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5-1 The Magic Key
5-2 Pirate
5-14
Camping Adventure
5-15 Scarecrows
5-16
Noah’s Ark Adventure
5-17 A New Classroom
5-18 Mum to the Rescue
5-19 Sleeping
Beauty
5-20 The Adventure Park
5-21 Kipper
and the Trolls
5-22 Safari Adventure
5-23
Dad’s Run
5-24 Drawing
Adventure
Adventure
5-3 The Dragon Tree
5-4 Gran
5-5 Castle Adventure
5-6 Village in the
Snow
5-7 The Whatsit
5-8 Underground
Adventure
5-9 Vanishing Cream
5-10 It’s
Not Fair
5-11The Great Race
5-12 A Monster
Mistake
5-13 The New Baby
5-1 The Magic
Key
The box was by Chip’s bed. Something was
glowing inside it. Chip looked at
the box.
“It’s magic,” he said. Chip ran into Biff’s room.
“Biff,” he
called. “Look at the box.” Biff and
Chip looked at the box. Something was
glowing
inside it. They opened the box. They looked
inside. “It’s magic,”
they said. A key was in
the box. The key was glowing. “It’s a magic key,”
said Biff. She picked up the key and the magic
began. Biff and Chip got smaller
and smaller
and smaller. “Oh help!” said Biff. “It’s magic,”
said Chip.
Biff and Chip looked at the room.
Everything looked big. “Look at my big
slippers,” said Biff. “Everything looks big.”
Chip picked up a pencil. “Look
at this big
pencil,” he said. Biff picked up a pin. “Look at
this big pin,”
she said. They looked at the
house. It looked like a big house. The windows
were glowing. “It’s magic,” said Chip.
Biff and Chip ran to the house. They
looked in
the window. Biff went to the door. She pushed and
pushed, but she
couldn’t get in. They went to
the window. Chip pulled and pulled, but he
couldn’t get in. Something was coming. Chip
picked up the pin. “Oh help!”
he said. It was
a little mouse. Biff and Chip looked at the mouse.
The mouse
ran away. Something was glowing. It
was the magic key. Biff picked it up. Biff
and
Chip got bigger and bigger and bigger. “Oh no!”
said Biff. “Oh help!”
said Chip. “It’s the
magic,” they said. The magic was over. “What an
adventure!” said Biff and Chip.
5-2 Pirate Adventure
Biff was looking at a
book. The book was about pirates. “I don’t like
pirates,” she said. Wilf and Wilma came to
play. They went to Biff’s room.
They looked at
the little house. “It’s a magic house,” said Biff.
“Don’t
be silly,” said Wilma. They looked at
the key. “It’s magic key,” said Chip.
“Don’t
be silly,” said Wilf. The key began to glow. The
magic was working.
“Oh help!” said Wilma. The
magic was working. The children got smaller and
smaller and smaller. “Oh no!” said Wilf. “Oh
help!” said Wilma. “We don’t
like this,” they
said. They looked at the house. The windows were
glowing.
Biff went to the door. She put the
key in the lock. She opened the door. The
children went inside the house. “It’s a magic
house,” they said. “Look at
the sand,” said
Biff. “Look at the sea,” said Chip. “Come on,”
they said.
They ran to the sea. Wilf picked up
a shell. Chip picked up a coconut. Biff
climbed up a tree. Wilma went in the sea.
“This is magic,” they said. They
played on the
sand. They played in the sea. “What an adventure!”
said Biff.
A pirate came up. He looked at the
children. “Children!” said the pirate.
“Pirates!” said the children. “Oh help!” they
said. “Come on,” said the
pirates. The pirates
had a boat. They went to the pirate ship. “I don’t
like
pirates,” said Biff. “Look at that
pirate,” said Biff. “Look at that big
rope,”
said Chip. “I’m frightened,” said Wilf. “We wanted
a party,” said
the pirate. “Nobody wanted to
come. Will you come to the party?” The children
went to the party. It was a good party. “I
like pirates,” said Biff. The key
was glowing.
It was time to go. “Goodbye,” said Chip. “Thank
you for the
party.” “Oh no!” said the pirates.
“What an adventure!” said Wilma. “I
liked the
pirates,” said Biff. Wilf looked at the little
hat.
5-3 The Dragon Tree
Kipper was
looking at a book. The book was about a dragon.
Kipper couldn’t
read the story. Biff didn’t
want to read it. She didn’t like dragons. Kipper
went into Chip’s room. Chip read the story. “I
like dragons,” said Chip.
Something was
glowing. It was the magic key. “Oh no!” said Chip.
Chip picked
up the box. He ran into
Biff’s room. “The magic is working,” he said. Biff
picked up the key. They looked at the magic
house. “The door is open,” said
Biff. The
magic was working. It took the children inside. It
took Floppy too.
It took them to a wood.
Floppy didn’t like the wood. He was frightened.
Biff
pulled Floppy. “Come on,” she said.
“Don’t be silly.” An owl flew out of
a tree.
