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The New House
Villain
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Story by Margar Illustrations
by Elizabeth Fuller
The New House
Villain
©1986 Story by Margaret Main ©1986 Illustrations bj Elizabeth ©1986 Applecross Ltd. The
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The New House Villain by Margaret
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When Mr.
and Mrs. Robinson and Julia saw house, they all said the same thing:
"Look
The
at
tree
that
their
new
tree!"
looked bigger than the house.
"Goodness, we could almost live in the tree," Mrs. Robinson cried. "I think someone is living there already," said Julia.
"Some villain or tree pirate!" While her mother and father were looking at the bathroom and saying they would need new shower
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curtains, Julia ran outside
and branching "I
know
and looked up into the green
tree.
you're there," she called.
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"Where
are
you?"
The
Villain looked
He had
down
out of the tree
whiskers that looked
her.
at
green and brown
like
and fierce eyes suitable for a Villain. "Are you coming to live here?" he asked. "Yes," said Julia. "This is our first visit." "I shall get out my Villain's Book," said the
leaves,
"It
is
called
The
Villain's
Encyclopedia of Tricks,
Villain. Tortures,
and General Wickedness. Then when you come here will
be able to practice on you."
villainous fashion, but the laugh
"That wasn't very good,"
He
tried to
went
a
Julia said.
bit
"Try
laugh in
I
a
wrong. again."
"I wasn't trying very hard," replied the Villain in a
snappy voice. He went back among the Julia went inside again.
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"It's saying.
a
good house
"It's
off quite
a
sunshine," her mother was a pity about that tree, though. It must cut lot of sunshine to the little bedroom, for
particularly in the winter
when you need
it
most."
'There's a Villain living in that tree," Julia said. "Is there, dear? Well, don't worry about it too much,"
her mother replied. about the tree."
"He's looking up
"We may tricks
have to do something
and tortures
to
try
on me,"
said Julia.
"We
won't
let
him hurt you,"
said her father in a
not-listening voice.
"Well," thought Julia, "as though ordinary parents could do much to protect me from a Villain in a tree. They don't realize that I'll have to be watching every single minute of the day." She went outside again, back to the tree.
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"So there you are," the Villain cried, looking down through the leaves at her. "Feeling pretty scared, I expect. Well, just you wait until you see what I've planned for you. If I were to mention just one of my plans, your hair would fall out from sheer terror." "I've got some plans, too," Julia shouted back. "I'm the toughest one in
the boys, and
I
my
know
class
at
school.
better words.
I
I'm tougher than
can bite an iron
bar in half with a single crunch."
"I can set things on fire with my mere burning glance," the Villain yelled. "I can knock over a grizzly bear with a single punch."
"A "A
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single
crunch!" shouted
single
punch!" yelled the
Julia.
Villain.
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"Even my teacher at school is scared of me," Julia said. "He's nine feet high, my teacher, with red and he's covered with long black hair, but he's terrified of me because I can throw him through a window with a mere toss." The Villain went back to his Villain nest. Julia went back inside. They both had something to think about, glittering
eyes,
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mother had made
Julia's
a
cup of
new, empty-looking kitchen. The
in
tea
plastic
the strange,
picnic cups that
looked all right on the beach or in the grass looked funny on the kitchen table. "The Villain says he can set things on fire with a single burning glance," Julia told them. "He says he can kill
a
grizzly bear with a single
punch."
"Well, he won't be bothering us for long," said Julia's
"That
mother. to
have
to
let
the sun in a
little
more."
more sun, wouldn't you?" asked her would get rid of that Villain you've been
a bit
like
father.
"And
telling
us about."
Julia
shades your bedroom. We've decided
down
cut
it
"You'd
tree
it
sighed.
from too much sun," she mumbled, but her parents began talking about the plumbing.
"You can
get
sick
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Julia
down
went back at
to
The
the tree again.
Villain
looked
her.
"So there you are," he said. "Shaking with fright by now, I suppose." "Well, I've got something for you to think about," said Julia. "My mother and father say they might have your tree cut down." "What?" yelled the Villain. His beard went all bristly for a moment and then began to wilt. "Why would they cut down such a good tree?" "To let more sun in," Julia explained. "Sun!" cried the Villain. "People can get ill from too
much
sun.
