"Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn": Arthur and his classmates are afraid of their new teacher Mr. Ratburn. 4th grader Prunella tells the recent 3rd graders that Mr. Ratburn eats nails for breakfast, he is a vampire with hypnotic powers, and that if you get an answer wrong, he will send you to "Death Row." But is this what Mr. Ratburn is really like?/"Arthur's Spelling Trubble": Arthur is one of the students who will be in the all-school spellathon. He doesn't think that he is good speller, but Mr. Ratburn thinks otherwise. Arthur studies extra-hard, but he feels like he isn't making any progress.
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