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—－可编辑修改，可打印—— 别找了你想要的都有！ 精品教育资料 ——全册教案，，试卷，教学课件，教学设计等一站式服务—— 全力满足教学需求，真实规划教学环节 最新全面教学资源，打造完美教学模式 6-1 In the Garden 6-2 Kipper and the Giant 6-3 The Outing 6-4 Land of the Dinosaurs 6-5 Robin Hood 6-6 The Treasure Chest 6-7 A Fright in the Night 6-8 Rotten Apples 6-9 The Laughing Princess 6-10 Christmas Adventure 6-11 The Go-Kart Race 6-12 The Shiny Key 6-13 Paris Adventure 6-14 The Stolen Crown Part 1 6-15 The Stolen Crown Part 2 6-16 Ship in Trouble 6-17 Homework! 6-18 Olympic Adventure 6-19 Dad’s Grand plan 6-20 Mirror Island 6-21 Don’t Be Silly . 20 . 6-1 In the Garden Kipper went into Chip’s room and picked up the magic key. The key began to glow. “Oh help!” said Kipper. Kipper ran outside and looked for Biff and Chip. “Help!” he called. “The key is glowing.” Biff and Chip were playing with Wilf and Wilma. They were playing in the sandpit. “Look at the magic key,” called Kipper. Biff was cross with Kipper.“Come on everyone,” she yelled. “Run inside. Get to the magic house.” It was too late. The magic began to work. The children got smaller and smaller. The children were in the grass and everything looked big. The grass was like a jungle. “What big flowers!” said Kipper. Chip saw a bumble-bee. He didn’t like it and he didn’t like the jungle. “Let’s get out of here,” he called. The children came out of the jungle. They came to a mountain. “What a big mountain!” said Wilf. Chip began to climb. He wanted to get to the top. “Come on,” he said. “let’s climb up.” The children got to the top. Kipper was hot.“I don’t like climbing mountains,” he said. The children looked at the sand. “It looks like a desert,” said Biff. “Let’s go down.” “Oh no!” said Kipper. “Look at the toy car,” said Wilma. “Let’s get inside and ride down. We can ride down to the desert.”Whoosh! The car took them down the mountain. “This is fun,” said Wilma. The car stopped in the sand. The children climbed out. “Oh no!”said Wilf. “Look at that big cat.” The children climbed inside a bottle. Kipper was frightened. “I don’t like this,” he said.The cat looked inside the bottle. It pushed it with its paw. “Go away, cat,” shouted Kipper. “Shoo!” everyone yelled. Floppy chased the car away. The children climbed out of the bottle.“Good old Floppy!” said Biff. They walked over the desert. Everyone felt hot. Everyone felt very hot. “I want a drink,” said Kipper. “Look!” said Wilf. “Giant strawberries!” The children ran to eat them. “I love strawberries,” said Chip. “So do I,” said Wilf. The children ate the strawberries. They pulled off big lumps. Kipper licked his lips.“I like this adventure now,” he said. It began to rain. “What big drops!” said Wilma. “I feel sick now,” said Kipper. “So do I,” said Chip. The children ran to a giant flowerpot. They hid under it. The key began to glow. The magic was over. “I can’t see,” said Chip. He had the flowerpot on his head. “I like the hat,” said Wilma. Dad looked at his strawberries. “I don’t know,” he said. “There must be giant slugs round here.” 6-2 Kipper and the Giant Kipper was watching television. He was watching a programme called “The Angry Giant”. He liked the programme. The angry giant lived in a castle near a village. Nobody in the village liked the giant. He was always cross. When the giant was cross he stamped his feed and the houses shook. “Oh on!” everyone said. “He’s cross again. He’s always cross.” Kipper went to find Chip but he was out. He picked up the magic key and it began to glow. “Ooh!” said Kipper. He ran to get Biff but she was out with Chip. The magic began to work. It took Kipper inside the magic house. The magic took Kipper to the gate of the giant’s castle. Kipper was frightened. He saw a signpost. It pointed to the village. He didn’t want to meet the giant, so he went to the village. Kipper came to the village but it was tiny. Kipper was a giant. “Oh no!” said Kipper. “Go away,” yelled the people. “We don’t want you. We’ve got one giant. We don’t want another one.” The people threw things at Kipper. “Go away,” they yelled. “We don’t want another giant. We don’t want you.” “Stop it,” shouted Kipper. “I’m not a giant. I’m a boy.” The people said, “Well, you look like a giant.” Kipper began to cry. “I’m not a giant,” he said. “I’m a little boy and I don’t like this adventure.” “Giants don’t cry,” said the people.“Perhaps he is a little boy but he looks like a giant to us. Perhaps he can help us.”Kipper helped the villagers to mend their houses. He put back the broken roofs. “Good old Kipper,” everyone said. “The giant threw this big stone at us,” said the people. “We don’t want it here. Can you put it outside the village?” “Yes,” said Kipper, “I’ll try.” He picked up the stone and took it outside the village. “Good old Kipper!” everyone called. All the people liked Kipper. “Thank you,” they said. “You have helped us a lot.” The village band played for him. The giant came back. He was very angry when he saw Kipper in the village. “I’m the giant here,” he shouted. He ran towards the village. Crash! He fell over the stone. “Ouch!” he yelled. The people were frightened but Kipper went to help the giant. He picked up the giant’s things and put a bandage round his head. Kipper was bigger than the giant. “Be a good giant,” said Kipper. “Stop being angry and the people will like you.” So the giant stopped being angry. “I’ll try to be good,” he said. “Hooray!” shouted the people. “Let’s have a party!” The key began to glow. “It’s time for me to go now,” said Kipper. “Goodbye. Thank you for the party.” The magic took Kipper home. “Nobody likes an angry giant,” said Kipper. “What an adventure!” 6-3 The Outing A bus came to the school. The children climbed in. “I like going out,” said Wilf. “Don’t push,” said Mrs May. The bus set off. “Hooray!” shouted the children. “We’re going to the zoo.” “Don’t shout,children,” said Mrs May. Biff sat with Chip. Wilf sat with Nadim. “This is fun,” shouted Nadim. “It is if you don’t shout,” said Mrs May. The bus stopped on the way. The children climbed out. Some children looked at the water. Some children went to the toilet. “Don’t run away,” said Mrs May, “and don’t go too near the water.” Wilf kicked a stone and his shoe came off. The shoe landed in the water with a splash. “Oh Wilf!” said Biff. Wilf couldn’t get his shoe. He told Mrs May about it. “What a silly thing to do!” she said. “I don’t know what we can do.” When they got to the zoo it began to rain. The children climbed out of the bus and Mrs May went to get the tickets. Nadim wanted to see the elephants. Wilf wanted to see the lions and Biff wanted to see the crocodiles. “I hope the rain stops,” said Mrs May. It rained and rained. The children were fed up. The animals were fed up too. “Don’t get wet,” said Mrs May. The rain didn’t stop so the children climbed back on the bus. “Can we go to the museum?” asked Nadim. “What a good idea!” said Mrs May. They went to the museum. “This is good,” said Wilf. “We can see dinosaurs here.” “I like dinosaurs,” said Nadim. They began to run towards the dinosaurs. “Don’t run,” called Mrs May. “The dinosaurs won’t go away.” They looked at a big dinosaur. “What is this one called?” asked Wilf. “I don’t know yet,” said Nadim. “Let’s go and see.” Biff had her camera. She took a photograph of the dinosaur. “What is it called?” she asked. “It’s an apatosaurus,”said Nadim. The children went into a room. A lady told them about dinosaurs and showed them some pictures. “I know what that one is called,” said Nadim. “It’s called an apatosaurus.” “Good, Nadim,”said Mrs may. The children went to the shop. Wilf got a book about dinosaurs. Nadim got a model to make. It was a model of an apatosaurus. “I can make it at home,” he said. Chip said, “Come to our house. We can help you.” The bus got back to school. It was time to go home. “Thank you,” said the children. “Thank you for a lovely day.” “Goodbye, Mrs May,” said Nadim. “Can we draw dinosaurs tomorrow?” What a good idea!” said Mrs May. Nadim and Wilf went home with Biff and Chip. They went to Chip’s room and began to make the model. The magic key began to glow. Biff ran to the box and picked it up. “Come on,” she called. “It’s time for a magic adventure.” “Come on Nadim,” called Chip. “We’re going on a magic adventure. “We’re going to the land of the dinosaurs.” 