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Furkle Stroy Williams

Mystery to Solve

Box of tricks

Furkle Stroy Williams is always learning new things about his friend the Jack-a-quack-quack. For instance, Furkle had only ever seen the Jack-a-quack-quack pop up out of his box on a very bouncy spring. But one day, something very odd happened.

A pair of legs popped out from the bottom of the Jack-a-quack-quack’s box and began jumping and dancing and running around. What a surprise!

Writing Activity

Write the script for a play about the day when the legs first appeared. What happened just before the legs grew out of the box? Why had they never appeared before? What happened later? Did the legs remain, or were they like Furkle’s tail, only arriving when they are needed?