Floppy didn’t like the owl. He ran away. Floppy
ran out of the wood.
“Come back,” called Biff.
“Come back,” called Chip. It was no good. Floppy
ran and ran. “Oh help!” said Biff. The
children looked for Floppy. They called
and
called. “Floppy! Come back!” they called. The
children came to a tree.
It was called “The
Dragon Tree”. A dragon lived under the tree. The
dragon
had Floppy. He wanted Floppy for
supper. Floppy was frightened. “Oh no!” said
Biff. “What a nasty dragon! I don’t like
dragons!” Biff looked at the
dragon’s tail.
She took off her belt. She put it round the tail.
Chip helped
her. Kipper went inside the tree.
He pulled Floppy out. Chip helped him. The
dragon was cooking. It didn’t see them. “Come
on!” called Chip. They ran
and ran. The key
was glowing. “The key is glowing,” called Biff.
“It’s time
to go home.” “What an adventure!”
said Chip. “I don’t like dragons,” said
Biff.
5-4 Gran
A car came to the house. The
children ran to see. “It’s
Gran,” said Kipper.
“Come in,” said Mum. “Come in,” said
Dad. The
children helped. They took Gran’s things. “What a
lot of things!” said Kipper. The children
liked Gran and Gran
liked the children. “Come
and see my toys,” said Kipper.
“Come and see
my room,” said Biff. “Come and play,” said
Chip. Gran played with the children. They
played inside. “Oh
no!” said Mum. They went
outside and played football. “Oh
no!” said
Dad. Gran took the children out. They went in
Gran’s
old car. Wilf and Wilma went too. “What
an old car!” said
Wilf. “It’s a good car,”
said Gran. Gran took them to the
fun
park. “This looks fun,” said Gran. “Come on,
everyone.”
The children began to run. They
wanted to go on everything.
“Come on, Gran,”
they called. “Look at this,” said Kipper.
“It’s a castle. “It’s called Jumping Castle.”
The
children went on the Jumping Castle. “This
is fun,” called
Wilma. The children jumped and
jumped, and bounced and bounced.
“Come on,
Gran,” they called. Gran went on the castle. She
jumped and bounced. “Good old Gran,” called
the children.
Gran made a hole in the castle.
“Oh no!” said the children.
The castle began
to go down. A man ran up. He was cross with
Gran. “Look at my castle,” he yelled. “Go
home,” yelled
the man, “and don’t come back.”
Gran took the children home.
Biff told Mum
about the castle. Mum was cross with Gran. Gran
was sad. Gran was in Chip’s room. She looked
at the magic key.
The key was glowing. Gran
picked up the key and ran into Biff’s
room.
“Look at this,” she said. “Oh no!” said Kipper.
“It’s the magic. The magic is working.” The
magic took them
to a new adventure.
5-5 Castle Adventure
The magic took them to a
castle. Three witches lived in the
castle.
They were nasty witches. One was a black witch.
One
was a red witch. One was a green witch.
The magic took the
children inside the
castle. It took them to a room. A frog was
in
the room. “I am a king,” said the frog. “I am the
king
of this castle.” The witches turned me
into a frog. Help me,”
he said. A witch was
coming. It was the black witch. “Look
out!”
said the frog. The witch opened the door. Gran
pushed
the witch. Chip took the witch’s keys.
They ran out of the
room. Chip locked the
door. The witch couldn’t get out.
Everyone
ran. “Look out!” called Chip. A witch was coming.
It was the red witch. “I don’t like witches,”
said Gran.
She put a net over the witch. The
witch couldn’t get out.
“Good old Gran,”
called Biff. Gran went to the green witch.
“I
don’t like witches,” said Gran. “I don’t like
nasty
witches.” Gran threw the witch on the
floor. “Help!” yelled
the witch. “Good old
Gran,” said the children. Some frogs
came in
and jumped on the table. One was the king. “Help
us,”
he said. Biff and Gran looked in the
witches’ book. The frogs
turned into people.
“Thanks!” said the King. The witches
turned
into frogs. Gran put the book on the fire. “Oh
no!”
said the witches. The king had a party.
Everyone went to it.
“What a good party!” said
Chip. “What an adventure!” said
Biff. “I like
adventures,” said Gran. “Good old Gran!” said
everyone. The magic key was glowing. “It’s
time to go,” said
Biff. “Goodbye,” said
the king. The magic took them back to
Biff’s
room. They fell on to Biff’s bed. “Oh no!” said
Mum.
5-6 Village in
the Snow
The children were at school. It was
playtime. “Come in,”
called Mrs. May. Mrs. May
told the children a story. The story
was about
a village. The village was in the mountains.
Everyone
liked the story. It was called The
Village in the Snow. The
children went to
Biff’s room. They wanted an adventure. Biff
picked up the magic key. The key began to
glow. “The magic
is working,” said Biff. The
magic took the children to the
village in the
snow. “It’s lovely,” said Biff. Kipper jumped
in the snow. “I like the snow,” he called.