6-4 Land of the Dinosaurs “We are going on a magic adventure,”said Chip. The children went through the door of the magic house. “Oh help!”said Nadim. The magic took the children to the land of the dinosaurs. “I don’t want this adventure,”said Nadim. “I don’t want to meet a dinosaur.” A dragonfly flew by. “Look at this,”said Chip. “It’s a giant dragonfly. What a big one!” Chip found a footprint. It was a giant footprint. “Come and look,” said Chip. “It must be a dinosaur’s footprint.” Biff took a photograph of the giant footprint. “I can take this photograph to school,” she said. Nadim found some eggs. They were big eggs. “They must be a dinosaur’s eggs,” he said. One of the eggs began to crack. “It’s going to hatch out,” said Biff. Something came out of the egg. “It’s a little dinosaur,” said Nadim. Something flew by. The children were frightened. “What is it?” asked Chip. “I don’t know,” said Biff. The children ran. “It’s a flying dinosaur,” said Nadim, “and it’s a big one. Come on, let’s hide.” The flying dinosaur flew down to the eggs. It picked up the little dinosaur in its teeth. “Oh no!” said Biff. “It’s going to eat it.” She picked up a stick and ran out. “Go away!” she yelled. The dinosaur flew away but Chip was cross with Biff. “You were silly,” he said. “It could have got you.” Wilf ran on and climbed a hill. He wanted to look for an apatosaurus. “Come up here Biff,” he called. “You can take a photograph.” Wilf had not climbed on a hill. He had climbed on a dinosaur and it was enormous. It looked round at Wilf. Wilf was frightened. “Oh help!” he said. He jumped down and ran. “Let’s get out of here,” he called. “Don’t be frightened,” said Chip. “It’s an apatosaurus. It’s like the one in the museum. It won’t hurt us.” Biff took a photograph of it. “What a long neck it’s got and what a long tail!” she said. “I need a bigger camera.” The apatosaurus ran into the water. “What an enormous splash!” said Wilf. Nadim looked frightened. “Oh help!” he called. Another dinosaur was coming and it looked very fierce. “Let’s get out of here,” yelled Chip. Biff took a photograph. “Come on,” yelled Chip, “don’t stop for that. This one could eat us!” They began to ran away. Wilf’s other shoe cane off in the mud. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. “Just in time!”said Chip. The magic took the children to Biff’s bedroom. “What an adventure!” said Biff. “I’ve got some good photographs.” “This is the fierce dinosaur,” said Chip. “Did you take its photograph?” “Yes,” said Biff. “Let’s tell Mum and Dad.” “I took photographs of dinosaurs,” said Biff. “Oh yes,” said Dad. “Well, I’m sorry, I didn’t put a film in the camera.” 6-5 Robin Hood Biff and Wilma went to the pantomime. They went with Wilma’s mum. They had a friend called Anneena. Anneena went to the pantomime with them. The pantomime was about Robin Hood. Robin Hood was a good man. He lived in a wood with his men. Everyone liked Robin Hood and they gave a cheer every time he came in. There was a bad man called the Sheriff. Nobody liked the Sheriff. He wanted to catch Robin Hood and lock him up. “Look out, Robin!” shouted the children. The next day, Wilma and Anneena went to play with Biff. They sang a song about Robin Hood . Wilma played her guitar and Anneena played her recorder. Kipper didn’t like the song. He put his hands over his ears and made a face. “Woooooooh,” said Kipper. Kipper had a key round his neck. It was the magic key. Biff was cross with Kipper. “Put the key back in the box,” she said. Suddenly the key began to glow. “Look out, Anneena,” said Biff. “This is a magic key and the magic is working. It’s time for an adventure.” The magic took the children to a wood. It was the wood where Robin Hood liked. The children could see Robin with some of his men. Robin Hood had not seen the children. Anneena was frightened. “I hope he is a good man,” she said. “Come on,’ said Kipper. “I can smell food.” Robin Hood saw the children. “Who are you?” he asked. “Are you lost in the woods? Come and sit down.” The children sat by the fire. “We saw you in a play,” said Anneena. “We can sing a song about you.” “Oh no!” said Kipper. “Not the song again.” Biff, Wilma and Anneena sang the song. The song said everyone liked Robin but nobody liked the Sheriff. Robin Hood’s men gave a cheer. “What a good song!” said Robin Hood. “Sing it to me again.” Kipper looked inside a big black pot. Nobody saw the Sheriff coming. Suddenly the Sheriff’s men ran in. They grabbed Robin Hood and put a rope round him. “Got you at last!” said the Sheriff. They jumped on Robin’s men and they grabbed Biff, Wilma,and Anneena. They put them all into a cart. “Take them away!” said the Sheriff. Kipper hid in the big black pot. The Sheriff’s men didn’t see him. “Oh no!” he said. “What can I do? I must help them.” The Sheriff took them to a village. He said, “My castle is too far away, so we will stop here. One of my men will see you don’t get away.” Kipper went up to the man. He gave the man a sweet. “What is that thing?” he asked. “You lock people up in it,” said the man. “You can’t lock people in that,” said Kipper. “You can’t get them in.” “Oh yes you can,” said the man. “Look.” He put in his head and his hands. “Ha!” said Kipper. “You fell for it.” He locked the man in and took away his keys. “Grrr!” said the man. Kipper set them free. “Come on, everyone,” said Robin Hood. “Let’s go back to the woods. We don’t want the Sheriff to catch us.” They went to a new part of the woods. “Three cheers for Kipper,” said Robin Hood. “Now let’s sing that song about me again.” “Oh no!” said Kipper. Suddenly the magic key began to glow. “Just in time,” said Kipper. “It’s time for us to go.” “Goodbye,” said the children. “Goodbye,” said Robin Hood, “and thanks.” “What an adventure!” said Anneena. “I liked Robin Hood and his men. Let’s sing the song.” “Aaaaaah!” said Kipper. 