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By Brenda Warren Illustrated by Laura Giorgi
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Billy the Bat Billy is a little bat. His problem is he’s very fat.
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He’s fat because he always eats chocolate cakes and sugary sweets. Hamburgers, ketchup and French fries instead of insects, fruit and flies. 3
He is so fat he cannot fly up into the dark night sky.
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So his Mum puts him on a diet. “Oh no!” cries Billy. Mum snaps: “Be quiet!” “If you want to fly up there eat like a bat, not like a bear!
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For breakfast, there’s a bowl of berries.
For lunch, a bunch of juicy cherries. 6
For tea, some scrunchy crunchy flies, and for dinner - a nice surprise!
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“For ten days you must follow this diet to get thin again.” Billy thinks: “I’ll try it!”
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Days one and two are not too bad, Billy doesn’t feel too sad. 9
Days three and four are not so good, Billy’s tummy feels like wood!
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Days five and six are very hard! A cake from the kitchen? No - Mum’s on guard!
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Days seven and eight come and go. Poor Billy’s tummy rumbles so!
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At last day nine and then day ten Billy looks quite thin again! 13