Spider Magazine September 2017

3OON฀-OLE฀2AT฀POKED฀HIS฀HEAD฀OUT฀

AGAIN฀h1UEEN฀SAYS฀ITS฀TIME฀TO฀CLOSE฀

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'IRAFFE฀BOWED฀HER฀HEAD฀SADLY฀h0OOR฀

LITTLE฀-OLE฀2AT฀)฀DO฀WISH฀HE฀AND฀HIS฀

FAMILY฀WOULD฀COME฀TO฀THE฀(IGH฀0LACE฀

WITH฀USv

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&OR฀THREE฀DAYS฀AND฀THREE฀NIGHTS฀

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AND฀DIFFICULT฀JOURNEY฀4HE฀RAIN฀SOAKED฀

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You should also know

that you' ll lose all

your hair when you

become a butterfly.

Meh, Sam's fur is all mattedˆa

tangled mess. So no loss there.

But... I like my hair...