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Hello, This is Richard, and Im here with a story about somebody we havent heard from for a while -Theo, the crime-fighting monkey. His first story, long, long, ago was called The Monkey who loved Chocolate. Since then hes escaped from the zoo and bec

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This is another slightly crazy chocolate story and is the companion to The Monkey Who Loved Chocolate. It continues our Zoo Stories series featuring Theo the Monkey though you have to be patient and wait a bit for Theo to enter the stage. Story by Be

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This is the third part in our mini-series about Theo the monkey. In the previous episode a boy called Neet and his kung fu teacher, Sifu, were waiting for Theo to turn up for a martial arts class. While they waited, Sifu related a chinese legend abou

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It was dark by the time Thomas Black got home that night. He had lingered in the workshop, putting final details on cabinetry and tables. He had needed the time to be alone, and to digest Theo's words. He was disturbed by her account of the Whitcome

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今天我们要学的词是size up。 To size up, 对某个人或某件事进行估计、评定。She is sizing up her romantic rival, 她仔细揣摩情敌的实力。The candidate sized up the situation and decided to withdraw, 这位候选人对选战

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After Thomas Black discovered the Whitcome grave, the church bell incident loomed large in his mind. He had been ready to dismiss the event entirely, but now he felt as though there was an intruder in the village, a prankster perhaps. Whoever it was,