The Wee Free Men: The BeginningWhen Tiffany Aching sets out to become a witch, she faces ominous foes and gains unexpected allies. As she confronts the Queen of Fairies and battles an ancient, bodiless evil, she is aided (and most ably abetted) by the six-inch-high, fightin', stealin', drinkin' Wee Free Men! Laugh-out-loud humor and breathtaking action combine in the books that launched the unforgettable adventures of a determined young witch and her tiny but fierce blue friends. |
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... heard her father , an otherwise quiet , slow man , make the Joke , the one that must have been handed down from Aching to Aching for hundreds of years . He'd say , “ Another day of work and I'm still Aching , ” or “ I get up Aching and ...
... heard her father , an otherwise quiet , slow man , make the Joke , the one that must have been handed down from Aching to Aching for hundreds of years . He'd say , “ Another day of work and I'm still Aching , ” or “ I get up Aching and ...
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... . “ Er . . . ” said Tiffany . * Tiffany had read lots of words in the dictionary that she'd never heard spoken , so she had to guess at how they were pronounced . " You have a question ? " said Miss Tick 25 MISS TICK.
... . “ Er . . . ” said Tiffany . * Tiffany had read lots of words in the dictionary that she'd never heard spoken , so she had to guess at how they were pronounced . " You have a question ? " said Miss Tick 25 MISS TICK.
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... heard me telling the teacher . " " Correct . I just used my ears , " said Miss Tick , saying nothing at all about saucers of ink . “ Tell me about this monster with eyes the size of the kind of soup plates that are eight inches across ...
... heard me telling the teacher . " " Correct . I just used my ears , " said Miss Tick , saying nothing at all about saucers of ink . “ Tell me about this monster with eyes the size of the kind of soup plates that are eight inches across ...
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... . Snapperly , " she said . Oh , yes . She'd lived all alone in a strange cottage , all right . . . . “ Good name , ” said Miss Tick . “ Can't say I've heard it before , though . Where is she ? " " She died 34 THE WEE FREE MEN.
... . Snapperly , " she said . Oh , yes . She'd lived all alone in a strange cottage , all right . . . . “ Good name , ” said Miss Tick . “ Can't say I've heard it before , though . Where is she ? " " She died 34 THE WEE FREE MEN.
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... heard the saying ' The land finds its witch ' ? It's happened here , I'll bet . But a chalk witch ? Witches like granite and basalt , hard rock all the way down ! Do you know what chalk is ? ” " You're going to tell me , " said the toad ...
... heard the saying ' The land finds its witch ' ? It's happened here , I'll bet . But a chalk witch ? Witches like granite and basalt , hard rock all the way down ! Do you know what chalk is ? ” " You're going to tell me , " said the toad ...
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