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It was holiday time for Winnie the Witch and her The bright blue sea was full of beautiful fish.
big black cat, Wilbur. ‘Don’t the fish look lovely, Wilbur?’ she said.
‘They look delicious,’ thought Wilbur.
‘Where will we go this year, Wilbur?’ asked Winnie. ‘That’s where we’ll go,’ said Winnie.
She searched the internet and found a little island,
with blue sea, golden sand, and coconut trees.

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She packed her suitcase,
Wilbur jumped onto her shoulder,
and they zoomed up into the sky.
They landed on the golden sand,
and found a comfortable hut.
At last, there was the island.
It did look lovely.
Winnie put on her flippers and her goggles,
and dived into the water.

Wilbur climbed a coconut tree.


That was fun.
Then he had a sleep.
That was peaceful.
time Wilbur wanted to see the fish.
The sea was full of fish. He put one paw in the water.
There were dolphins, ‘Wilbur,’ called Winnie, £rk/ Nasty! It was wet! Then Winnie had
turtles, and coral. ‘come and see the fish. ‘Meeeeooow!’ cried Wilbur. a wonderful idea.
It was so beautiful. You’ll love them!’ He hated getting wet. She waved her
Winnie wanted Wilbur magic wand, shouted,
to see it. too.

and Wilbur was


no longer a cat.
He was a cat-fish!

Wilbur the cat-fish dived


into the waves and swam away.
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But she couldn’t be a fish.


She had to hold her magic wand,
What could she be?
Of course!

Winnie waved her wand, shouted,

Winnie watched him through her goggles.

He chased some tiny fish.


Then he dived under a dogfish
and played catch with a crayfish.

Wilbur the cat-fish was having so much fun,


Winnie wanted to be a fish as well.
and she was an octopus! It was fun being an octopus.
An octopus with orange Winnie the octopus waved her eight legs
and yellow legs, holding and floated through the seaweed,
a magic wand! around the coral, over the rocks.

Wilbur the cat-fish darted around her,


Thousands of fish swam with them.
Tiny fish, big fish, and, suddenly . ..
a sea

The sea Hon flipped its tail,


and Winnie lost her wand.

She grabbed at it, but missed.

A swordfish tried to spear it for her, but missed.

A jellyfish nearly caught it, but missed.

y Down, down it sank,


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Wilbur flipped it out
Winnie grabbed it,
‘Blithering broomsticks!’ wailed Winnie, waved it five times,
but it sounded like, ‘Bubble, bubble, bubble shouted,
‘Bubble, bubble, bubble,’ cried Wilbur.

They didn’t want to stay under the sea for ever


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Under the ropes? Behind the big crab?


and a Vvi f c h and a c a t floated back to the shore.

‘That was exciting, Wilbur,’ Winnie said.


‘Too exciting. We won’t do that again.
But it is beautiful under the sea.’
Then Winnie had another wonderful idea.

A little yellow boat was bobbing on the waves.


Winnie waved her magic wand, shouted,

and there, bobbing on the waves


was a yellow submarine.

Winnie and Wilbur went on board.


The fish swam up to the windows and looked in.

‘It is lovely under the sea, isn’t it Wilbur,’ said Winnie


‘It’s lovely and dry in here,’ Wilbur thought.
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