6-6 The Treasure Chest Every week Mrs May took some of the children to the swimming pool. The children were good swimmers and they liked going with Mrs. May. The children were taking a swimming test. “It’s time to begin.” said Mrs. May. “Who wants to go first?” “We do,” said Nadim. Biff, Chip, Wilma, and Nadim jumped into the pool. The water was warm. “Off you go”, called Mrs, May. They had to swim up and down the pool. They had to swim ten lengths. Wilma was first to swim ten lengths and Biff and Nadim were next. It was hard for Chip to swim the ten lengths. “Come on, Chip,” called Mrs. May. “Don’t stop. This is the last length” So Chip went on and everyone was pleased. Next they had to swim to the bottom of the pool. They had to pick up a brick and swim with it to the top. All the children passed the swimming test. Mrs May was very pleased. “Well done, everyone,” she said. The children were pleased too. Biff and Chip told Mum and Dad about the swimming test. “We passed,” they said. Mum and Dad were very pleased too. Mum and Dad had a surprise for them. Biff and Chip couldn’t see what the surprise was. “What is ti?” asked Biff. “It’s a fish tank,” said Biff. “What a lovely surprise!” Everyone looked at the fish swimming about in the tank. “There is room for more fish,” said Dad. “We can get some next time we go shopping.” The next day they went shopping. Dad took them to a shop that sold fish. “What a lovely shop!” said Biff. “Look at all the fish.” There were big fish and little fish. Kipper liked the big fish in a tank. “Don’t tap the glass,” said Dad. “The fish don’t like it.”Dad put some more fish in the tank. He put rocks on the bottom. Next to the rocks he put a ship and a little box. Wilma and Nadim came to see the fish tank. “It looks lovely,” said Wilma. “I wish I could swim in there.” They went to play in Biff’s room. Chip ran in with the magic key. The key was glowing. “It’s time for an adventure,” said Biff. The magic began to work. It took the children into a new adventure.This time it was a different sort of adventure. The magic took them underwater. The children had masks and flippers and tanks of air. They could swim underwater. The children had never seen so many fish. They were all different colours. “This is better than the pool,” thought Chip. “I feel like a fish,” thought Wilma. The children loved swimming under the water. It was lovely to see all the fish and to swim with them. Chip and Nadim swam to the bottom and picked up a big shell. Biff looked at a jellyfish but she didn’t swim too close. They saw a ship under the water. It was an old ship that had been under the water for a long time. They swam up to the ship. Wilma didn’t want to swim too close to it. It looked dangerous. They saw an octopus. Oh no! It was sitting on a chest. They couldn’t look inside the chest with an octopus sitting on the lid. They blew bubbles at the octopus. The octopus didn’t like the bubbles so it swam away. “Good!” thought the children. “Now we can look inside.” The children opened up the chest and looked inside. It was a treasure chest and it was full of gold. Biff and Wilma pushed the chest over and all the gold fell out. Nadim picked up a necklace and Biff picked up a gold cup.Biff and Nadim were busy looking at the treasure. They didn’t see what Chip and Wilma saw. A shark was coming. Chip and Wilma couldn’t tell Biff and Nadim. They pulled them away and pointed at the shark. The children were frightened. They swam and swam but the shark swam after them. Then the magic key began to glow. The magic key took them out of the adventure. “Wow! What an adventure!”said Biff. “The treasure chest was like the one in our fish tank.” The children ran to look in the fish tank. “Look, there’s the treasure,”said Chip. “How did it get there?” asked Nadim. “It’s magic!” said Biff. 6-7 A Fright in the Night Biff and Chip went to stay with Gran. They went to stay for a week. “Be good,” called Mum. “Don’t worry,” said Gran. “I will.” Gran house was small. It had two bedrooms. Biff and Chip had to sleep in the same bedroom. Biff wanted the bed by the door. Chip wanted the bed by the window. “That’s good,” said Gran. Gran took Biff and Chip for a walk. They went to the woods. Biff saw some blackberries. She wanted to pick some. Gran had some plastic bags. She gave one to Biff and Chip. “We can make some blackberry jam,” she said. Gran made the blackberry jam. Biff and Chip helped. Chip made some labels and Biff licked the spoon. They made nine jars of jam. “You can take a jar home for Kipper,” said Gran. “And a jar for Wilf and Wilma. The children loved Gran’s house. It was very old. It had a big fireplace. Biff helped Gran light the fire. Chip helped Gran get some logs. “Do you have ghosts?” he asked. Gran laughed. “There are no such things,” she said. They sat by the fire. Gran made some toast. Biff wanted to try the new jam. “It’s still too hot,” said Gran. Chip had a new game. It was called Haunted House. “Can we play Haunted House, before we go to bed?” he asked. It was time for bed. Gran got Chip a hot water bottle. “Is this house haunted?” asked Biff. “Don’t worry,” laughed Gran. “I don’t have ghosts in my house. There are no such things.” Biff and Chip couldn’t sleep. Biff had an idea. She wanted to play a joke on Chip. She had a torch in the bed. Biff put the sheet over her head. She switched on the torch. The sheet glowed. “Whooooooo! I am a ghost,” said Biff. Chip laughed. He wasn’t frightened. He pulled the sheet off Biff. “That was a good joke,” he said. Biff and Chip heard a noise. It came from outside. “Whoooo! Whoooo!” went the noise. “Oh no!” said Biff. “It’s a ghost.” Chip looked out of the window. “It’s not a ghost!” he laughed. “It’s an owl.Come and look.” Biff and Chip looked outside. “Oh no!” said Chip. “I can see a ghost. It is ghost this time.” Biff and Chip ran to Gran’s room. “Gran! Gran!” called Biff. “There’s a ghost outside.” But Gran wasn’t in bed. Biff and Chip ran downstairs. “Gran!” called Biff. “Where are you? We’ve seen a ghost.” But Gran wasn’t downstairs. The door opened. Biff and Chip were frightened. “Oh no!” they said. Gran came in. “We were frightened,” said Chip. “You looked like a ghost.” Gran laughed. “I’m not a ghost,” she said. “I don’t have ghosts,” said Gran. “But I do have two little monsters!” Gran laughed and so did Biff and Chip. 6-8 Rotten Apples Biff wanted to help Mum, so Mum gave her a job. “Pick up the apples so l can cut the grass,” said Mum. Biff picked up an apple. “Yuk!”she said. “Some of the apples are bad.” She didn’t pick up the rotten ones. Mum made Biff pick up all the rotten apples. “Put them in the box,” said Mum. “This is a rotten job,” said Biff. Biff put the box of apples by the dustbin. “Yuk! Rotten apples!” she said. Kipper was excited. “Come and see this!” he said. “What is it?” asked Biff. “Come and see,” said Kipper. A man with a horse and cart came down the street. The man stopped outside the house. “It’s Harry Smith,”said Chip. Everyone liked Harry Smith. He made people laugh. He wore a top hat and a red coat. He sold things from his cart. Harry Smith rang a bell. “Come and see!” he said. “I’ve got some birds going cheap.” Biff and Chip laughed. Mum bought some logs. The logs were heavy. Harry Smith helped Mum to carry them. Biff looked at the horse. “Can we give the horse an apple?” she asked. “Yes,” said Harry Smith. Biff picked up an apple. She held it out. The horse took it with its big teeth. The horse saw the box of apples. It began to eat them. “Oh no!” said Biff. “It’s eating all the bad ones.” Biff told Harry Smith about the horse. Harry laughed. “I didn’t know she liked rotten apples,” he said. Biff looked in the box. It was empty. All the apples had gone. “What a greedy horse!” said Biff. The children wanted a ride. “Jump up!” called Harry Smith. The children climbed on the cart. “Hold on!”said Harry. The horse began to run. Harry Smith pulled the reins. “Slow