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    But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Wean ignores her father’s warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Muckle Mad Moose doesn’t really exist … does he? When Itchy Coo’s Scots version of The Gruffalo was published in 2012 it immediately became a Scottish children’s bestseller. Now, in the same format and using the same rich Scots vocabulary that has thrilled thousands of readers, the sequel is here. The Gruffalo books are among the most popular children’s titles ever published, and James Robertson’s Scots translations of them capture their warmth and excitement while adding a special Scottish dimension that weans and grown-ups alike just love.

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    But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Wean ignores her father’s warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Muckle Mad Moose doesn’t really exist … does he? When Itchy Coo’s Scots version of The Gruffalo was published in 2012 it immediately became a Scottish children’s bestseller. Now, in the same format and using the same rich Scots vocabulary that has thrilled thousands of readers, the sequel is here. The Gruffalo books are among the most popular children’s titles ever published, and James Robertson’s Scots translations of them capture their warmth and excitement while adding a special Scottish dimension that weans and grown-ups alike just love.

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    The Gruffalo's Wean by Julia Donaldson and Translated in Scots by James Robertson (Extract)

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    But one wild and windy night the Gruffalo’s Wean ignores her father’s warning and tiptoes out into the snow. After all, the Muckle Mad Moose doesn’t really exist … does he? When Itchy Coo’s Scots version of The Gruffalo was published in 2012 it immediately became a Scottish children’s bestseller. Now, in the same format and using the same rich Scots vocabulary that has thrilled thousands of readers, the sequel is here. The Gruffalo books are among the most popular children’s titles ever published, and James Robertson’s Scots translations of them capture their warmth and excitement while adding a special Scottish dimension that weans and grown-ups alike just love.

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    Julia Donaldson Illustrated by Axel Scheffler

    Translated into Scots by James Robertson

    The Gruffalo said it wid come tae nae guid If a gruffalo roamed in the deep mirk widd. How no, how no? Because, hae nae doot, The Muckle Mad Moose will find ye oot. I saw him yince, wee wean o mine. We met thegither lang, lang syne.

    Whit like is he? Gonnae tell us, Paw? Is he awfie muckle and mad and aw?

    The Gruffalo said, Its queer indeed, But I cannae richt mind, and he scartit his heid.

    The Muckle Mad Moose is awfie strang, And his scaly tail is awfie lang.

    His een are like dubs fou o burnie fire, And his awfie whuskers are teuch as wire.

    Wan snawy nicht, as the Gruffalo snored, The Gruffalos Wean thocht, Im pure bored.

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