Hugo and the Really, Really, Really Long String (3 page)
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Authors: Bob Boyle
Hugo thought this place looked familiar.
When he peeked over the bushes he saw …
… that the string led right back to his little house!
When Hugo followed the string to the end, he got quite a surprise!
That mysterious red string wasn’t special at all!
It was just a very long thread from his old underwear! It seems that Biscuit had carried her favorite new “toy” down the hill, through the tunnel, all through town, into the noodle shop, into the schoolhouse, through the forest, up the hill, and all the way back home again!
Hugo was disappointed … and EMBARRASSED!
But then everyone began to sing—
“We were eight strangers who followed the string!
It really was a wonderful thing!
There
is
something special where the string ends—
meeting new people we now call friends!”
So, after serving a snack of crumpets and tea …
Hugo said good night to his newfound friends,
put on his favorite red pajamas …
… and, just like every night, went to sleep with a smile on his face.
BOB BOYLE
is the Emmy Award–winning creator of
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!
, an animated preschool series on Nick Jr.
If it were not for the fact that he is only five feet seven inches tall, he believes that he would be a professional football player. So, instead of being tackled by three-hundred-pound linebackers, he safely sits behind a desk making up silly stories and drawing funny pictures.
Bob lives in Pasadena, California, with his wife, Teri, and their two little friends who inspired this book.