“This is fun.”
They played in the snow. They
made a snowman and put Kipper’s
hat on top.
They jumped in the snow. They threw snowballs.
“Look,” said Wilma. They saw a little boy. The
boy was pulling
a toboggan. Some big boys ran
up. They pushed the little boy
over. They
pushed the toboggan over and they ran away. The
children ran up. They helped the little boy.
Kipper picked up
his hat. The little boy told
them about the big boys. Kipper
was cross.
Kipper put on the little boy’s hat. He put on his
coat. “Come on,” he called. The big boys
looked at Kipper.
Kipper looked like the
little boy. “Come on,” said the big
boys. The children threw snowballs at
the big boys. “Help!
Help!” yelled the big
boys. The big boys ran away. The little
boy
jumped and jumped in the snow. The children put
the little
boy on the toboggan. They pulled
him home. The little boy lived
with his
grandfather. Grandfather gave the children a
drink.
The children told Grandfather about the
big boys. They told
Grandfather about the
snowball fight. The children played in
the
snow. They went on the toboggan. “This is fun,”
said Wilf.
The magic key began to glow. “It’s
time to go,” said Biff.
“Come on,” she said.
The magic took the children home. “What
an
adventure!” said Chip.
5-7 The Whatsit
Mum
and Dad painted the kitchen. Dad painted the
ceiling. Mum painted the walls.
Mum pulled up
the old carpet. “The walls look good,” she said.
“But this
looks a mess.” Dad looked at the
floor. “We need a new carpet,” said Biff.
Mum
found a trap door. She pulled it up. Everyone
looked. “It’s a caller,”
said Dad. Mum went
into the cellar. “It looks big,” she said. The
children
looked in. “It looks dark,” said
Biff. “It looks spooky,” said Chip. Dad
got
light. They went into the cellar. Kipper found an
old sheet. “I’m a
ghost,” he said.
“Whooooooooooooaa...!” “Look at this,” said
Kipper.
“What is it?” asked Chip. “I don’t
know,” said Mum. “It’s a whatsit,”
said Dad.
Wilf and Wilma came to play. They looked at the
whatsit. “What is
it?” asked Wilma. “It’s a
whatsit,” said Chip. “We found it in the cellar.”
Two men came to the house. They came in a
lorry. They took away the old things.
One man
looked at the whatsit. “What is it?” he asked.
“It’s a whatsit,”
said Dad. The men took the
whatsit. They put it in a lorry. A car stopped. A
lady jumped out and called to the men. “Stop!”
she said. The lady wanted the
whatsit. She
wanted it for a museum. The men put it in the car.
The lady gave
Dad some money. “Come to the
museum,” she said, “and bring the children.”
The whatsit was in the museum. Mum and Dad
went to see it. They took Biff, Chip
and
Kipper. “So that’s what it is,” said Dad. Mum and
Dad had a surprise.
It was for the
children. “What is it?” asked Biff. “It’s a
whatsit,” said
Dad. He pulled off the sheet.
The whatsit was a snooker table. “It’s
brilliant!” they said.
5-8 Underground Adventure
The children were
in the cellar. They wanted to find a secret
tunnel. The
children looked everywhere. They
tapped on the floor. They tapped on the walls.
But there was no secret tunnel. “It’s no
good,” said Biff. Kipper ran to
the cellar. He
had the magic key. The key was glowing. They ran
to Biff’s bedroom.
“Come on!” called Kipper.
“It’s time for a magic adventure.” The magic
took them underground. They were in a big
tunnel. Wilma picked up a lamp. “Come
on,” she
said. “Let’s go!” There were elves in the tunnel.
But they were
shy. “Oh no!” they said.
“Children!” The children went down the tunnel.
They didn’t see the elves. “This way,” said
Wilma. The children came to a
big cave. “Wow!”
said Biff. The elves looked at the children. “Oh
dear!”
said the elves. “Oh dear! Oh dear!” The
cave had an echo. “Whoooooaa!” called
Kipper.
“Whoooooaa!” went the echo. “Whoooooaa!” went
Kipper. The elves
laughed. They laughed and
laughed. The elves came out. They ran to say
hello.
“Whoooooaa!” they went. “Whoooooaa!”
went the echo. And everyone laughed.
The elves
were sad. They had no work. “Can you help?” said
the elves. “Our
gold has run out. We don’t
know what to do.” Wilma had a good idea. She told
the elves what it was. The elves liked Wilma’s
idea. They painted some signs.
The children
helped. The elves put light in the caves. The cave
looked beautiful.
People came to see them. The
elves were happy. The elves were busy. “Thanks
to the children,” they said. The magic key
began to glow. It was time to go
home. “What
an adventure!” said Wilf. “I have a good idea,”
said Chip. “What
do you think?”
5-9 Vanishing Cream
The children were at
school. They made a little theatre. They
made
it out of a box. The children put on a play. The
play was
about a wizard. He was called Wizard
Blot. Wizard Blot made
mistakes. Wizard Blot
made a spell. The spell went wrong. “Oh
dear!
