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Hamlet stood. He took Laertes's
sword and rushed to Claudius.

Harnlet with its poison. Laertes
could see blood, and he suddenly So the two roen fought - then J-\.aaaaagh, vlllain!' Hamlet
felt sad: this was a terrible duel. But Laertes nearly lost his sword, and it cried, and pushed the sword
the duel didn't finish then, because cut his hand. Laertes stopped, then through the terrible king.
Hamlet didn't fall. feU to the grouncl. J-\.nd drink your poisonl' Hamlet
shouted, and he put the drink
in Claudius's mouth. The king
Hamlet stopped too, and sat next to Laertes. fell to the ground, dead. Hamlet
'Hamlet,' said Laertes very quietly, 'my sword has poison on looked at Laertes - he, too, was
it. The king - that villain - put it there. He put poison in that now dead.
drink, too- so your mother, the queen, now líes dead. Look!'

'Horatio, my dear friend,' Hamlet said. 'Please
tell this sad tale of a bad king - so Denmark can
soon have a better king.'
Then Hamlet died.

'My poor friend, you have your revenge,' Horatio
said quietly. 'But Iook at ali this blood. And now
you, too, are dead.'
blood this is red - you see it when lie (post lay) to have ali of your body tale story
you cut your body on the ground
ground we walk on this
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