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By PEGGY PARISH Pictures by
Lynn Sweat
A Snuggle & Read Story Book
CAMELOT BOOK ^^^
AN AVON
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1985 by Margaret Parish
©
Illustrations copyright
1985 by
Lynn Sweat
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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 84-7979
ISBN: 0-380-70067-0 RL:1.5
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Parish, Peggy.
Amelia Bedelia goes camping.
Summary: As
always, Amelia Bedelia follows exactly the instructions given to her
on a camping
trip,
Humorous PZ7.P219AO
stories]
2.
First
including pitching a tent and rowing boats. I.
1985
Camelot
Sweat. Lynn. [E]
Printing,
ill.
II.
Title.
84-7979
March
1986
CAMELOT TRADEMARK REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES, MARCA REGISTRADA, HECHO EN U.S.A.
Printed
BAN
10
in
the U.S.A.
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Camping — Fiction.
Series.
FOR REBECCA AND ALEX GUSHIN WITH LOVE
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urry up, Amelia Bedelia,'
called Mr. Rogers.
'I'm coming, I'm coming,' said
'Did
Amelia Bedelia.
we
get everything?'
asked Mrs. Rogers. 'I
would say
said
so,'
Amelia Bedelia.
'Good,' said Mr. Rogers. 'It's
time to hit the road.'
'Hit the road?'
asked Amelia Bedelia.
'AH
right.'
She picked up a
And Amelia
stick.
Bedelia hit the road.
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'Stop that!' shouted Mr. Rogers.
'Get into the car.'
Amelia Bedelia got into the
car.
'I'm so excited,' she said. 'I've
never been camping.'
'You
wdll
have fun,' said Mrs. Rogers.
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They rode
for a long time.
Finally Mr. Rogers stopped the car.
'Wake
up, Amelia Bedelia,'
said Mrs. Rogers. 'This
12
is it.'
Amelia Bedelia looked 'But where
is
the
all
camp?'
she asked.
'The camp
is
in the car,'
said Mr. Rogers.
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around.
'In the car!' said Amelia Bedelia.
'We're going
to
camp
in the car?'
'The things we need to
make
the
camp
are in the car,' said Mr. Rogers.
'Make said
the camp!'
Amelia Bedelia.
'We have
to
make
the
camp?'
'Just forget 'I'll
said Mr. Rogers.
it,'
put the tent here.
We
can pitch
it
'All right,' said
later.'
Amelia Bedelia.
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'Now
let's
have some fun,'
said Mr. Rogers. 'Let's catch 'I've
said 'Is
it
some
never caught
fish.' fish,'
Amelia Bedelia. like
catching a ball?'
Mr. Rogers laughed. 'It's
'I
more
fun,' he said.
wdU show you how.'
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'Did you bring any cookies?'
asked Mrs. Rogers. 'Yes,' said Amelia Bedelia. 'I
made up
a
new
kind.'
Amelia Bedelia got the cookies. 'Chocolate!' said Mr. Rogers.
'My
favorite.'
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He
took a
bite.
'They are so crunchy!' he
said.
'That's the potato chips,' said 'I
Amelia Bedelia.
do love potato chips.
I
put in a whole bag.
I
call
them chocolate chip
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cookies.'
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers looked at each other. 'Call
them what you
like,'
said Mrs. Rogers.
'Just
make them
often.'
'Bring them along
and follow me,' 'Let's find a
said Mr. Rogers.
good fishing spot.'
20
They walked along After a
He
bit,
the bank.
Mr. Rogers stopped.
looked at the water.
'This looks good,' he
21
said.
Amelia Bedelia stopped. 'I
see one!
she
said.
I
see a fish,'
'I'll
catch
it.'
'Wait!' said Mr. Rogers.
But Mr. Rogers was too
late.
Amelia Bedelia was in the water.
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23
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'Here,fishy. Here, fishy,' she called.
Then she grabbed 'I
caught
'What a
it!'
she
the fish.
yelled.
big one!' said Mrs. Rogers.
Amelia Bedelia looked
The
fish looked at
'All right,' said
'Away you
The
fish
at the fish.
