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Mr. Rush © 1978 THOIP (a Chorion Company)
Printed and published under licence from Price Stern Sloan, Inc., Los Angeles.
Published in Great Britain by Egmont UK Limited
239 Kensington High Street, London W8 6SA
Printed in Italy. All rights reserved.
ISBN 978 0 7498 5211 5
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Mr Rush was the fastest thing on two legs.
He used to rush hither and thither, and thither and
hither, and back again, all the time.
And, of course, he was always in such a rush that
he never ever finished anything properly.
One morning he woke up with a jump.
He'd only had time for three hours' sleep because
he'd been rushing about for so long the day before.
"Oh dear," he cried, leaping out of bed. "I'm late!"
And he rushed into his bathroom, and washed (not
very well as he was in such a hurry) and cleaned
one tooth, and rushed downstairs - three at a time.
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Mr Rush had a boiled egg and toast and a cup of
tea for breakfast.
He boiled the egg for five seconds, and it tasted
awful.
He toasted the bread for one second, and so it
wasn't brown at all.
And, as he couldn't bear to wait for the kettle to
boil, he made his tea with cold water.
Ugh!
What a horrid breakfast.
And, of course, he was in such a rush he only ate
half of it.
Rush. Rush. Rush.
Silly fellow!
After his half a breakfast he rushed off again.
Out of his front door (leaving it open), down his
garden path, out of his garden gate (leaving it open
too), and off down the lane.
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He passed Mr Happy.
"Hello," called Mr Happy. "Good morning, Mr
Rush. Where are you off to?"
"Can't stop," cried Mr Rush. "I'm in much too much
of a hurry!"
"I can see that," thought Mr Happy to himself as he
watched Mr Rush disappear into the distance. "I
wonder where he's going?"
Where Mr Rush was going was nowhere.
Fast!
As usual.
Mr Rush rushed around all morning, and then
rushed home and had a quick bite to eat (a
sandwich without bread), and then rushed off
again.
And rushed around all afternoon!
That evening, he was reading a magazine (he
never had time to read a book) when he saw an
advertisement for a holiday.
"Ooohe said. "I'd like that. Haven't had a
holiday for ages."
But then his face fell.
"I can't go on holiday," he thought,"because I don't
have any money."
And then he thought again.
And his face rose.
"I know," he thought, "I'll get a job."
And so, the following morning, he rushed off and
got a job.
With a farmer.
Milking cows!
But of course he wasn't any good at that because, if
there's one thing a cow can't stand, it's being
rushed.
Especially when it's being milked!
So, Mr Rush rushed off and got himself another job.
Driving a bus!
But of course he wasn't any good at that because he
was always in such a rush he never stopped at any
of the bus stops!
And, if there's one thing people waiting at a bus
stop don't like, it's when the bus doesn't stop for
them.
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So, Mr Rush rushed off and got himself another job.
As a waiter in a hotel!
But of course he wasn't any good at that because,
no sooner had he served people a meal, and they'd
taken one bite, than he whisked the plate away
from under their noses.
And, if there's one thing hungry people can't stand,
its having food whisked away from them.
Poor Mr Rush.
No job.
No money!
"Oh dear/' he sighed to himself. "I'm never going
to be able to go on holiday."
He looked very glum and gloomy.
But then an idea struck him.
An idea for a job for someone who rushes around
all the time.
An ideal job for someone who was the fastest thing
on two legs.
Do you know what that job was?
Would you like to know what that job was?
Postman!
Delivering express letters.
Mr Rush was so good at it, he delivered twice as
many letters in half the time any postman had ever
done it before.
Soon he had saved enough money for that holiday
of his.
And so, the very next week, there was Mr Rush
sitting on a beach in the hot sunshine under a pal
tree on holiday.
"This is the life," he grinned.
And rushed off for a swim.
His fifteenth that day!
And then it was breakfast time
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