Oh dear!” said Wizard Blot. Everyone laughed.
Everyone
liked the play. Mrs. May liked Wizard
Blot. Biff was in her
room. The key
began to glow. “Chip! Chip!” called Biff. Chip
ran into Biff’s bedroom. The magic took them
inside the little
house. The magic took them
to Wizard Blot’s house. The Wizard
wanted some
help. “Come in!” said the Wizard. “I wanted one
helped, but two will do.” “Come in!” said the
Wizard. “You
can wash up, then you can tidy
up.” Biff and Chip looked at
the mess. “Don’t
be lazy,” said the Wizard, “Or I’ll turn
you
into frogs.” Biff and Chip did the washing up. “I
don’t
like this,” said Chip, “But I don’t want
to be a frog.”
“I don’t like ironing,” said
Biff, “but we don’t want to
be frogs.” Oh no!
Biff dropped a bottle. It was vanishing cream.
“Help!” said Biff. “This is vanishing cream.”
Chip looked
at his hands. “Oh no,” he said.
“Bits of us are vanishing.”
He rubbed his
face. “Oh no!” said Biff. “Your face is
vanishing.” A man came to the house. He
climbed through the
window. The man didn’t see
Biff and Chip. He took all the
Wizard computer
disks. “Help! Help!” said the man. “I’m
being
attacked by the washing.” Wizard Blot came back.
Biff
told him about the vanishing cream. Chip
gave Wizard Blot the
computer disks. The
Wizard was pleased. It was time to go home.
“Thank you,” said Wizard Blot. “Do come
again.” Biff had
a little bottle. “Don’t droop
it,” said Chip. “It’s
vanishing cream.”
5-10 It’s Not Fair
Mrs. May was ill. The
children had a new teacher. He was called
Mr.
Fry. It was story time. The children sat in the
reading
corner. Mr. Fry had a new story. The
story was about a king.
He was called King
Arthur. “Here is King Arthur,” said Mr.
Fry,
“and here are his knights. They lived a long time
ago.”
King Arthur had a round table. All the
knights sat round it.
They liked the round
table. The children did a project. The
boys
were knights. “It’s not fair,” said Biff. Biff
wanted
to be a knight. “It’s not fair,” she
said. “Why can’t girls
be knights?” Biff was
in her room. She wanted to go
skateboarding.
But the magic key began to glow. “Oh blow!”
said Biff. “I wanted to go skateboarding.” The
magic took
Biff to King Arthur’s castle. It
put her in a dress. “Yuk!”
said Biff. “I
wanted to be a knight. Knights don’t wear
dresses.” Biff was cross with the magic. She
saw some knights.
“Can I be a knight?” she
said. The knights laughed. “But
you are a
girl,” they said. “Girls can’t be knights.” Biff
got on her skateboard. “You couldn’t do that,”
she said.
“Now can I be a knight?” The knights
were amazed. “We’ll
have to ask King Arthur,”
said the knights. The knights took
Biff
to King Arthur. “This is Biff,” they said. “She
wants
to be a knight.” King Arthur laughed.
“Girls can’t be
knights,” he said. “Why not?”
asked Biff. King Arthur called
a meeting but
the knights argued. No one wanted to sit down.
They all wanted to sit near King Arthur. Biff
had a good idea.
She spoke to King Arthur.
“Get a round table,” she said. The
knights
liked the round table. “It’s brilliant!” they
said.
“Now we won’t argue.” The knights sat
round the table.
“See!” said Biff. “Now can I
be a knight?” But everyone
laughed. “I’m
sorry,” said King Arthur, “but girls can’t
be
knights.” The magic adventure was over. “It’s not
fair,”
said Biff. “Girls are as good as boys.”
5-11The Great Race
Gran wanted a new car.
Biff and Chip were sad. They liked
Gran’s old
car. Gran liked this car. Biff was worried. The
car was too fast for Gran. Gran bought the
fast car. She drove
it home. “Oh no!” said
Dad. Mum was cross with Gran. “That
car is too
fast,” she said. Gran was upset. The magic key
glowed. The magic took Biff and Chip. It took
Gran, too. The
magic took them to a race.
“Come on,” said Gran. “This is
my new car.”
“Oh Gran!” said Biff. “What would Mum say?”
“Never mind Mum,” said Gran. Gran found a map.
They all looked
at it. A man looked at
Gran. He was a bad man. He was called
the
Baron. The children looked at the Baron. The Baron
looked
at the children. “Ha!” said the Baron.
“You won’t win.”
A man changed the signpost.
“Ha! Ha!” said the man. “Now
the Baron will
win.” The map blew away. “Which way?” asked
Gran. Chip didn’t know. They didn’t see the
signpost. Gran
turned left. “Grrr!” said the
man. They came to the mountains.
“Slow down,”
shouted Biff. “No. This is fun,” said Gran.
The Baron put oil on the road. “That will do
it,” he said.
