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Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson. One evening, after thinking it over for some time,

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Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. There wasn't any moon, and Harold needed a moon

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for a walk in the moonlight, and he needed something to walk on. He made a long, straight

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path so he wouldn't get lost, and he set off on his walk, taking his big purple crayon with him.

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but he didn't seem to be getting anywhere on the long straight path. So he left the path for a

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shortcut across the field and the moon went with him. The shortcut led right to where Harold thought

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a forest ought to be. He didn't want to get lost in the woods so he made a very small forest with

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just one tree in it. It turned out to be an apple tree. The apples would be very tasty, Harold thought

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when they got red. So he put a frightening dragon under the tree to guard the apples.

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It was a terribly frightening dragon. It even frightened Harold. He backed away. His hand

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holding the purple crayon shook. Suddenly he realized what was happening, but by then Harold

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was over his head in an ocean. He came up thinking fast, and in no time he was climbing aboard a trim

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little boat. He quickly set sail, and the moon sailed along with him. After he had sailed long

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enough, Harold made land without much trouble. He stepped ashore on the beach, wondering where he

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was. The sandy beach reminded Harold of picnics, and the thought of picnics made him hungry.

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So he laid out a nice simple picnic lunch. There was nothing but pie, but there were all nine kinds

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of pie that Harold liked best. When Harold finished his picnic, there was quite a lot left.

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He hated to see so much delicious pie go to waste. So Harold left a very hungry moose and a deserving

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porcupine to finish it up. And off he went, looking for a hill to climb to see where he was.

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Harold knew that the higher up he went, the farther he could see. So he decided to make the hill

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into a mountain. If he went high enough, he thought he could see the window of his bedroom.

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He was tired, and he felt he ought to be getting to bed. He hoped he could see his bedroom window

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from the top of the mountain, but as he looked down over the other side, he slipped, and there

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wasn't any other side of the mountain. He was falling in thin air, but luckily he kept his

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wits and his purple crayon. He made a balloon, and he grabbed onto it, and he made a basket under

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the balloon big enough to stand in. He had a fine view from the balloon, but he couldn't see his

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window. He couldn't even see a house. So he made a house with windows, and he landed the balloon on

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the grass in front of the yard. None of the windows was his window. He tried to think where his window

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ought to be. He made some more windows. He made a big building full of windows. He made lots of

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buildings full of windows. He made a whole city full of windows. But none of the windows was his

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window. He couldn't think where it might be. He decided to ask a policeman. The policeman pointed

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the way Harold was going anyway, but Harold thanked him, and he walked along with the moon,

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wishing he was in his room and in bed then suddenly harold remembered he remembered where

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his bedroom window was when there was a moon it was always right around the moon and then harold

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made his bed he got in and drew up the covers and the purple crayon dropped on the floor

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and harold dropped off to sleep