Amelia Bedelia.
Amelia Bedelia.
go.'
swam
away.
'Amelia Bedelia!' yelled Mr. Rogers.
'Why
did you do that?'
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Amelia Bedelia looked surprised.
'Why
not?' she said.
'You just said I
to
catch a
fish.
did that.'
'Oh, go away,' said Mr. Rogers.
'Thank you,' 'I
am
wet.
I
said
Amelia Bedelia.
do need
26
to
change.'
Amelia Bedelia started
to leave.
'Oh, Amelia Bedelia,' said Mrs. Rogers.
'Please start a
fire in
'Use pine cones
the
grill.'
to start it,'
said Mr. Rogers.
'And put on some 'All right,' said
coffee.'
Amelia Bedelia.
Amelia Bedelia walked
She changed 'Now,' 'I'll
I'll
said
to the car.
into dry clothes.
Amelia Bedelia,
surprise Mr. Rogers.
pitch that tent.'
She walked over
to the tent.
'Shoot,' said Amelia Bedelia. 'I can't
even
lift it.'
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'Need some help?'
said someone.
Amelia Bedelia turned around.
'Who
are you?' she asked.
'I'm Harry,' said one boy. 'I'm Mike,' said the other boy. 'I'm Amelia BedeUa,' said
Amelia Bedelia.
'Amelia Bedelia!' said Harry.
'We've heard about you.'
'You have!' said Amelia
Bedelia.
'That's nice.
Now
will
you help
me
pitch this tent?'
'Where do you want
to pitch it?'
asked Mike.
'The big thing said 'It
is to
pitch
it,'
Amelia Bedelia.
can come down
where
it
wants
to.'
The boys grinned
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at
each
other.
'Okay,
They
let's all
do
it,'
said Harry.
caught hold of the
They picked
it
up.
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tent.
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J^
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^ And
they pitched that
tent.
'Hooray!' said Amelia Bedelia.
'We
did
it!'
'Maybe we should said Mike.
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pitch
it
again,'
Ji^:^
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'Why?' 'It's
said
Amelia Bedelia.
in the bushes,' said Harry.
'That's a good place for said 'It's
Amelia Bedelia.
out of the way.'
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it,'
;
'Hey,' said Mike.
'Mom
is
calling us.'
'Thank you said
for helping
me,'
Amelia Bedelia.
She watched the boys
34
go.
'I
had
better get that fire started,'
said
Amelia Bedelia.
She
got
some wood
and pine cones.
She put them
in the
35
grill.
'Live and learn,' said
Amelia Bedelia.
know
'I didn't
could start a I
want
pine cones
fire.
to see this.'
Amelia Bedelia
sat
down.
She waited and waited. But the
fire
did not
start.
Suddenly she jumped up.
'The 'I
coffee!' she said.
forgot to put
on the
36
coffee.'
She poured
coffee
on the pine cones.
'Now
it
should
start,'
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she
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers walked up.
'Why
isn't
the
fire
burning?'
asked Mrs. Rogers.
'The pine cones haven't it
yet,' said
'Did you
try
started
Amelia Bedelia. using a match?'
asked Mr. Rogers.
'You said
didn't
tell
me
to
do
that,'
Amelia Bedelia.
'Never mind, FU do
it,'
said Mr. Rogers.
'You put on some 'I did,' said
'Didn't
I
coffee.'
Amelia Bedelia.
put on enough?'
'Oh, go
jump
in the lake,'
said Mr. Rogers.
Amelia Bedelia stamped her 'I will not,' 'I
she
said.
have no more dry clothes.'
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foot.
Mr. Rogers laughed.
'You win,' he
said.
'Can you row a boat?' 'Certainly,' said
Amelia Bedelia.
'Use any of the
boats,'
said Mr. Rogers.
41
'Have fun.'
Amelia Bedelia found the 'I'll
just use
she
all
of them,'
said.
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boats.
She pushed boats this
way and
The
boats were rowed.
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that.
Amelia Bedelia went back to
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers.
'That was fun,' she
'What 'I
is
said.
next?'
need the tent
stakes,'
said Mr. Rogers. 'I'll
get them,' said Amelia Bedelia.