“That will stop them.” The car
skidded on the oil. It crashed
through the
fence and went down the mountain. “Hold on,”
shouted Gran. “Oh no!” shouted Biff. “Oh
help!” shouted
Chip. The Baron was behind.
Gran was in front. She was winning
the race.
Biff looked behind. “Come on Gran,” she shouted.
“Which way?” called Gran. Chip didn’t know.
Gran turned on
to a bridge. The bridge was
dangerous. “Not this way!” called
Chip. The
bridge broke. The Baron’s car crashed down into
the
river. Gran won the race. “Hooray!” called
Biff and Chip.
The magic key glowed. Gran took
the fast car back. She bought
a little car.
“This one will do,” she said.
5-12 A Monster
Mistake
Mum and Gran went on holiday. They
went to Scotland. They took
the
children. They stayed in a cottage. The cottage
was by a
lake. It had a boat. “I like it
here,” said Biff. “We can
go sailing.” “And
fishing,” said Kipper. Everyone had a good
time. Biff and Kipper went fishing. Gran and
Chip painted a
picture. Mum sat in the sun and
read a book. “This is fun,”
she said. Everyone
looked at Gran’s picture. “Oh Gran!” said
Chip. She had painted a monster. Kipper looked
at the monster.
Gran laughed. “There’s no such
thing,” she said. Mum went
shopping. She took
Kipper. Biff and Chip stayed with Gran. Mum
looked at the shops. “Let’s get Dad a
postcard,” she said.
Kipper went into a shop.
“I want a monster for me and a postcard
for
Dad,” he said. Kipper posted the card to Dad. “I
wish
Dad was here,” he said. Gran wanted to
play a joke on Mum.
“Let’s make a monster,”
she said. “I don’t get it,” said
Biff. “Wait
and see,” said Gran. They put the monster in the
lake. It made the children laugh. “It looks
brilliant!” said
Chip. “What a good joke,”
said Biff. “What a good joke to
play on Mum.”
Mum and Kipper came back. Gran pulled the rope.
The monster went across the lake. “A real
monster,” said
Kipper. “I don’t believe it,”
said Mum. “There’s no such
thing.” Some people
saw Gran’s monster. They were amazed.
They
took photographs. The children watched television.
“Gran’s monster!” said chip. “Oh no!”
groaned Biff. The
next day lots of people
came. There were lots and lots and lots
of
people. They wanted to see the monster. “Oh Gran!”
said
Mum. “Now look what you’ve done.” Gran
told everyone about
the monster. “It was just
a joke,” she said. A man from the
television
came. Mum was cross with Gran but everyone
laughed.
Gran was sorry. “A monster?” she
said. “There is no such
thing.”
5-13 The New Baby
Jo had some good news. She
was expecting a baby. “What good
news!” said
everyone. Wilma’s mum found the old buggy. “Oh
look!” said Wilma’s dad. “Wilf had it when he
was a baby.”
The buggy looked a bit scruffy. A
wheel had come off. “We can
do it up,” said
Wilma’s mum. Wilma told Biff and Chip. “Jo
is
expecting a baby,” she said. “What good news!”
said Chip.
Biff and Chip went home. “Jo is
expecting a baby,” said Chip.
“What good
news!” said Mum. Dad found the old cot. “Oh
look!” said Mum. “Kipper had it when he was a
baby.” The
cot looked a bit scruffy. It needed
a new mattress. “We can
do it up,” said Dad.
Biff and Chip told Kipper. “Jo is
expecting a
baby,” they said. “That’s brilliant!” said
Kipper. Kipper found an old toy rabbit. It
looked a bit scruffy.
“Can we do it
up?” he asked. Kipper was in Miss Green’s class.
He told Miss Green about Jo’s baby. “How
exciting!” said
Miss Green. Kipper looked
puzzled. “When will Jo’s baby
come?” he asked.
Miss Green told the children about babies.
Mums and dads came to school. They told the
children about
babies too. Kipper played with
the baby. He gave it a rattle.
The baby made a
funny noise. The children made a book. The book
was about babies. Kipper gave Jo the book.
Biff and Chip gave
Jo the cot. Jo was pleased.
Wilf wanted the baby to be a girl.
Wilma
wanted it to be a boy so Wilf made a big chart.
“The
baby is coming,” said Jo. “It’s time to
go.” “How
exciting,” said Wilf. Wilma called
her mum. “Jo’s baby is
coming,” she called.
“How exciting!” said Wilma’s mum. Jo
went to
the hospital. She went in the car. “Good luck,”
called
Wilma’s mum. Jo was in hospital. She
had a baby girl. “She
is called Vicky,” said
Jo. Jo brought Vicky home. Everyone
wanted to
see the new baby. Jo looked at Kipper. “You know
about babies,” she said. “Do you want to
help?” Kipper
looked at Vicky. “No, thank
you,” said Kipper.
5-14 Camping Adventure
Mum and Dad went camping. They took children.
