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Without money, she

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It was empff.

"I will go and ask

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food," she said.At the end of each day, they broughttheir basket of food to Iord Gurr.

He put the heaW basket on the scale."Not bad," he would say.

But whenever Minnieasked for her F&V,he always shouted,

"Come back tomorrow!"So Minnie had

no money.

Minnie peeked

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she was hungrier

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l i tt le food," she said."My nephews are very hungry."

Nlinnie rvent straight tr- Lo.cl Gu'"s h.use.He came to the <loor himself."What do you rvant?" he shouted.am a vel'y busy' man."

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"Food?" cried Lord Gurr. "I don't haveenough for myself. Go away!"

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"These rocks are too heaw for me."

Minnie handed the grinder to him.

"Watch and list€D," said the dragon.

He began to turn the handle.

As he turned he said,"Golden gnnder, help me,please. Y ou witrI- kri,ow

iust wh,qt'I need."The dragon pointed to a shelf in the corner.

It was filled with peautiful treasures.

"Take down th\ golden grinder and bring it

here to me," fre sahf.

As soon as he said those magic words,a shovel was standing beside him.

All by itselfit began to dig.

It lift€dthe heary rocks.

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TAt last the dragon was free again."Because you have helped h€," he said,

"f'm going to give you this magic grinder.Just say the magic words and it will give youanything you want.',

"Oh, thank you!', cried Minnie.

The dragon waved good-by to Minnie."Now don't forget the magie words to make

the grinder stop!" he called. "It will notstop unless you say those very words!"

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When her nephewssaw the grinder, theywere not very happy.

"Where is our food,Aunt Minnie?"they cried.

"W'e will have food,"she said. "Listen."

Suddenly the table was covered with food.

There was hrrkey and ham. . . mashedpotatoes, peas and carrots. . . fruit

and cheese and milk and bread.

DOGMinnie began to turn the handle."Gold,en grinfi,er, help us,

pleeser" she said. "You willknow iust what u)e need."

Ttren Minnie said, "Goldpn gri,rtflnr,

stop ant, stqU," _The grinder stopped making food.

o,,#:'#iI'3':i"illlYO" "Let's ask for

cried Ferdie.

When Nlinnie turned

the handle and said

the magic words,

the grinder gave them

fine new furniture.

new furni ture !"

Minnie said the magic words.

Presto! They werein fine new clothes.

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The next morning Il l innie anrl her nephews

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Minnie stayed homc to plant some flowers.

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Lord Gurr soon came to see why Minnie andher nephews had not come to work for him.

He was surprised to see their new things."All of this cannot be yours!" he cried.

"Where did you get everything?"

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"It 's a secret," said Minnie.

"I cannot tell you."

"If you don't tell me I' l l call

the sheriff," shouted Lord Gurr.

"He wil l throw you into jail f<lr stealing!"

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Minnie showed the grinder to him."I did not steal anything," she said.

"This grinder gives me whatever f want,,Iord Gurr snatched it away from her."f'll take care of it for you," he said.

He could hardly waitto try the grinder.

He put it down andhrrned the handle.

"f want someice cream," he said.

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ta mqbit obey D€,"said Iord Gurr.

Off he ran to findMinnie's nephews.

Nothing happened.

"I wANT soMEIcE cREAM!" he shouted.

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"My dear fellows," he said. "I hear you havea grinder that gives you anWhing you want.Tell me-how does this magic grinder work?"

"It's easy," said Morty. "You just s&V,

Golden, grinder, help me, please.

You will know just what I need.

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Now he knew how I'6 make the grinder work.

He began to tufr the handle.voice he said,In his

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"Very interesting," said Iord Gurr.And he ran back to his house.

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"Stop!" cried Lord Gurr.

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and ice cream cones.

It made chocolate,

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Ice cream began to spill ontothe floor.

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"srop!" screamed Lord Gurr, for he wasup to his ears in ice cream. "I'm fre-e-e-zing!"

But the grinder kept making ice cream.

Iord Gurr grabbed the grinder andbegan to run.

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When he reached her house, Minniemet him at the door.

He threw the golden grinder at her."If you will just make it stop," he cried,

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"Oh, my," sair l Nl innie wi th a smi le." I t i .s making qui te a mess. Goldert . r ,1r i r tder,stop ol id .sfay," she rvhispered.

The grincler. stoppecl making ice cream.

When he got home, Lord Gurr hadquite a job cleaning up all that ice cream.

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