“That was not what I told you to do,” said Stanley.
“Was too!” said Arthur.
“Was not!”
“Was too!”
“Was not!”
“I understand.” Mr. Lambchop nodded wisely. “You are opposing forces in balance.”
“Boys!” called Mrs. Lambchop. “Your friend Carlos is here!”
Carlos bounded into the room. “Stanley, you are back!” he said. “How was China?”
“Amazing,” Stanley replied. “I got torn by a giant panda bear.”
“No!” Carlos’s eyes bulged.
Arthur gestured to the bulletin board, where Stanley had hung the photograph that Yang had taken at the zoo. Carlos took one look and let out a long whistle.
“Stanley was just training me to be a Flying Wonder,” announced Arthur.
“Oh,” said Carlos. “I can come back later.”
Stanley looked at him curiously.
“You need only two people to play Flying Chinese Wonders,” Carlos explained with a frown. “I do not want to be a third wheel.”
Stanley smiled. “You don’t understand,” he said gently. He positioned Arthur on one side of the room, and Carlos on the other. “Sometimes, for balance,” he continued, climbing atop the bed, “a third wheel is just what you need.”
And with that, Stanley Lambchop shot into the air.
CATCH ALL OF FLAT STANLEY’S WORLDWIDE ADVENTURES:
The Mount Rushmore Calamity
The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery
The Japanese Ninja Surprise
The Intrepid Canadian Expedition
The Amazing Mexican Secret
The African Safari Discovery
The Flying Chinese Wonders
AND DON’T MISS ANY OF THESE OUTRAGEOUS STORIES:
Flat Stanley: His Original Adventure!
Stanley and the Magic Lamp
Invisible Stanley
Stanley’s Christmas Adventure
Stanley in Space
Stanley, Flat Again!
In his worldwide adventures
so far,
Flat Stanley has:
Stopped Mount Rushmore from collapsing!
Rescued the priceless Egyptian Giant Scrolls of Papyrus!
Battled with deadly ninjas in Japan!
Competed in the Olympics in Canada—
as a human snowboard!
Helped a famous matador in a Mexican bullfight!
And he’s canoed down an African river!
Don’t miss Flat Stanley’s next two worldwide adventures . . .
The Australian Boomerang Bonanza and The US Capital Commotion!
Also By Jeff Brown
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #1:
THE MOUNT RUSHMORE CALAMITY
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #2:
THE GREAT EGYPTIAN GRAVE ROBBERY
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #3:
THE JAPANESE NINJA SURPRISE
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #4:
THE INTREPID CANADIAN EXPEDITION
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #5:
THE AMAZING MEXICAN SECRET
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures #6:
THE AFRICAN SAFARI DISCOVERY
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Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures: The Flying Chinese Wonders
Text copyright © 2011 by the Trust u/w/o Richard C. Brown a/k/a Jeff Brown f/b/o Duncan Brown.
Illustrations by Macky Pamintuan, copyright © 2011 by HarperCollins Publishers.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Greenhut, Josh.
The Flying Chinese Wonders / created by Jeff Brown ; written by Josh Greenhut ; pictures by Macky Pamintuan.—1st ed.
p. cm.— (Flat Stanley’s worldwide adventures ; 7)
Summary: When he inadvertently injures a Chinese acrobat performing at his school auditorium, Stanley travels with the brother and sister duo to Beijing where he trains to perform for the president of China.
ISBN 978-0-06-143003-9 (trade bdg.)— ISBN 978-0-06-143002-2 (pbk. bdg.)
[1. Acrobatics—Fiction. 2. Adventure and adventurers—Fiction. 3. China—Fiction.] I. Brown, Jeff, 1926–2003. II. Pamintuan, Macky, ill. III. Title.
PZ7.G84568Fl 2011
[Fic]—dc22
2010022977
CIP
AC
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EPub Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780062077059
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First Edition
About the Author
JEFF BROWN created the beloved character of Flat Stanley as a bedtime story for his sons. He has written other outrageous books about the Lambchop family, including FLAT STANLEY, STANLEY AND THE MAGIC LAMP, INVISIBLE STANLEY, STANLEY’S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE, STANLEY IN SPACE, and STANLEY, FLAT AGAIN! You can learn more about Jeff Brown and Flat Stanley at www.flatstanleybooks.com.
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