The Story of Boffin the Big Book

This is a story from Finding Out. 
== The Story of Boffin the Big Book ==
Boffin the Big Book sat on a dusty shelf in old Mr. and Mrs. Grumbles house. He was very sad. "Here I am full of interesting facts and beautiful pictures  and does anyone ever open me and look things up? No!" Old Mr. Grumble was always too busy sorting out his stamps to be interested in anything else. But, Old Mrs. Grumble was forever asking questions like..."What does an armadillo have for breakfast?" Or... "Why does my big toe have a knobby bit on it?" Old Mr. Grumble would reply grumply. "Don't ask me. I don't know." But, Boffin the Big Book would jump up and down on his shelf. "Ask me, I know. I'm Boffin the Big Book and I know everything!" But nobody heard him. Now, one day, Sammy Smart came to have tea with old Mr. and Mrs. Grumble. Halfway through a jam donut, Old Mrs. Grumble piped up. "What's the hairiest thing in the world?" "Don't ask me. I don't know." "Do you know, Sammy?" "No. But I know a man who does." Sammy took Boffin the Big Book down. "You can find everything out by looking it up in here." Said Sammy. "It's an encyclopedia." "Did you hear that?" Said Old Mrs. Grumble. "We can look up anything we need to know." "Then I'm going to look up all about stamps." Said Old Mr Grumble. And from that day on, Old Mr. And Mrs. Grumble never stopped looking things up. And Boffin the Big Book had a big smile all over his cover. 
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