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Contents

Title Page

The Greedy Sultan

A Stumble on the Road

Dropped in the Dust

Little Red Rooster

A Horrible Temper

Finders Keepers

Cockadoodle-doo, Mr Sultana!

Hide-and-Seek

You Again!

The Last Doodle-doo

The Rooster’s Revenge

The Richest Rooster

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n a far-off Eastern land, a long, long time ago, there once lived a great and mighty Sultan. He was, without doubt, the richest, laziest, greediest and Sultan there had ever been.

He was so rich his palace was built of nothing but shining marble and glowing gold, so rich that even the buttons on his silken clothes were made of diamonds.

He was so he had to have a special servant to brush his teeth for him, and another one to dress him.

He did nothing for himself, except eat. He was so that every meal – breakfast, lunch and dinner – he’d gobble down a nice plump peacock just to himself, and a great bowl of sweetmeats, too.

And then he’d wash it all down with a jug of honeyed camel’s milk.

It was because he was so very and so very greedy that he was so very, very