
      • Q2, Does the dress code say anything about underwear?
      • Q3, Do you really want to stand out like a sore thumb wearing camouflage gear when everyone else is in the tatty regulation sweatshirt?
      • Q4, Are you allowed to have gloves in your schoolbag?
      • Q5, Does the code allow for a hat?
      • Q6, Are skateboards or kick-boards allowed for travel to and from school?
      • Q7, What special circumstances allow variations in the code?
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    • A Tickle
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    • Poem For Jo
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  • Badger Poems
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    • The Badger is a Stripy Beast
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    • The Life of Woodland Creatures
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The Badger is a Stripy Beast

The badger is a stripy beast,
He wears his stripes with pride,
And if he’s in a stripy place,
His stripes will help him hide.

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