down!” he shouted. But the horse went faster and faster. The horse ran down the street. “Slow down!” shouted Harry Smith. “Stop!” shouted Mum. “Help!” shouted the children. The horse wouldn’t stop. It ran and ran. Mum ran after it. Harry Smith pulled the reins. It ran into a car park. “Look out,” shouted Harry Smith. The horse began to sway. It made a funny noise. The horse went slower and slower. Suddenly, it stopped. Then it sat down and went to sleep. Harry Smith and the children climbed off the cart. “The horse is drunk,”said Mum. “Why is it drunk?” asked Biff. Harry Smith looked at the horse. “The rotten apples made the horse drunk,” he said. Biff was sorry. Harry Smith laughed. He didn’t mind. People came to see the horse. They bought things from the cart. Harry Smith sold everything. He gave the children a present. “Biff’s rotten apples did me a good turn,” he said. 6-9 The Laughing Princess Chip had a new book. It was about a princess who couldn’t laugh. Nobody could make her laugh. Chip had an idea. “Try and make me laugh,” he said. Biff made a funny face, but she couldn’t make Chip laugh. Biff put on a funny wig. She told a funny joke. but she still couldn’t make Chip laugh. “It’s no good,” she said. Kipper had some joke teeth. The joke teeth were new. The teeth went click, click, click. Everyone laughed and laughed. The magic key began to glow. The children ran into Biff’s room. The magic took them on a new adventure. The children were in a village. They saw a notice on a tree. It was about a princess who couldn’t laugh. Kipper had an idea. He still had the joke teeth. “I can make the princess laugh,” he said. The king was in the village. A girl told him a joke. “That’s not funny,” said the king. “That won’t make the princess laugh.” “Who’s next?” called the king. “I am,” said a man. “Oh no!” groaned the king. “Not another chicken!” The children went to the king. “We can make the princess laugh,” said Biff. “How?” asked the king. The teeth went click, click,click. Everyone laughed and laughed. “That will make the princess laugh,” said the king. Kipper dropped the teeth. A dog caught them and ran off with them in its mouth. “Stop that dog!” shouted the king. “Stop that dog and get the teeth.” Everyone ran after that dog!” shouted the king. The dog ran this way and that. People tried to grab it, but it was too fast. “Get the teeth!” shouted Kipper. The king ran after the dog. Everyone ran after the king. The king fell over. The dog saw a bone and it stopped. Chip grabbed the dog and the dog dropped the teeth. Kipper picked up the joke teeth. Everyone looked at them. The teeth were broken. “Oh no!” said the king. The king put the teeth on a cushion. “What a pity!” he said. “Now they won’t make the princess laugh.” The princess heard the noise. She looked out of a window. She saw the king and she started to laugh. The king had mud on his clothes. He had the teeth on the cushion. He looked so funny that the princess laughed and laughed. The king looked at the princess. “I’ve made the princess laugh,” he said. Everyone laughed and cheered. The magic key began to glow. The magic took the children home. But nobody saw the children go. Everyone was laughing. “What made the princess laugh?” asked Kipper. “I don’t know,” said Chip, “but people laugh at silly things.” 6-10 Christmas Adventure It was Christmas Eve. The children were excited, but Mum was hot and Dad was cross. “Christmas is hard work,” said Dad. Dad put up some decorations. He wanted the children to help, but they didn’t want to .They were watching television. Dad turned off the television. “Oh!”said Kipper. “We were watching a good programme.” “It’s time to help,”said Dad. Just then, Wilf and Wilma came. They had presents for Biff, Chip and Kipper. “We can help later,”said Chip. Biff and Chip had presents for Wilf and Wilma. “Don’t open them until tomorrow,” said Biff. The magic key began to glow. “It’s time for a magic adventure,” said Chip. “I hope it’s a Christmas adventure.” The magic key took the children to the land of Father Christmas. “Hooray!” said Wilf. “We can tell Father Christmas what to bring us.” The children were excited. They all wanted special presents. “I want a new bike,” said Kipper. “I want a new skateboard,” said Biff. The children rang the door bell. They rang and rang, but nobody came to the door. “That’s funny!” said Chip. The children looked for Father Christmas, but he was not there. There was nobody there. “Where is everyone?” asked Wilma. The children were disappointed. “It’s not fair,” said Chip. “I wanted to ask Father Christmas for a computer. The children looked for Father Christmas. They came to his house. “Maybe he’s in here,” said Kipper. The children went inside. An old man was asleep in a chair. “It’s Father Christmas,” said Wilf. “Why is he asleep in a chair?” Biff looked at the date. “It’s the 25th of December,” she said. “Father Christmas must be tired. He’s been at work all night.” Suddenly, Father Christmas woke up. “What are you doing here?” he asked. “It’s Christmas Day. Did l forget to call at your house?” Father Christmas hadn’t put up his decorations. “I’ve been too busy. It’s the same every year,” he said. Father Christmas had no Christmas dinner. “I didn’t have time,” he said. “Children want so many presents.” The children were sorry for Father Christmas. They found a Christmas tree and put it up. They found some decorations and put them up. “I haven’t had decorations up for years,” said Father Christmas. Wilma and Chip made some strawberry jam sandwiches. Father Christmas found some lemonade and some crackers. Father Christmas put on his red coat. “Ho! Ho! Ho!” he laughed. Everyone cheered. “Thank you,” said Father Christmas. “Most children just want things, but you’ve given me a good Christmas.” Just then, the key began to glow. “Happy Christmas,” said everyone. “Goodbye,” said Father Christmas. “Thank you for everything.” The magic took the children home. It was Christmas Eve again. “What else can we do to help?” asked Chip. 6-11 The Go-Kart Race Wilma and Biff saw a notice. It was about a go-kart race. Wilma had an idea. She told Biff about it. Biff and Wilma were excited. They told Mum about the race. “We need a go-kart,” said Biff. “What about the old one?” Mum went to the shed. She found the old go-kart, but it was broken and rusty. “Oh no!” said Biff. Biff told Dad about the race. Dad looked at the old go-kart. “This one is broken,” he said. “But we can make a new one.” The mums and dads made a new go-kart. Everyone wanted to help. Biff and Mum looked at the plans. Wilma helped her dad. Mum painted the go-kart. Chip helped. He was good at painting. “It looks brilliant!” said Biff. Everyone looked at the new go-kart. Biff wanted a go, but Mum said she couldn’t. The paint was still wet. Mum took the children to a park. There was a hill in the park. It was a good place to try the new go-kart. Wilma went first, but everyone had a go. Biff went last. “It’s brilliant!” she said. Wilma saw another go-kart. “It’s Anneena,” she said. “She’s got a go-kart too. Everyone looked at Anneena’s go-kart. “It looks fast,” said Wilma. “But I bet ours is faster.” “I bet it’s not,” said Anneena. Wilma and Anneena had a race. The go-kart raced down the hill. Anneena was in front. “Come on!” shouted Biff. Suddenly, a dog ran in front of Anneena. Her go-kart crashed into a