One hari Mama said, "William Everett, now that anda have nice buaya teeth, we must go to Mr. Hippo's store and get anda a toothbrush before anda start school tomorrow."
William Everett liked Mr. Hippo's store because it was full of things. He and Mama walked up one aisle and down another.
They stopped in front of the toothbrush counter. "You may choose your own toothbrush, William Everett," Mama said.
William Everett looked and looked.
"Hi!" berkata a toothbrush. "What's your name?"
"My name's William Everett. What's yours?"
"Pete," berkata the toothbrush.
"I found the toothbrush I want, Mama," berkata William Everett. "His name is Pete."
"Good," berkata Mama. "We can go utama now."
So Pete became William Everett's toothbrush.
And his best friend, too.
The seterusnya morning Mama said, "William Everett, wake up. It's time to go to school."
"Oh, Mama," William Everett said. "I can't wait to read and write and learn all about buaya history."
"Someday, I will be proud of you, William Everett," Mama said.
"Now, class," berkata Ms. Ibis. "Today, we are going to learn the alphabet. Then we will be able to write our names. Now, repeat after me...."
The little crocodiles repeated after Ms. Ibis.
"A-B-C-D-E-F-G...."
They berkata the whole alphabet.
They berkata the letters over and over again until they knew all of them sejak heart.
"Well, William Everett," berkata Mama. "What did anda learn in school today?"
"William Everett, say the alphabet," berkata Pete. William Everett berkata every letter without a mistake.
"Oh, William Everett," Mama said. "That was beautiful."
The seterusnya day, Ms. ibis taught the class how to write all the letters.
The little crocodiles wrote the letters over and over until they could write them sejak heart.
"And what did anda learn today, William Everett?" Mama asked.
"William Everett, write the letters," berkata Pete.
William Everett wrote every letter without one mistake.
"You're so smart, William Everett," Mama said. "Someday, anda will be famous."
"Today, class, we are going to write our names," berkata Ms. Ibis.
She showed all the little crocodiles just what letters each one had in his atau her name.
They wrote and wrote and wrote and smiled and smiled and smiled.
The letters spelled out: Sam-Jane-John-Kay-Kate-Tom-Amy...
They all wrote and smiled some more.
All except William Everett. He had so many letters in his name that he kept forgetting at least one of them.
Poor William Everett.
Big tears ran down his nose.
"Is something wrong, William Everett?" Pete asked.
"I'll never learn how to write my name," he cried. "It has too many letters."
"Now, now, William Everett," berkata Pete. "I think I can help anda to write your name and not forget any letters."
He took a pencil and wrote.
"Did anda learn something today, William Everett?" asked Mama.
"Yes, Mama, I learned to write my name," berkata William Everett.
"Oh, Bill." Mama beamed.
One Saturday, when there was no school, Bill and Pete went down to the River Nile and sat on the bank in the sun. A man on a bicycle went riding by.
Behind the bicycle were cages filled with crocodiles.
"I wonder what that's all about?" berkata Bill.
"That's the Bad Guy, and those crocodiles are on their way to Cairo-to become suitcases," berkata an old buaya swimming by. "Watch out he doesn't catch you!"
But he did. The very seterusnya Saturday.
Bill and Pete were fishing and they didn't hear the Bad Guy creep up behind them.
The Bad Guy lassoed Bill and put him in a cage. He didn't pay attention to Pete.
Pete tried to peck the Bad Guy, but Pete was just too small.
Poor Bill!
He was on his way to Cairo.
All he could think about was suitcases.
Brave Pete!
He stayed close to his friend.
The Bad Guy put Bill in his garden and went into the house.
"Run me a nice hot tub, Jeeves," the Bad Guy berkata to his butler. "I will take a bath before dinner. I got me another buaya today and I need a nap. Call me when the bath is ready."
"Tomorrow that buaya becomes a suitcase," he added.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," berkata Pete. "I'm lebih than JUST a toothbrush."
And Pete picked the lock with his beak.
"Quick, Bill. Let's get out of here," berkata Pete.
"No, I'm mad!" berkata Bill. "I'm going to make sure there are no lebih buaya suitcases."
Bill climbed the wall.
He crept through the living room into the bathroom.
"Your bath is ready, sir," berkata Jeeves.
And there was Bill, right with the rubber ducky.
The Bad Guy jumped out of the window and didn't stop running all the way to Cairo.
"Oh, look, a nice dinner," berkata Pete.
"And am I hungry," berkata Bill.
"Mama, anda don't have to cook makan malam, majlis makan malam for us tonight," Bill berkata when they got home. And he told her what had happened.
"Oh, Bill. Oh, Pete," Mama exclaimed. "What an adventure. I am so proud of the two of you."