Do
they
know
that?"
"I told them," Julia sighed.
The
Villain sighed,
"I will have to
come down from
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too.
the tree," he said.
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. The
Villain
was not very
tall.
He came up
to Julia's
shoulder.
"Hello/' he
said.
"You're not very
tall/'
remarked.
Julia
"Well, some are and some aren't," the Villain replied in
a
very stuffy voice.
They
beneath the
sat
why
"That's tree,
I
need
a
tree."
thinking hard. At
last
the
Villain spoke.
"First of
all,
you must
tell
them
that
character to the house. People like
a
the tree gives
house
to
have
character."
"Okay,"
"And that
Julia said.
then," the Villain went on, "you must
the sunlight will be
more
window through a few leaves around your window." "I can remember that," Julia into
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the
interesting if leaves.
agreed.
Say that
them it comes you like
tell
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"Say
it's
a
native tree,"
think twice before they cut "Shall
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the Villain added.
down
say that you need
it
a
for
"People
native tree." extra height?"
asked
Julia.
"Oh,
wouldn't mention that at all," replied the Villain. "People have no sympathy for Villains. They prefer them small and weak. They don't realize how a bit of danger brightens things up. And how would you know who the good people were if you didn't have the bad people to compare them with? We Villains do a lot of good in a quiet way. But nobody ever thanks us. It would be a dull world if everyone were virtuous."
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went inside again. Her mother and father were packing the cups. "We're on our way now/' her father said, "but we'll be back. How do you like our new house, Julia?" "The house is all right for a house," Julia answered, "but what about that tree?" "Well, what about it?" said her father, looking Julia
surprised.
much sun,"
"I don't need
way sun
freckly
when
looks
it
cried.
Julia
comes
"I like the
through
in
a
lot
of
leaves."
"Do you mean you want
us to keep the tree?" asked
her mother, looking surprised, too. "It's
native tree," Julia said.
a
"It adds a lot of
character to the house."
"I
suppose
it
does,
mother
her
really,"
said
thoughtfully.
"And
tree
a
"especially if
is
a
tree
it's
a
native tree.
after
all,"
said her father,
But what about the
Villain?"
"Oh,
I
can manage a Villain!" cried
beaten him, then he'll
can do
a
lot
let
me up
Julia.
into the
of useful things together.
keeps things from getting dull.
How
do
"When tree,
And I
a
know
I've
and we Villain if
I'm
being good without having a Villain to compare myself
with?"
you want the tree so much, we'll leave declared Julia's father. "Keeping the Villain in order be your job." "Well,
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it,"
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When
Julia
went
out,
the Villain was back in the tree
again.
"They
"Of really I
say they'll keep the tree/' Julia told him.
course they will!" the Villain cried. worried.
can wrestle a
CC
I
wasn't
You're the one that should worry, because
mad
gorilla
very easily. I'm not
tall,
but
I'm strong and wicked."
"Well, that's okay," shouted Julia, "because I can make such horrible faces that gorillas get giddy when they see me. They get giddy and have to sit down with damp cloths on their foreheads. But I've got to go now. I'll
be back."
"You'll be sorry," was the Villain's
be sorry you ever
set
eyes on this tree."
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last
BaSH
cry.
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looked out of the back window of the car, she saw him, shaking the thin top branches, tossing and singing high in the tree, very pleased with himself. "Well, things won't be dull at that house," Julia said
But
as Julia
"There's nothing
herself.
to
like
a
Villain
to
keep things
interesting."
And
she practiced terrible faces
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all
the
way home.
CIO J) EIGHT
LEVEL FICTION
A
Pet to the Vet
The King's Treasure The New House Villain The Funny, Funny Clown Face Leap Year The Haunted House Princess Harimau and the Tiger
The Big Fish
NONFICTION
Animals
The
at
Work
Battle for Survival
Billy's
Truck Diary
The Happy Birthday Book
Make Things That Move The Book of Monsters Straight From the Horse's Mouth What a Plant!
PLAYS
In the
Dark
Ze King
COLLECTION
A
Shall Sing
Wallet on the Path
Po£