bush. Wilma crashed into Anneena. Everyone looked at the go-karts. Wilma’s front wheels were bent. Anneena’s go-kart was broken. Everyone was upset. Chip looked at the broken go-karts. He had an idea. He told Mum what the idea was. “What a brilliant idea!” said Mum. The mums and dads made a new go-kart. They made one go-kart out of two. They put the front of Anneena’s go-kart on the back of Wilma’s. The children liked the new go-kart. They called it Silver Bullet. “What about the race?” asked Biff. “I bet Silver Bullet will win.” It was the day of the race. Everyone was excited. “Look at all the go-karts!” said Biff. Biff wanted to drive, but so did Wilma and Anneena. In the end, Mum tossed a coin and Anneena won. It was time for the race. “One...tow...three...go!” called the starter. “Come on, Anneena!” called Biff. The go-karts raced down the hill. Everyone shouted and cheered. Anneena went fast. Silver Bullet was in front. Anneena didn’t win. Two go-karts went faster. Silver Bullet came third. “Oh no!” said Biff. Anneena was upset. “I wanted to win,” she said. “Don’t worry,” said Biff. “Silver Bullet’s still the best.” Silver Bullet did win a prize. It was the best-looking go-kart. “Hooray!” everyone cheered. “We said it was the best!” 6-12 The Shiny Key Chip was watching television. The magic key was on the arm of the chair. Nadim came to play. Chip didn’t want to play. He wanted to watch television. He wanted to watch a programme about magpies. Nadim wanted a magic adventure. Chip looked for the magic key, but he couldn’t find it. Nadim helped Chip to look. Chip looked at the armchair. “I put the key on the arm of the chair,” he said. Suddenly, he had an idea. The children looked in the armchair. They found lots of things. Chip found Mum’s missing ear-ring. “Mum will be pleased,” he said. Chip found the key. It was stuck to a toffee. “Yuk!” said Chip. “It’s all sticky.” Chip told Mum about the armchair. He gave Mum the missing ear-ring. Nadim cleaned the key. He made it very shiny. The children went into Biff’s room. Biff looked at the key. “Oh no! It looks very shiny,” she said. “I hope the magic still works.” Suddenly, the key began to glow. It looked very bright. The magic took the children into a new adventure. The children were in a wood. Chip didn’t like it. The wood was dark and gloomy. “Come on!” he said. Suddenly, Biff saw something shiny. She picked it up. “What a beautiful ring!” she said. “Somebody must have dropped it.”The children saw some soldiers. The soldiers saw the ring. They grabbed the children. “That ring is stolen,” they said. The soldiers took the children to the prince. “We’ve found your thieves,” they said. “Here’s your ring.” “Here are the thieves,” said the prince. “What else have they stolen?” “My watch was stolen,” said a man. “My ear-ring was stolen,” said a lady. A soldier took the magic key. “Look at this shiny key,” he said. “These children have stolen things. They must have locked them away.” The soldiers took the children to a prison. “Where are the stolen things?”they asked. “Tell us, or we’ll lock you up.” Suddenly, a magpie flew down. It took the magic key. “Stop that magpie!” called Biff. “It’s stolen the key.” The magpie flew to the woods. “The magpie is the thief,” said Chip. The children ran after the magpie. Everyone ran after the children. The magpie flew to a tree. “Look in its nest,” said Chip. Nadim climbed the tree. “Be careful,” called Biff. Nadim looked in the magpie’s nest. It was full of shiny things. Nadim gasped. “What beautiful things!” he said. “You see!” said Anneena, crossly. “We aren’t thieves. The magpie took your things.” “Sorry!” said the soldier. Everyone was pleased. “Here’s my missing ear-ring,” said a lady. “Here’s my watch,” said a man. The prince gave the children a medal. “The magpie was the thief,” he said. “Sorry, we thought it was you.” The magic key began to glow. “Magpies like shiny things,” said Biff. “So it was a good job Nadim made the magic key shiny, after all.” 6-13 Paris Adventure The children were doing a project on France. Mrs May showed them some pictures of Paris. Mrs May showed them a picture of the Eiffel Tower. “It looks very tall,” said Biff. After school Mum came to meet Biff and Chip. Biff had a picture of Paris. “We are doing a project on France,” she said. Later Nadim and Anneena came to play with Biff and Chip. Anneena had a model of the Eiffel Tower. “I know,” said Chip. “Let’s paint the French flag.” He got a big sheet of paper and they began to paint it. Suddenly the magic key began to glow. It was time for an adventure. “Oh no!” said Biff. “I wanted to finish painting the flag.” The magic took them back in time. It took them to a busy town. “There are no cars,” said Chip. “This must be a long time ago.” “I know where we are,” said Biff. “We are in Paris. Look at all the flags.” Anneena was excited. “We can go and see the Eiffel Tower,” she said. The children looked for the Eiffel Tower but they couldn’t find it. “Are you sure this is Paris?” asked Chip. Nadim asked a policeman. “Do you know where the Eiffel Tower is?” he asked. “The Eiffel Tower!” said the policeman. “There is no such thing.” Anneena asked a lady. “Do you know where the Eiffel Tower is?” she asked. “The Eiffel Tower!” said the lady. “There is no such thing.” “I know why we can’t find the Eiffel Tower,” said Biff. “It hasn’t been invented.” Just then they saw a man. He was pulling a cart. “Will you help?” asked the man. “I can’t get the cart up this step.” The children helped the man pull the cart into a hall. The man pulled a sheet off the cart. “This is my model,” he said. “What is it?” asked Nadim. “It is a torch,” said the man. “It will be taller than all the houses in Paris. People will see it for miles. Here is a picture. It will look like this.” The children looked round the hall. There were lost of models. “It’s a competition,” said Chip. “I know which one will win... the Eiffel Tower!” “But l can’t see the Eiffel Tower,” said Nadim. Some people began to look at the models to see which was the best. “Everyone will see my torch for miles,” said the man. “At night the top will light up like this!” He plugged in the torch. There was a loud bang. The top of the torch blew off. Then it fell over with a crash. “Ah!” said the man. “It needs a little work.” Anneena had an idea. She began to lift the broken torch. “Help me, everyone,” she said. The children turned the torch upside down. “What does it look like to you?” asked Anneena. “It looks like the Eiffel Tower,” said Biff. She spoke to the man. “Excuse me,” she said. “Why not make the torch into a tower?” “Excuse me,” said Anneena. “But is your name Eiffel?” “Brilliant!” said the man. “Brilliant!” Just then the magic key began to glow. “I wonder if that was Monsieur Eiffel,” said Biff. “And if that was how the Eiffel Tower was invented!” said Nadim. 6-14 The Stolen Crown Part 1 The family went to see an old castle. Most of it had fallen down a long time ago. “It’s just a ruin,” said Chip. Kipper wanted to climb on a wall. But Dad said “no”. “We must look after old ruins,” he said. “Once upon a time, it was a big castle,” said Biff. “I wonder what it was like to live here.” Mum found a good spot for a picnic. Floppy saw a rabbit hole. He began to dig in the ground. Chip saw something shining in the dirt, so he picked it up. “It’s a glass bead,” he said. “I wonder who lost it?” said Biff. Chip looked at the bead through his magnifying glass. Then he put it in his pocket. “I don’t think it’s valuable,” he said. Later, Chip came into Biff’s room. He had a book about castles. