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by Cyndi Marko
ALADDIN PIXNew York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi
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For Mom, who grounded me for not liking her
garden. And for Dad, who didn’t let me have a puppy.
You big meanies. (But I you.)
And ginormous thanks to my editor, Karen Nagel;
my designer, Laura Lyn DiSiena; and my agent,
Adriann Ranta, for their many contributions and
their support in making Snowflake sparkle.
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CHAPTER ONE Have you always wanted a pet
with all your heart?
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Cute ball of fur.
Slow and slimy.
Comes with a house.
Giddyup!
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It seems like everyone you know has a pet.Your friend Bowie’s Saint Bernard rescues
mountain climbers.
Your cousin Maya has a parrot that
counts to ten. In Spanish.
Squawk! Uno, dos, tres . . .
Just last week I saved a family of porcupines.
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And your neighbor Mr. Bumble’s cool chameleon changes color from pink to turquoise.
But I bet you’ve always wanted . . .
Yoo-hoo, I’m over here.
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A PIG! Pigs are AWESOME. They have:
a twitchy, itchy snout,
flippy, flappy ears,
and
Snort!
Snort!
Fwip! Fwap!
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a springy, sproingy tail.
Boing!
Boing!
I pigs!
I’d name him Snowflake!
A pig would be perfect!
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Of course, your brother might have other ideas. . . .
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You have to admit, a gorilla would be sort of neat. . . .
But on second thought, you sure wouldn’t want to
clean up after him.
Yahoo! No more riding the bus to
school!
P.U.
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Your brother might not care that pigs are louder than motorcycles,
have forty-four teeth (say cheese”!),
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or that baby pigs are called piglets.
Coochie, coochie, coo.
and live on every continent except Antarctica,
I know you can win him over! Tell him that pigs . . .
Brrr-nobody here but us penguins.
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love mud!
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I mud!
YAY!
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ALADDIN PIXSimon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division
1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020First Aladdin PIX hardcover edition June 2017
Copyright © 2017 by Cyndi MarkoAll rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
ALADDIN and related logo are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.ALADDIN PIX and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
For information about special discounts for bulk purchases, please contact Simon & Schuster Special Sales at 1-866-506-1949 or [email protected].
The Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau can bring authors to your live event. For more information or to book an event contact the Simon & Schuster Speakers Bureau
at 1-866-248-3049 or visit our website at www.simonspeakers.com.Book designed by Laura Lyn DiSiena
The illustrations for this book were rendered in colored pencil, watercolor, and ink.The text of this book was set in MetallophileSP8.
Manufactured in China 0317 SCP2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1
Library of Congress Control Number 2016959832ISBN 978-1-4814-6826-8 (hc)
ISBN 978-1-4814-6827-5 (eBook)
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