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  Copyright © 2007 by Peter Anthony Eastman. Featuring the characters Fred and Ted, copyright © 1973 by P. D. Eastman. Copyright renewed 2001 by Mary L. Eastman, Peter Anthony Eastman, and Alan Eastman.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Eastman, Peter.

  Fred and Ted like to fly / by Peter Eastman. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  SUMMARY: Friends Fred and Ted fly their planes to the beach and enjoy spending the day together, even though they do things very differently all along the way.

  eISBN: 978-0-375-98448-8

  [1. Beaches—Fiction. 2. Airplanes—Fiction. 3. Individuality—Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.E13153Frl 2007 [E]—dc22 2006015444

  v3.1

  Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Copyright

  First Page

  Fred and Ted were friends.

  Ted was small.

  Fred was tall.

  They were going on a trip.

  Fred put a new part

  on his green airplane.

  Ted checked the oil

  in his red airplane.

  Fred pushed his airplane

  onto the runway.

  Ted pulled his airplane

  onto the runway.

  Fred stepped into his green airplane.

  Ted jumped into his red airplane.

  Fred flew right-side up.

  Ted flew upside down.

  Fred saw a good place to land.

  Ted saw a better place to land.

  Ted landed down on the sand.

  Sand! Sand! Everywhere!

  Fred landed

  up on a tree!

  They sat on the beach.

  Ted was in the shade.

  Fred was in the sun.

  They went surfing.

  Ted used a long board.

  Fred used a short board.

  When they reached the shore,

  Ted fell down.

  Fred stayed up.

  They made sand castles.

  Fred made a small one.

  Ted made a big one.

  They went for a walk.

  Fred found a green shell.

  Ted found a red shell.

  Fred heard the ocean in his shell.

  Ted heard a crab in his shell!

  They played volleyball.

  Ted hit the ball.

  Fred missed the ball.

  They swam under water.

  Fred saw a green fish.

  Ted saw a red fish.

  And then a little bird dove into the water!

  CHEEP! CHEEP! it chirped.

  The tide was coming in.

  Water! Water! Everywhere!

  Ted ran to his airplane on the sand.

  Fred ran to his airplane on the tree.

  They flew up high, over the water.

  It was time to fly home.

 

 

  P. D. Eastman, Fred and Ted Like to Fly

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