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. The magic took Biff and Chip back in time. It took them to the castle. Some people were waiting outside a big door. An important man came up. “I am Lord Kent,” said the man. “Where is your present for the prince?” Biff and Chip didn’t have a present. “Think of something, Chip,” said Biff. “Er… we have a magic glass,” said chip. “It makes small things look big.” “That is a good present,” said Lord Kent. “The prince will like it. Put it on this cushion. Then wait outside in the line.” At last, Biff and Chip went into a hall. “That was quick thinking, Chip,” said Biff. “I wonder who this prince is.” “He must be important,” said Chip. The prince was sitting on a throne. Chip gave him the magnifying glass. “I love it!” said the prince. The prince jumped off the throne and looked through the magnifying glass. “Tomorrow is an important day,” he said. “Tomorrow I will be king.” “You can call me Henry, but tomorrow I will be King Henry,” he said. “Come with me.” He ran out of the hall. Henry ran up some stairs. “Come and see my crown,” he said. “I want to look at it through this magic glass.” Two guards looked at Biff and Chip. “We are here to see that he crown is not stolen,” said a soldier. “Hold your arms up. We must search you.” Henry took Biff and Chip into a small room in a tower. Biff and Chip gasped when they saw the crown. “It looks very valuable,” said Chip. “If it was stolen, I could not become king,” said Henry. “But it is safe in this tower. Nobody could take it from here.” Henry took Biff and Chip to see his horse. “I shall ride him when I become king tomorrow,” he said. Suddenly, they heard shouting. Lord Kent ran up to Henry. “Come quickly!” he shouted. “Your crown has been stolen.” Henry ran back up the stairs to the crown room. The guards were still outside the door. “The crown is missing,” said a guard. “How can it be missing?” asked Henry. “We don’t know,” said a guard. “Nobody has been here, except you.” “I know who stole it,” said Lord Kent. “These children have stolen it,” Lord Kent went on. “They used magic to do it. Throw them in prison at once.” “Oh!” said Biff. “Now we’re in trouble!” 6-15 The Stolen Crown Part 2 Have you read Part 1? “These children stole the crown,” said Lord Kent. “Throw them in prison.” “Stop!” said Henry. “I don’t think they stole my crown.” Henry spoke to the guards. “Who has been in this room today?” he asked. “You and Lord Kent,” said a guard. “Nobody could have taken it out of this room,” said the other guard. “We search everyone.” “The children took it,” said Lord Kent. “We didn’t take it,” said Biff, “and nobody else could get in from the outside.” Chip saw something on the floor. It was a broken arrow. He asked Henry to lend him the magnifying glass. “Someone tied string to the window,” said Chip. “I think I know how the crown was stolen.” “Someone was on this room. Then someone outside the castle shot an arrow through the window. It had string tied to it.” “The person in the room put the string through the crown. Then they tied the string round this bar in the window.” “The crown slid down the string. Then the person in the room untied the string and left. It was easy.” “I know who stole the crown,” said Henry. “You, Lord Kent. You want to stop me being the king.” Suddenly, Lord Kent ran off. “Ha!” he shouted. “You will not be king. I will! You have lost the crown.” “Catch him!” shouted Henry. “Don’t let him get away.” Biff and Chip grabbed Lord Kent’s cloak and pulled him over. “Throw him in prison!” shouted Henry. Henry ran out of the castle. “Come on!” he called to Biff and Chip. “We have to get my crown back.” Suddenly, Henry stopped running. Two men were searching for something in the grass. “Keep down,” hissed Henry. “Don’t let them see us.” “What are they looking for?” asked Biff. One man took the crown out of a bag. “This is bad news,” he said. “The biggest jewel in the crown is missing.” “We must find it,” said the other man. “Lord Kent will think we have stolen it.” “It must be here,” said the first man. “I hope it didn’t fall in the moat.” Chip had an idea. In his pocket was a glass bead. “Is this the jewel?” he asked. “No,” said Henry. “The jewel is much bigger.” “Give Biff the magnifying glass, Henry,” said Chip, “and stay where you are.” Biff and Chip went up to the men. Biff held the magnifying glass over the bead. “Are you looking for this big jewel?” she said. “We have just found it.” Suddenly, Biff dropped the bead. The men bent down to get it. She grabbed the crown and Chip pushed the men into the moat. Splash! Biff threw the crown to Henry. “Don’t drop it!” yelled Chip. “Now run! You can be king after all!” “I’m glad I’m not a king,” said Chip. “You just can’t trust anyone.” “But you can trust the magic key,” said Biff. “It’s glowing.” “Henry was just a boy,” said Chip. “I wonder if he was king for a long time?” “Who knows?” said Biff. “I wonder if he found that missing jewel?” 6-16 Ship in Trouble Wilma’s Mum took the children to an adventure playground. It was a new playground and it looked exciting. They all wanted a go on the zip wire. Chip went first. It was hard to get on it, so Wilma’s mum helped him. The zip wire went fast. “Yee ha! This is scary,” called Chip. “I love it.” Wilma was next, but she felt scared. Then the wind blew and it began to rain. “It’s too windy and it’s raining,” said Wilma. “I can’t go.” “It’s a bad storm,” said Mum. “Let’s go home. We can come back another day.” So they all ran back to the car. Wilf and Wilma went back to Biff and Chip’s house. They went to Biff’s room to play. I hope we go back to the adventure playground,” said Wilf. “I want a go on the zip wire.” Then the magic key began to glow. The magic took the children back in time. It took them to a cliff near the sea. A bad storm was blowing. Suddenly, there was a bang. A bright light lit up the sky. Then a girl ran down the path. Behind her was a man on crutches. Will you help us?” asked the girl. “The storm has blown a ship on to the rocks. The light in the sky was a call for help.” “We can’t help,” said Wilma. “You need to call the lifeboat.” “We can’t,” said the girl. “The lifeboat has gone to help another ship.” “My name is Jane,” said the girl. “I’m Jane’s father,” said the man. “I should be out with the lifeboat, but I’ve hurt my back.” “The ship is stuck on the rocks,” said Jane. “People are in danger. If you help us, we can rescue them.” They ran to the lifeboat station. Jane loaded things on to a donkey. She gave the children long poles to carry. They went back along the path. The waves were crashing over the ship. “This is a bad storm,” said Wilf. Jane told the children to lash two poles together. “We must make sure they don’t fall over,” she said. Jane’s father had a special cannon. He shot a line out over the water. The line flew through the air and landed on the ship. Jane tied a rope to the line. The people on the ship pulled it across. Then they tied the rope to the ship. Jane’s father put a pulley on the rope. The pulley had a ring tied to it. “I get it,” said Wilf. “The people sit in that funny-looking ring.” “Now we pull them