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  Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.

  —Deuteronomy 31:6

  The Princess Twins

  and the Puppy

  Story by Mona Hodgson

  Pictures by Red Hansen

  Contents

  Cover

  Dear Parent: Your child’s love of reading starts here!

  Epigraph

  Title Page

  Begin Reading

  Copyright

  About the Publisher

  Share Your Thoughts

  Begin Reading

  Princess Abby and her sister, Emma, sipped tea in the garden.

  Tickle. Tickle.

  Something tickled Abby’s leg.

  Abby giggled and she wiggled.

  Tickle. Tickle.

  Abby looked under the table.

  Puppy barked and jumped.

  “It’s not playtime,”

  Emma told Puppy.

  Tickle. Tickle.

  “Shoo.” Abby clapped her hands.

  Puppy ran out of the garden.

  Abby and Emma finished their tea.

  Now it was playtime.

  “Puppy,” Princess Abby called.

  “Puppy,” called Princess Emma.

  Puppy didn’t come.

  “Maybe Puppy ran up the tower,” said Abby.

  The princesses looked in the tower, but they didn’t find Puppy.

  Abby opened the castle door.

  “Puppy,” she called.

  Abby looked in Puppy’s bed, but she didn’t find Puppy.

  “Puppy,” Princess Emma called.

  Emma looked in her bedroom, but she didn’t find Puppy.

  “Puppy,” Princess Abby called.

  She looked in the library, but she didn’t find Puppy.

  Emma stopped at a closed door.

  “What if Puppy is in the basement?” she asked.

  “Puppy,” Abby called.

  “Woof. Woof,” said Puppy.

  Princess Abby and Princess Emma looked into the basement.

  “Puppy!” they called.

  Puppy didn’t come.

  “Woof. Woof,” said Puppy.

  “Puppy needs us,” said Abby.

  “I’m not going down there,” Emma said.

  Abby was afraid of the dark.

  Abby had to be very brave.

  “Jesus, help me be brave,”

  prayed Abby.

  Abby took a lantern.

  She tiptoed down the stairs.

  Abby’s knees shook.

  “Jesus is with me,” she said.

  “Woof. Woof,” said Puppy.

  Abby found Puppy stuck in a box.

  Tickle. Tickle.

  Abby tickled Puppy’s chin.

  “Thank you, Jesus, for making me brave,” prayed Abby.

  Abby carried Puppy upstairs.

  Puppy woofed and wiggled.

  Now it really was playtime.

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  The Princess Twins and the Puppy

  Copyright © 2011 by Mona Hodgson

  Illustrations © 2011 Red Hansen

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  EPub Edition © AUGUST 2011 ISBN: 978-0-310-72710-1

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  Zonderkidz, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Hodgson, Mona Gansber, 1954–

  The princess twins and the puppy / by Mona Hodgson.

  p. cm. — (I can read!)

  Summary: When the princesses’ puppy runs off, Abby asks Jesus to help her be brave so she can go into the basement to search for the missing pet.

  ISBN 978-0-310-72709-5 (softcover)

  [1. Princesses—Fiction. 2. Twins—Fiction. 3. Sister—Fiction. 4. Dogs—Fiction. 5. Christian life—Fiction.] I. Title

  PZ7.H6649Psp 2012

  [E]—dc22 2010052443

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  Editor: Mary Hassinger

  Art direction & design: Sarah Molegraaf

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