and illustrator-author authoring and illustrating …
and author-illustrator author-illustrating …
and illustrator-author illustrator authoring …
and author-illustrator illustrating author-illustrator illustrating-authoring … until it’s all finished!
“That was fun!” says Boris. “But how are we going to get it to your publisher in time? It’s almost five o’clock!”
“Couldn’t you use your tour bus to deliver it?” says Dr. Moose.
“I’m afraid not,” says Jill. “The penguins are tired and need a rest.”
“Never fear,” says Terry. “I could make a drot.”
“What’s a drot?” I say.
“It’s a remote-controlled dot,” says Terry. “Like a drone but more dotty. Here, I’ll show you.”
“Oh, how cute!” says Dr. Moose.
“Yes!” says Jill. “It looks like a little animal! Does it have a name?”
“It’s called Drot,” says Terry. “And it may be cute, but it has a very important job to do.”
Terry attaches the manuscript to Drot and picks up the remote control. Drot rises into the air and zips out of the treehouse.
“We can track its progress on its Drot-cam,” Terry says.
We gather around the Drot-cam screen and watch as Drot travels over the forest …
across the city …
in through Mr. Big Nose’s office window …
and lands on his desk.
“Excellent,” says Mr. Big Nose. “Five o’clock, right on the drot!”
“I’ll deal with it immediately, sir,” says the filing monster. “I’ll file the drot under D and the manuscript under M.”
“Well, that worked out quite nicely,” says Terry.
“Yes,” I say. “I hate to admit it, but your dumb dot story wasn’t so dumb after all.”
“I agree,” says Jill. “In fact, I think it’s the un-dumbest dumb dot story I’ve ever heard.”
“Thanks,” says Terry. “Hey, Andy, do you think we could make a dot level in the treehouse?”
“You mean a level where there’s nothing but dots?” I say.
“Yeah,” says Terry. “A nonstop dot level!”
“Why not?” I say. “The dots really came through for us in this book. It’s the least we could do. We can add it to the list of new stories for the 130-story treehouse.”
“Yay,” says Terry. “Let’s get started right away!”
“Hold on,” I say, “not so fast. Right now we have something much more important to do.”
“What could be more important than building the next thirteen stories of our treehouse?” says Terry.
“Having a pajama party, that’s what,” I say. “There’s one starting in five minutes, and everyone’s invited!”
“Hooray,” says Boris. “I love pajama parties!”
“So do I!” says Dr. Moose.
“Me too!” says Beatrix. “Can all your animals come as well, Jill?”
“Of course,” says Jill. “They love pajama parties!”
“Well, what are we waiting for?” says Terry. “Let’s do it!”
So we do.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
CHAPTER 1 The 117-Story Treehouse
CHAPTER 2 CAN! CAN’T! CAN!
CHAPTER 3 Terry’s Dumb Dot Story (Part One)
CHAPTER 4 Terry’s Dumb Dot Story (Part Two)
CHAPTER 5 RUN! RIDE!
CHAPTER 6 DRIVE! WAIT!
CHAPTER 7 Storytelling Jail
CHAPTER 8 The Tale of Little Peter Poopypants
CHAPTER 9 The Splat in the Hat
CHAPTER 10 Where the Filed Things Are
CHAPTER 11 Where the Filed Things Were
CHAPTER 12 The Really Big, Really Deep Hole
CHAPTER 13 The Last Chapter
About the Author and Illustrator
Copyright
A FEIWEL AND FRIENDS BOOK
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THE 117-STORY TREEHOUSE. Text copyright © 2019 by Backyard Stories Pty Ltd. Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Terry Denton. All rights reserved.
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ISBN 978-1-250-31720-9 (hardcover) / ISBN 978-1-250-31721-6 (ebook)
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Originally published as The 117-Storey Treehouse in Australia by Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd.
First published in the United States by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC
First U.S. edition, 2019
eISBN 9781250317216
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