in,” said Jane. “And I thought the zip wire was scary,” said Wilma. It was hard pulling the people across on the pulley. The rope dipped in the middle and it swung in the wind. The last to come was the captain. “I’ve lost my ship, but you’ve saved our lives,” he said. “Thank you.” Jane looked at the children. “Thank you for helping us,” she said. Then the key began to glow. “I’m glad I wasn’t on that ship,” said Wilma. “The zip wire at the playground won’t seem scary, now.” “Not even in a storm?” asked Wilf. 6-17 Homework! Everyone was excited. It was half-term. “For homework,” said Mrs May. “I’d like you to keep an autumn diary.” “Oh no!” said Biff. “Homework!” Chip phoned Gran. “We can’t stay with you all week,” he said. “We’ve got to keep a nature diary. It’s homework.” “Don’t worry,” Gran replied. “We can get the homework done and have some fun.” The next day, Dad took Biff and Chip to Gran’s. They picked up Nadim on the way. He was going too. “It will be fun at Gran’s,” said Biff. “I know,” said Nadim. “But when will we get time to write our nature diary?” They got to Gran’s, but she didn’t come to the door. “How odd!” said Dad. “She knows we are coming. Let’s look in the garden.” There were lots of things in the garden. “How odd!” said Biff. “Why has Gran put sunbeds out? It’s not summer.” Suddenly, Gran opened the door of the shed. “Surprise!” she said. The children looked inside. They all gasped. “I’ve made a nature laboratory,” said Gran. “We can do the nature project in here. It will be fun.” Gran took the children into the woods. “Let’s start with the trees.” She said. They collected lots of different leaves. Gran gave Nadim paper and crayons. “Put the paper against the tree. Then rub the crayon over it,” she said. “It’s called a bark rubbing.” Back in the laboratory, they looked at the bark rubbings. “Each type of tree has a different bark,” said Nadim. They stuck the leaves in their diaries. Gran had seeds from the trees. “We’ll plant these in pots,” she said. “One day they will grow into trees.” The next morning Gran got up early. She mixed seeds and nuts with melted fat and poured it into little pots. “What is that smell?” asked Chip. “Breakfast!” said Gran. “I don’t want to eat that!” said Biff. “It’s not for you!” said Gran. “It’s for the birds!” When the fat had set in the pots, Gran hung them in the garden. “We can watch the birds,” she said. In the afternoon, Gran took them to a special place in the woods. “Now for a secret,” said Gran. “Look!” The children looked around. There were coloured mushrooms everywhere. “It’s amazing!” gasped Nadim. “Look, but don’t touch,” said Gran. On the way home Chip found some marks in the mud. “Are they animal tracks?” he asked. Gran got some powder out of her bag. She mixed it with water and made a paste. Then she poured the paste on to the animal track. “This is plaster,” said Gran. “It will dry in the shape of the animal track. It’s called a cast.” They took the cast back to the laboratory. Biff looked up the animal track in a book. “It’s from a badger,” she said. “Tonight I have another surprise,” said Gran. “We need to wrap up warm and we’ll need the sunbeds.” “Sunbeds?” asked Biff. They lay on the sunbeds and looked up. The sky was full of shooting stars. “This is amazing!” said Chip. “And it’s your homework!” said Gran. 6-18 Olympic Adventure The children were doing a project on the Olympic Games. “Tomorrow we will go to the museum and next week it’s sports day,” said Mrs May. Everyone can enter a race on sports day,” said Mrs May. “I think the girls should have a sewing race!” laughed one of the boys. After school, Anneena and Wilma went to play with Biff. Anneena was cross. “Some boys are so silly,” she said. The magic key began to glow. The magic took the girls back in time, to a village in Greece. A boy was calling to the villagers. “Follow me to the games,” he said. “Can we go too?” asked Biff. “Anyone can come!” said the boy. “As long as they are male.” The men and the boys from the village went to the games. “It’s not fair!” said Anneena. “Let’s follow them,” said Biff. Outside the games, there were lots of guards. They only let men and boys in to the games. “We’ll never get in,” said Biff. “I wish we could see!” said Wilma. Anneena had an idea. “Let’s climb a tree,” she said. The girls climbed an olive tree. They could see the games. They watched a race. Lots of men ran with shields. The winner won a prize. The prize was a vase. A man put a crown on the winner’s head. Then the girls watched some men throwing discs as far as they could. “Hey you!” shouted a girl. The girl was under the tree. “If anyone catches you here, you’ll be in for the high jump!” she said. “Then, why are you here?” asked Biff. “I’m picking olives,” said the girl. “My name is Hera. You’d better come with me to the village.” In the village, they met Hera’s friend, Mila. “It’s always quiet when the games are on,” said Mila. “It’s so boring!” Suddenly, Anneena had an idea. “Can you get all of your friends together?" she asked. The girls in the village came to the meeting. “This is my grandmother,” said Mila. “She paints the vases for the games.” “Listen everyone,” said Anneena. “Why should boys have all the fun? Let’s have a girls’ Olympic Games!” There were all sorts of races and all the girls took part. There was a three-legged race and a sack race. Mila’s grandmother gave the girls some old plates. The girls threw them like discs. They threw them as far as they could. The girls had an olive-and-spoon race. Biff dropped her olives and Hera slipped on them! Mila’s grandmother painted the girls on a vase. Hera made some crowns from olive twigs. “We’re all winners!” she said. The boys and the men came back. “Girls doing sports?” said one boy. “That will never catch on!” Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. The next day, Mrs May took the class to the museum. There was a display about the Greek Olympics. In a glass case there was a broken vase. “A long time ago, a girls’ Olympics began,” said Mrs May. Anneena looked at the boys. “And did the idea catch on?” she asked. 6-19 Dad’s Grand plan Everyone was excited. It was holiday time. Kipper couldn’t wait. “Only two days to go!” he said. Chip looked at Floppy. He was running round and round. They all laughed at him. “See! Even Floppy is excited,” said Chip. Mum came in. She gave a big sigh. “Dad wants a family meeting,” she said. “What’s that?” asked Kipper. “Dad has a Grand Plan.” “A Grand Plan?” said Chip. “What’s a Grand Plan?” “I don’t like the sound of it,” said Biff. Everyone sat at the table. Dad had made a long list of jobs. “I want everyone to help, then nobody gets cross,” he said. Everyone looked at the list. They all had jobs to do. Mum liked Dad’s Grand Plan. Chip was not so sure! “I’ve packed my bag,” said Biff. “And I’ve packed my bag,” said Kipper. “I have not packed yet,” said Dad. “Why not?” asked Mum. “I can’t find my socks,” said Dad, crossly. The socks were in the washing machine. “Why were they in there?” asked Dad. “That was where you put them,” said Mum. It was time to go. Dad’s Grand Plan had worked. Nothing had gone wrong. “There’s still time,” whispered Chip. Mum drove the car. Kipper was fed up. He didn’t want to sit in the middle. “You can take turns,” said Mum. Kipper was hot. He began to moan. “Can we stop for a drink?” said Chip. “No,” said Dad. “It