”Do you hear that?” shouted the frightenedanimals.
”What is that sound?” cried the terrified birds.
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’Vroom! Vroom! Move out of the way! Look outlittle rabbit, take care dear Mrs. Duck, pleasebeware cute little cat. If you don’t move, mytires will crush you. Vroom! Vroom!’
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All the animals turned and ran from thebooming voice and the noise of somethinghuge crashing through the forest.
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Suddenly, something burst through the trees.It was Bonney the horse!
He skidded to a stop. ”Beep! Beep! Oh, I usedmy brakes just in time. Mrs. Goose, pleasekeep your goslings away from my tires.”
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All the animals burst into laughter.
’What is so funny?’ Bonney asked.
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’Are my back doors open? Are my front tirespunctured? Is my front mirror tilted the wrongway?’
They animals were laughing so hard, theycould not answer Bonney’s questions.
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’Bonney, why are you pretending to be a car?”Rabbit asked.
”I’m not pretending. I am a car. I have fourdoors. Beep! Beep! Beep . . . Vroom,’ Bonneyreplied with a smile.
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Mrs. Goose pointed to her reflection in thelake. ’Bonney, you are a horse! H-o-r-s-e.’
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Bonney looked at his reflection, then shook hishead. ’I can’t see a horse.’
He opened his mouth and said, ’Look at thisengine! I put oil in there to keep things runningsmoothly.”
Mrs. Duck laughed and tried to convince himagain. ’You are a horse, with four hooves,Look!!’
Bonney stomped his feet. ’I have four tires, andI drink gasoline to move.’
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Cat tried talking to Bonney too. ’You are ahorse. You have beautiful long tail. Look!’
Bonney shook out his tail. ’No, this is my backtrunk. It’s where I keep people’s belongings.’
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’Vroom!” Bonney whinnied confidently. ’I’m acar. I go beep! beep! to warn people in thestreets. Beep! Beep!’
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The animals agreed they should call a doctor togive Bonney a check up.
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Bonney was curiouswhy a doctor was inspecting him. ”Are you amechanic?” he asked.
The doctor shook his head, and smiled. ’Youdon’t look like a car to me!”
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’Yes I am! I drive fast and go beep! beep! towarn people in the streets.”
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All night the animals talked about how theycould convince Bonney he was a horse and nota car.
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The nextmorning, while they were still workingon a solution, they heard a strange noise.
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”Do you hear that?” shouted the frightenedanimals.
”What is that sound?” cried the terrified birds.
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’Chugga chugga choo choo! The railway trainis on its way!”
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The animals all smiled. They decided the bestsolution to help Bonney was to jump on thetrain.
’Chugga chugga choo choo!’ they all shoutedtogether.
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THE END
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