They went to a
farm. Mum and Dad had a new
tent. They put it up. Wilf helped.
Wilma got some water. “I like it here,”
she said. “I like
camping.” Mr. Jones was the
farmer. He had to milk the cows.
“Come and
watch,” he said. “What a lot of cows!” said Wilf.
Mr. Jones laughed. “We milk them every day,”
he said. Mum
wanted some milk. She went to the
farmhouse. “I want some eggs
too,” said Mum.
Mrs. Jones was expecting a baby. She was
expecting it soon. “It may come today,” she
said. Dad cooked
supper. “I like it here,”
said Wilf. “It’s fun in this
tent.” Everyone
went to bed but there was a storm. Nobody could
sleep. The wind blew. Everyone had to get up.
The wind blew
the tent down. They had to go to
the farmhouse. Mr. Jones called
Mum. “The baby
is coming,” he said. Mrs. Jones had to go to
hospital. She got in the car. Mum helped her.
The storm got
worse. The wind blew and blew.
The wind blew a big tree down.
The car
couldn’t get past. Mr. and Mrs. Jones went back to
the house. Mr. Jones called for help. He
called the hospital.
“A helicopter’s coming,”
he said. Mr. Jones pointed to a
field. “The
helicopter can land there,” he said. Mr. Jones
got some bags. The children helped. They got
some big stones.
They made a big cross out of
the bags. They put stones on the
bags. The
helicopter came. It landed near the cross. “At
last!” said Mr. Jones. There was a doctor in
the helicopter.
“Come on!” said Mr.
Jones. The doctor ran to the house but
Mum
came to the door. She was laughing. “Too late!”
said Mum.
“Mrs. Jones has had the baby. She’s
had a baby boy.” Everyone
looked at the baby.
“He’s very sweet,” said Wilma. “Will
he like
camping?”
5-15 Scarecrows
Biff and Chip
had a little garden. They planted seeds and they
put in plants. The birds liked the garden.
They ate the seeds
and pecked the plants. Biff
was cross. “Look at the birds,”
she said. “Go
away! Go away!” Biff and Chip had an idea.
“Let’s make a scarecrow,” they said. “What a
good idea,”
said Mum. They got some old
clothes and made the scarecrow’s
body. Mum
helped them. Biff got a bag. Chip painted a face
on
it. Mum made the scarecrow’s hair. Chip
wanted the scarecrow
to be a boy. He called it
Fred. Biff wanted it to be a girl.
“All
scarecrows are boys,” said Chip. The key began to
glow.
The magic took them inside the little
house. The magic took
them to a field. The
scarecrow came to life. “I’m alive!”
called
Fred. Fred jumped in the air. “It’s magic!” he
called.
There were some scarecrows in the
lane. Fred waved at them.
Fred ran up to the
scarecrows. “Hello!” he called. “Where
are you
going?” A scarecrow pointed to a barn. “We’re
going
to the barn dance. You can come
too.” Then the scarecrows
looked at Biff and
Chip. “Oh dear! You can’t come.” Biff
and Chip
weren’t scarecrows. They couldn’t go to the dance
but Fred had an idea. Fred made Biff and Chip
into scarecrows.
They went to the dance. The
band began to play. “Come on,”
called Fred.
“Let’s dance.” Biff began to dance with the
scarecrows. “This is fun,” called Chip. Biff
danced with Fred.
Chip danced with Biff. They
all danced with the scarecrows.
“See!” said
Biff. “There are girl scarecrows. I told you
so.” Suddenly, the key glowed. It was time to
go home. “Oh
no!” said Fred. The magic took
them home. Biff and Chip had
an idea. “I
didn’t know there were girl scarecrows,” said
Mum. “Well, there are,” said Chip.
5-16 Noah’s Ark Adventure
It rained and
rained. It rained all day long. The children were
fed up. The children went outside. They wanted
to play but it
was too wet. Dad looked out of
the window. “Come inside,”
he said. “It’s too
wet to play outside.” The children went
to
Biff’s room. Suddenly, the key began to glow. It
was time
for a magic adventure. “What a good
job!” said Kipper. “I
want a magic adventure.
I’m fed up with all the rain.” The
magic key
took them into a new adventure. But it was
raining.
“Oh no!” said Kipper. “We
don’t want an adventure in the
rain.” The
children saw a boat. “What is it?” asked Kipper.
“It’s Noah’s Ark,” said Biff. “Noah has to put
the animals
on the Ark or they will drown,”
said Chip. “It’s raining
so much,” said Biff.
“The water’s going to cover
everything.”
“Don’t worry,” said Chip. “Noah will save
all
the animals.” “Will he save us too?” asked Kipper.
“Hello,” said Noah. “What do you want? Have
you come to
help?” Noah looked at the water.
He pointed at the Ark. “I
want some help,” he
said. The children looked at the animals.
“It
is time to put the animals on to the Ark,” said
Noah.