will make us late.” Kipper wanted to change seats, but Dad didn’t want to stop. “Maybe we should,” said Mum. “Yes, we are all thirsty,” said Biff. Mum saw a place and stopped. She looked in the back of the car. “Where’s Floppy?” gasped Mum. “We can’t have forgotten him!” But it was true. They had forgotten Floppy. “We’ll have to go back for him,” said Mum. “So much for Dad’s Grand Plan,” said Biff. They went back and got Floppy. But now they were late. Mum drove fast. “Slow down, Mum,” said Kipper. “I feel sick.” There was a bump. “What was that?” asked Dad. A bag had fallen off the roof rack. Mum stopped the car. The bag was in the road. It had come open. There were clothes everywhere. “They look like Dad’s clothes,” said Biff. Dad’s socks were in the road. His shirts were in the hedge. His pants were in a tree. The children couldn’t help laughing. “Don’t stand there laughing,” said Dad. “Help me pick up my clothes.” “This wasn’t in Dad’s Grand Plan,” said Mum. At last they got to the holiday cottage. Next to it was a little stream. There was a rope swing on the tree. “It looks great!” said Kipper. Dad unlocked the door. Everyone went inside. “There’s soot everywhere!” said Dad. “It has come from the chimney.” “What’s that?” said Mum. A black bird was in the room. “It’s a crow!” said Dad. “It came down the chimney,” said Mum. Dad caught the crow and let it out. Everyone was sorry for it. “I’m glad it’s gone,” said Biff. “But what a mess it’s made!” “Cleaning up soot wasn’t in Dad’s Grand Plan,” said Biff. “Nor was having my pants in a tree!” laughed Dad. 6-20 Mirror Island Chip was in his bedroom. He was busy drawing. “Chip!” called Biff. “Wilf and Wilma are here!” Chip went downstairs. Chip showed them his drawing. He had made a pattern. “What is it?” asked Wilf. “It looks like a word,” said Wilma. “Come up to my room,” said Chip. “Then I can show you.” They went up to Chip’s room. Chip put a mirror on the paper. The pattern said “Chip” in mirror writing. Biff wanted to do some mirror writing but Chip had run out of paper. Biff went to her room to get some paper. The magic key was glowing. It was time for an adventure. “Come here everybody,” she called. The magic took them to an island. “We have been here before,” said Wilma. “We met some pirates,” said Wilf. Wilma saw some footprints in the sand. “There must be someone on the island,” she said. “Oh help!” said Wilf. “There he is.” “He looks fierce,” said Biff. “Run for it!” The children began to run. “Stop!” called the man. “Come back!” And he began to cry. “Why are you crying?” asked Wilma. “Do I frighten you?” asked the man. “Yes,” said Biff. “You look so fierce. You have such long hair.” “I don’t look that bad, do I?” asked the man. Chip gave him the mirror. The man looked in it. “Oh no!” screamed the man. “I look terrible! No wonder you were frightened.” He began to cry again. “My name is Captain Crow,” he said. “I’ve been alone for ten months and six days. My crew took the ship.” “Why did they do that?” asked Wilf. “We couldn’t find the treasure,” said Captain Crow. “They said I was useless.” Captain Crow had a treasure map. The children looked at it. “It looks odd,” said Captain Crow. “I couldn’t understand it.” “Look at these funny words,” said Biff. “What do they mean?” “I think I understand it,” said Chip. “It’s in mirror writing!” Chip put the mirror on the map. Captain Crow could read the writing. “It says, Here lies the treasure,” he said. He began to run. “Where are you going?” said Biff. “To get my spade!” said Captain Crow. “Come on!” said Wilma. “It looks as if we have some digging to do.” Captain Crow looked at the map. “This is the place to dig,” he said. He dug and dug. Soon he had dug a deep hole. At last the spade hit a wooden box. “It’s a big chest,” said Captain Crow. “Thanks to you and your mirror, I’ve found the treasure!” Captain Crow opened the chest. Everyone gasped. It was full of gold and silver. “Hooray!” shouted Captain Crow. “I’m rich!” Wilma saw a ship. It was sailing past the island. ‘Help!” shouted Captain Crow. “I’m over here. Come and rescue me!” “It can’t see you,” said Wilf. Wilma had a good idea. “Use the mirror,” she cried. “Flash it at the ship!” The ship flashed back at Captain Crow. “Now I can leave the island！”he yelled. “Help me hide the treasure. I will come back for it one day.” The magic key began to glow. “It’s time for us to go,” said Biff. “You can keep the mirror,” said Chip, “to have a shave and a haircut!” 6-21 Don’t Be Silly Everyone was in the playground. Nadim had a surprise. It was a plastic snake. He had bought it on holiday. Mrs May called everyone inside. Anneena had an idea. She wanted to play a trick on Mrs May. “Leave the snake here,” she said. The children went inside. Mrs May told them to sit down. “Mrs May! Mrs May!” called Anneena. “I can see a snake in the playground!” “I can see it too!” said Wilf. Everyone said they could see it. Mrs May looked outside. “There is a snake outside,” she said. Mrs May gave Anneena a plastic bag. She told her to put the snake in the bag. “Oh, Mrs May, you knew it was a plastic snake!” said Biff. “Now for my snake,” said Mrs May. “What snake is that?” said Biff. “The adder!” said Mrs May. “You can all do some addition sums!” Everyone was doing addition sums. The sums were hard. Then Wilf looked outside. “Look!” he yelled. There was a donkey in the playground. “It’s a donkey!” called Anneena. “Mrs May! Mrs May!” everyone called. “There’s a donkey in the playground!” Mrs May looked cross. “Is it made of plastic, too?” she said. “It’s true, Mrs May!” said Wilf. “Look out of the window!” Mrs May looked out of the window. She saw the donkey. “Someone will have to catch it,” said Anneena. “Mrs May can catch it with a plastic bag!” called Nadim. Mrs May was cross. “Don’t be silly, Nadim!” she said. “Should we phone Anneena Rescue?” asked Biff. “That’s a good idea, Biff,” said mrs May. “Sit quietly while I go to the phone.” At playtime the children talked about the donkey. “It was easy to catch…” began Wilf. “But then it wouldn’t move,” said Anneena. “Two people pulled it…” began Chip. “And two people pushed it!” said Biff. “We didn’t do any more work!” said Nadim. “Well, it’s time to work now!” said Mrs May. “Come back to the classroom. You can learn to spell something.” “Spell what, Mrs May, Mrs May?” said Wilf. “Donkey!” said Mrs May. Everyone was doing spelling. Wilf looked into the playground. “Look!” he yelled. There was a goose outside. “It’s a goose!” said Anneena. “Mrs May! Mrs May! There’s a goose in the playground!” Mrs May looked cross. “Don’t be silly, Anneena,” she said. “It’s true, Mrs may!” said Chip. “Look out of the window!” Mrs May looked out of the window. “Oh my goodness!” she said. “But it may not be a goose. It may be a gander.” “Will you call Animal Rescue?” said Nadim. “Yes,” said Mrs May. “But I’m going to shoo it on to the field. It can’t stay in the playground.” The children wanted to help. “No,” said Mrs May. “Sit quietly.” She went outside and waved her arms at the gander. The gander looked at Mrs may. Then it began to chase her. “The gander has pecked Mrs May on the bottom!” yelled Biff. Mrs May came inside. “Are you all right, Mrs May?” asked Anneena. “Yes, thank you,” said Mrs May. “I’ve got a joke,” said Nadim. “What fruit do ganders like?” “We don’t know,” said Chip. “Gooseberries!” laughed Nadim.