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Corgi‑on‑the‑Cob’s
Countryside Run

A four-page countryside race about a caught ribbon and a friend worth turning back for.

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Corgi-on-the-Cob and Ginger-Deer run through a farm gate beneath a hilltop windmill.
Page 1 of 4

Corgi-on-the-Cob bounds through the farm gate when Ginger-Deer challenges him to race around the old mill. Corgi wants to win for once.

Corgi clears a low fence while Ginger-Deer's pink race ribbon catches on a wooden splinter.
Page 2 of 4

Corgi leaps the low fence and takes the lead. Behind him comes a snap: Ginger’s race ribbon has caught on a splinter.

Corgi returns to the fence and takes Ginger's caught ribbon gently in his mouth.
Page 3 of 4

He turns back, nibbles the ribbon free, and runs alongside Ginger. Neither friend asks who is ahead now.

Corgi rests laughing on a woven mat beside Ginger-Deer, whose pink ribbon is free.
Page 4 of 4

They cross the gate together and Corgi flops onto the mat laughing. He did not win the race, but he kept the friend he wanted to race again.

The end · Great reading

Why did Corgi-on-the-Cob give up his lead?

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To free Ginger-Deer’s caught ribbon.

How did the friends finish the race?

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They crossed together.

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