The animals went on to the Ark. They
went on in twos. First,
Noah put the big
animals on. A man pushed the elephants. They
pulled the crocodiles up in a big net. A camel
didn’t want
to go on to the Ark. They pushed
it and pulled it. “All the
animals are on,”
said Noah. “It’s time to go. Please get
on to
the Ark.” The children went on to the Ark. Noah
looked
at Floppy. “Stop!” shouted Noah. “I’m
sorry,” said Noah.
“We put two dogs on the
Ark. We can’t have three dogs.” The
children
couldn’t leave Floppy. “Floppy can’t go on the
Ark,
so we won’t go on it,” said Biff. The Ark
sailed away. The
children floated in Noah’s
big umbrella. “It’s still
raining,”
said Biff. Just then, the magic key began to glow.
The magic took the children home. “What an
adventure!” said
Biff. “Oh no!” said Kipper.
5-17 A New Classroom
Some people came to
the school. They put a fence across the
playground. The children looked at the fence.
“What is it
for?” asked Wilf. Nobody knew. A
lorry came to the school.
It had blocks on it.
“What are they for?” asked Biff. Then
a digger
came. The children were excited. Some men dug a
long
trench across the playground. “What is it
for?” everyone
asked. It was time to go in but
the children didn’t want to.
They liked the
digger. Mrs. May looked at the trench. “It’s
for a new classroom,” she said. The children
were excited.
They wanted to find out about
the new classroom. The children
looked at some
books. Wilf found a book about diggers. Chip
painted a picture of one. Mrs. may took
children outside. They
talked about the
digger. Mrs. May took a photograph. Everyone
looked at the blocks. “The classroom will go
on the blocks,”
said Mrs. may. Then a crane
came to the school. The children
were excited.
They looked at the driver. “What is the crane
for?” asked Biff. “Wait and see,” said Mrs.
May. The
children watched the crane. It lifted
the classroom over the
wall. Everyone
watched the classroom. “Don’t drop it,”
called
Chip. Biff looked at the classroom. Something was
wrong.
“Mrs. May! Mrs. May!” called Biff.
“Don’t shout, Biff,”
said Mrs. May. The crane
put the classroom down. It put the
classroom
on the blocks. The crane lifted the roof and put
it
on the classroom. Something was wrong.
“Mrs. may!” called
Biff. “Something is wrong.”
“Don’t shout, Biff,” said Mrs.
May. Everyone
gasped. The classroom was upside down. “Oh
dear!” said Mrs. May. “I said something was
wrong,” said
Biff. “But nobody would listen.
The crane put classroom the
right way up. The
children wanted to look inside. The children
went inside. Wilf saw a door. “What’s in
here?” asked Wilf.
Everyone gasped. “Oh no!”
said Wilf.
5-18
Mum to the Rescue
Mum and Dad went to a car
boot sale. They took the children.
Mum looked
at a dinghy. She called Dad. Dad looked at the
dinghy.
“What is it?” asked Dad. “It’s a
dinghy,” said Mum. Mum
wanted the dinghy. She
called the children. “Look at this,”
she said.
The children looked at the dinghy. “What is it?”
they asked. “It’s a dinghy,” said Mum. They
took the dinghy
home. Dad pumped it up but it
went down again. Mum mended the
dinghy. She
put a patch on it. The children helped. Dad put
the dinghy on the car. They took a
picnic and went to the river.
Dad looked at
the river. He pointed at the weir. “The weir
is dangerous,” he said. Mum and Dad had a good
idea. “Let’s
put everything in the dinghy.
Everyone can help,” they said.
They found a
good spot for the picnic. The children paddled
the dinghy. It was time for the picnic. Mum
and Dad put the
rug down and got the picnic
out. Floppy ran out of the water.
He shook
water over Dad. “Go away, Floppy!” said Dad. The
river was busy. Biff and Chip watched the
boats go by. Biff
liked the big boats. “I wish
we could go on a big boat,” she
said. It was
time to go home. “What a good day!” said Dad.
“It was a good picnic.” “Look!” said Biff.
“There is
nobody on that boat.” “My boat is in
danger,” called a lady.
“Help! Get my boat!”
Mum put the dinghy in the river. She
paddled
to the boat. “Be careful,” called everyone. Mum
climbed on to the boat. She started the
engine. She was just
in time. Mum brought the
boat back. “Hooray!” everyone
shouted. “Mum to
the rescue!” said Kipper. Dad let go of the
dinghy rope. The dinghy went over the weir.
“Oh no!” said
everyone. The lady had an idea.
“I will lend you my boat to
say thank you,”
she said. The family had a holiday on the boat.
“Thanks to the dinghy,” said Mum.
5-19 Sleeping Beauty
The children went pick
blackberries. There were lots of
blackberries.
The bushes had thorns. “Mind the thorns,”
called Wilma. “Ow!” said Chip. “The thorns are
sharp.”
Wilma saw some big blackberries. She
had some thick gloves and
some clippers. Wilma
put on the thick gloves. She cut the stems
with the clippers. The children went home.
