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PART 1: CRUMPETS
One bright Thursday morning,
Hedrick went out to his letter
box. Of course, he didn't ex-
pect to have gotten anything;
who would send mail to a
hedgehog?
When he opened the box, how-
ever, he had a feeling that
there was something in there
for him. That feeling might
have come from the shiny,
white envelope which fell out
onto the ground, but one can
never tell.
Hedrick bent down and
plucked the mail from his
lawn. He tore it open and be-
gan to read.
Without getting into the
exact wording, the letter
was from the queen. She
wanted him to come to
Buckingham and have tea that
Friday.
Before Hedrick had the
chance to leap and click his
heels, however, he noticed
a smaller piece of paper hid-
den behind the main letter.
It was a note which said to
bring one hundred crumpets
for the tea.
Hedrick did a double-take.
"One hundred?" Hedrick al-
most fainted. "How am I ever
going to get one hundred
crumpets?"
He staggered into his
pantry. There were ten left
over from that day's break-
fast.
Hedrick put those in a
sack, which in turn he placed
into his pocket.
"One hundred," he said,
dazily, as he headed out the
door. "Where am I ever to find
those?"