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Mr Strong´s rugby team are about to play the biggest match of their lives and Mr Strong has some good players up his sleeve: Mr Greedy, the one-man scrum, Mr Tickle with his outstanding tackles and, the fastest player of them all, Mr Rush. But with Mr Forgetful forgetting which sport they are playing, Mr Jelly running away in fear when he sees the other team and Mr Bounce getting bounced out of the ground, it´s not looking very hopeful.Mr Strong is going to need a miracle to win the game. It seems impossible. Impossible? Now there´s an idea ...

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Roger Hargreaves (1935-88), zunächst Werbetexter, dann Kreativdirektor in einer Londoner Werbeagentur, schafft mit der Reihe Mr. Men und Little Miss eine der erfolgreichsten Kinderbuchserien der letzten Jahrzehnte.

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