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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Parish, Herman.
Amelia Bedelia sleeps over / by Herman Parish ; pictures by Lynne Avril.
p. cm.—(I can read! 1-beginning reading)
“Greenwillow Books.”
Summary: Amelia Bedelia has a wonderful time at her first slumber party.
ISBN 978-0-06-209524-4 (trade ed.)—ISBN 978-0-06-209523-7 (pbk.) [1. Sleepovers—Fiction. 2. Humorous stories.]
I. Avril, Lynne,(date) ill. II. Title. PZ7.P2185Aps 2012 [Fic]—<ic23 2012006186

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Amelia Bedelia was excited.

Tonight was her very first sleepover.

All the girls in her class

were going to Rose’s house

for a slumber party.

Amelia Bedelia and her mother

drove to Rose’s house.

“Is a slumber party fun?”

asked Amelia Bedelia.

“Because sleeping is boring.”

“You might not sleep much,”

said her mother.

“You will play, eat pizza, paint nails . . .”

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“Do we paint the nails

and then hammer them?”

asked Amelia Bedelia.

“Or do we hammer them first?” Oq

Amelia Bedelia’s mother laughed.

“You’ll have fun, sweetie,” she said.

“I promise.”

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When Amelia Bedelia arrived,

the front door swung open.

Her friends ran out to greet her.

Rose’s mother came outside, too.

“Good luck,” said Amelia Bedelia’s mom.

“I think I’ll need it!” said Rose’s mother.

“I am a light sleeper.”

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“Me too,” said Amelia Bedelia.

She reached into her backpack

and pulled out her flashlight.

“I sleep with this light every night.”

The girls played board games.

Amelia Bedelia had worried

that she would be bored,

but she was not.

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Next, everyone went outside

and played tag

until the sun began to set.

 “The pizza is here!”

called Rose’s father.

“Come and get it!”

“And for dessert,” said Rose’s mother,

“we will toast marshmallows

and make s’mores.”

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“Won’t that wreck your toaster?”

asked Amelia Bedelia.

“Marshmallows melt into gooey, blobby ..

Rose’s father laughed.

“We’ll toast them on the grill,” he said.

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After the pizza was gone,

Dawn speared a marshmallow

on Amelia Bedelia’s stick.

Holly showed her how to turn it

carefully and slowly

to get a crunchy brown skin.

Amelia Bedelia put her marshmallow

on top of a chocolate bar

between two graham crackers.

“Yum!” said Amelia Bedelia.

“I’d like some more, please!”

“Now you know why

they’re called s’mores!” said Rose.

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After many more s’mores,

the girls went inside the house.

They put on their pajamas,

but it was not time to slumber yet.

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Rose brought out bottles

of glittery nail polish

in more colors than the rainbow.

Every color had the perfect name.

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Heather painted

Amelia Bedelia’s nails

with

Shamrock Green

on her left hand,

“Banana Sunrise”

on her right foot.

 She saved her left foot for %

Cotton Candy Cupcake

Amelia Bedelia sighed and said,

we don’t have to hammer them!”

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Too soon, the clock struck ten.

“Bedtime, girls!” said Rose’s mother.

“Lights out, and no giggling allowed!”

Oh well, thought Amelia Bedelia.

Here comes the slumber part

of this slumber party.

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Off went the lights and lamps.

On went Amelia Bedelia’s flashlight.

She showed her friends how to make

shadow puppets on the wall.

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One by one,

the girls fell asleep.

All except Amelia Bedelia.

She was not one bit sleepy.

She made a rabbit.

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 Then a barking dog.

Then an elephant

with a trunk to grab . ..

Oops!

Her flashlight went out.

“Oh, no,” said Amelia Bedelia.

What light would keep her company now?

Then Amelia Bedelia noticed

a very bright light

peeking into the family room.

She pulled back the curtains.

A full moon shone down on her.

Now there was too much light!

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Amelia Bedelia dragged her sleeping bag

under Rose’s Ping-Pong table.

Perfect, thought Amelia Bedelia.

Now I am having a sleepover

and a sleep under.

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Amelia Bedelia snuggled down

into her cozy sleeping bag.

She gazed up at the moon.

She had heard people say that

there was a man in the moon.

She’d never seen him, until tonight.

He looked just like her dad.

Amelia Bedelia closed her eyes.

A second later, she was sound asleep.

The next morning,

the girls had a pillow fight.

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and helped to clean up the mess.

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Amelia Bedelia’s dad picked her up.

“Nice nails,” said her father.

“Thanks, moon man,” said Amelia Bedelia.

“Huh?” said her father.

“You sound like you need to take a nap.”

And so Amelia Bedelia did,

all the way home.

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A slumber party! Amelia Bedelia
has been invited to sleep over
at Rose’s house. But sleeping
is boring, isn’t it? Luckily,
Amelia Bedelia and her friends
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