She ran
to the car.
She brought back a package. 'Here,' said Amelia Bedelia.
44
Mr. Rogers opened the package.
'What 'Didn't
in tarnation!' I
cut
them
he
said.
right?'
asked Amelia Bedelia.
'They look
like tents to
45
me.'
'How am
I
going
to pitch the tent?'
asked Mr. Rogers. 'Don't 'I
fret,' said
Amelia Bedelia.
pitched the tent.'
Mr. Rogers looked.
'Where
is
the tent?' he asked.
'In the bushes,' said
'Just
Amelia Bedelia.
where
47
it
landed.'
'That does
it!'
shouted Mr. Rogers.
He stamped
off.
Mrs. Rogers went after him.
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'Why
is
he so upset?'
asked Amelia Bedelia. 'I
was
just trying to help him.'
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers came back. 'It's all right,
Amelia Bedelia,'
said Mrs. Rogers.
'We can
sleep under the stars.'
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'I'll
help you get
the sleeping bags,' said Mr. Rogers. 'I
can do
it,'
She went
said
Amelia Bedelia.
to the car.
Amelia Bedelia came back
She was carrying some
bags.
'Shhh,' she whispered. 'I
think they are sleeping.
But how can you
50
tell?'
slowly.
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Mr. and Mrs. Rogers stared at
Amelia Bedelia.
Then
Mrs. Rogers said,
'Never mind, Amelia Bedelia.' 'I'll
get this
camp
shipshape,'
said Mr. Rogers.
'That sounds said
Amelia Bedelia.
'What kind will
like fun,'
of ship shape
we make?'
'You have done enough,' said Mr. Rogers. 'I'U
do
this.'
52
Amelia Bedelia walked away. 'I
don't
know much
she
said.
It's
time
'But
I
about camping,'
do know one thing.
to eat.'
53
r<
Amelia Bedelia bustled around.
She did
this
Finally she
and
that.
had everything
54
ready.
'Mr. and Mrs. Rogers,' called 'It's
Amelia Bedelia.
time to eat.'
'I'm sure ready,' said Mrs. Rogers.
She and Mr. Rogers came.
'Fried chicken! Stuffed eggs!' said Mr. Rogers. All three ate
'Now
and
'What a
feast!'
ate.
I'm stuffed,' said Mr. Rogers.
56
'There's one said 'I'U
more
thing,'
Amelia Bedelia.
go and get
57
it.'
Soon she came back singing,
'Happy birthday
'My
to
you!'
birthday!' said Mr. Rogers.
'I forgot
my
birthday.'
'Blow out the candles,' said Mrs. Rogers.
'And cut the cake.' Mr. Rogers did just
58
that.
Then he
said,
'Amelia Bedelia,
this is the best
camping
trip ever.'
Amelia Bedelia smiled. 'Let's 'I
do
it
again,' she said.
do love camping.'
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PEGGY PARISH
is
by children of
all
ages. For the youngest, she has
written four
Can
/
the author of
many books enjoyed
— Can You? books. Her easy-to-
read books include nine about well-loved Amelia
Bedeha (including Amelia Bedelia and the Baby; Amelia Bedelia Helps Out; Good Work, Amelia Bedelia; and Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia), Mind Your Manners, and The Cats' Burglar. For slighdy older readers she has written Key to the Treasure, Hermit Dan, and Let's Be Indians. Originally from Manning, South Carolina, where she once again lives, Ms. Parish has taught school in Oklahoma, Kentucky, and
New
York.
LYNN SWEAT is
a painter and well-known
His work has been exhibited in New York, Texas, and California. Mr. Sweat has illustrated a number of Peggy Parish's books, among them, illustrator.
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby; Amelia Bedelia Helps Out; Good Work, Amelia Bedelia; Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia; and The Cats' Burglar. He lives in Weston, Connecticut.
Amelia Bedelia had never been camping before and there was a lot to learn. Can you imagine Amelia Bedelia trying to hit the road, pitch a tent, or handle the sleeping bags without waking them up? When Amelia Bedelia goes camping, all sorts of interesting things happen.
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