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15 Pages·2012·2.91 MB·English

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It’s Scaleo! He’s escaping!
Halt!
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ld Oh! Oh! Oh!
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lizards!
Janice texted me that Matt says that Eli says
that Gerritt says that Pamela says that James
said he likes me, and wants to know if I like him!
Scaleo has increased
the size of my walkie-
No way! What are you going to do?
talkie by a factor of two.
It is now too large to
remove from the holster!
Um... Um... I’m going to text
her to tell him to tell her
to tell him to tell her to
This is a job for... tell him that I like him too.
Oh, how I despise text messaging!
Scale Ella! I’ll show them.
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ld Oh, no! It looks like
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been scaled up.
This looks like a
job for Scale Ella.
Ssssssssssss-caleo! Scale Ella, we need you!
Holy cow! Look
at my thumbs!
I – I – I – I can’t text!
This is impossible!
Janice is waiting for me to
text her back. I can’t press
the buttons. Oh, James!
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Your thumbs were Now, they are
2 inches tall. 10 inches tall.
Don’t panic, ladies. I
can solve your problem
using scale factor.
2 times what is 10? Five!
Five is the
scale factor!
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Now, to set things right. I can change the width... ld How’s that, honey? My giant thumbs fit
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Thank you, Scale Ella!
I really like that
Depth...
nail polish.
And height...
Don’t thank me! Thank ...
My scaling power is...
Mathematics.
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Drat! Foiled again. ld I hate fancy cars with screechy tires! I’ll fix that.
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I hate everything and everyone annoys me.
Rrr! That Scale
Ella! She’s always
ruining my fun.
Now that is annoying. Zounds!
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Look at what that horrible creature has ld
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done to my ultra-cool tires. Scale Ella! re
21 inches tall. tall. 21 times what is 7?
I need you!
What seems to be the
Divide both sides by 21.
problem, young lady?
What equals 7
That horrible creature has over 21? Reduce
scaled my tires down. My 7 over 21 to 1/3.
car is all out of proportion!
1/3 is my...
Let’s use...
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Now, to set I can change ld H Jeepers Creepers! That interfering Thank you,
things right. the width... ere do-gooder gives me a headache! Scale Ella!
Depth...
Scaleo?!
And height...
My scaling power is... Stop, you scoundrel!
How’s that?
Nice ride!
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