They ate some
blackberries. “Yuk! This isn’t
ripe,” said Biff. Biff
picked up the magic
key. It began to glow. “The magic is
working,”
said Biff. The magic took them to a castle. “Wow!
Look at these thorns,” said Kipper. A man was
stuck in the
thorns. “Ow! Help!” he called. “I
can’t get free.” Wilma
put on the gloves. She
got the clippers. Then she cut the man
free.
“Thanks,” said the man. “I wanted to get to the
castle,
but I got stuck in the thorns.” “I am
a prince,” said the
man. “I need to get in the
castle. There is a princess in
there.” “We can
help,” said Wilma. “We can lend you these
clippers.” The thorns were sharp but the
prince cut a way in.
“Mind the thorns,” he
called. At last, they got to the castle.
The
prince pushed the door open. They went inside the
castle.
Everyone was fast asleep. There was
dust on everything.
“Yuk!” said Kipper. “Look
at the cobwebs.” There were
cobwebs
everywhere. There were even cobwebs on the people.
At
last, they found the princess. She was fast
asleep. “Now what
do I do?” said the prince.
“You kiss the princess,” said
Kipper. “Then
she wakes up. Everyone knows that!” The prince
kissed the princess. “Yuk,” said Chip. The
princess woke up.
“At last!” said the
princess. Everyone in the castle woke
up. The
magic key glowed. “Time to go,” said Biff. “The
prince doesn’t need us now.” The magic
adventure was over.
Dad was fast asleep. “He’s
no Sleeping Beauty!” said Biff.
5-20 The Adventure Park
The children went to
an adventure park. They were excited. They
all
wanted to go on the Treetop Adventure. “This looks
exciting,” said Chip. Chip put on a harness.
The harness had
a clip at the front. Chip went
across the log bridge. “Come
on, Biff,” he
called. “You can’t fall off.” Biff began to
go
across the bridge. “This is exciting,” she said.
Kipper
went on the rope runway. “Off you go!”
said Mum. “Here I
come,” called Kipper. He
went down fast. “I want to go next,”
said
Biff. Biff and Dad went in a red canoe. “Come on!”
called
Biff. “You won’t fall in!” Mum, Chip
and Kipper went in a
green canoe. They went
across the lake. It was fun in the canoes.
Chip saw a big bird in the sky. “Look at that
big bird,”
he said. “What do you think
it is?” It was time for a barbecue.
They all
helped to bring the food. Dad lit the barbecue. “I
am hungry,” said Kipper. “It won’t be long,”
said Dad. They
all sat at the table. Dad was
busy. There was a lot to cook.
“This looks
good,” said Dad. “Look at this chicken leg! What
a good cook l am!” A big bird swooped down. It
had straps on
its legs. It took the chicken
leg from Dad’s hand. The bird
flew back into a
tree. It began to eat the chicken leg. The
bird sat in the tree. Everyone looked up at
it. “It must be
hungry,” said Biff. Dad got
his mobile phone. “A bird has
escaped,” he
said. A woman came to catch the bird. It flew
down and landed on her arm. “This bird is
called a falcon,”
said the woman. “It took
Dad’s chicken leg!” said Biff. The
woman took
the falcon home. Everyone went with her. They
looked
at all the birds. “What beautiful
birds,” said Chip. They
went back but the
chicken legs were burnt. “I’m still
hungry!”
said Kipper.
5-21 Kipper
and the Trolls
Mum was going to make a cake.
She wanted Kipper to help. First
Mum gave
Kipper an apron. Then she looked at his hands.
“What
dirty hands!” said Mum. Mum looked at
Kipper’s nails.
Kipper’s nails were long. “Let
me cut them,” said Mum.
Kipper made a
fuss. He didn’t want Mum to cut his nails. He
didn’t want to wash his hands. “I must cut
your nails,” said
Mum. “No! No! No!” said
Kipper and he ran out of the room.
Kipper ran
into Biff’s room. Biff looked at Kipper’s long
dirty nails. “Yuk!” said Biff. “You look like
a troll.”
“It’s not fair,” said Kipper. But
then the key began to glow.
It was time for a
magic adventure. The magic took them to a
stream. There was a bridge over the stream.
Biff wanted to cross
the bridge. “We can pick
the flowers over there,” she said.
“Come on!”
Kipper ran after Biff. But there were trolls under
the bridge. Suddenly the trolls jumped out.
“Oh no!” said
Kipper. “Trolls can be nasty.”
“Hip, hip, hooray!” sang
the trolls. “This is
the trolls bridge. Do come across.”
“Will you
eat us up?” said Kipper. “No! No! We will not,”
sang the trolls. “We are not nasty,” said a
troll. “We just
look nasty.” “Nobody liked
us,” said a troll. “We want to
have a party
but nobody wants to come.” The trolls went under
the bridge. They got the party food and set
out the party.
“Tuck in,” said a troll. The
trolls had long dirty nails.
“Yuk!” said
Kipper. “Look at her long, dirty nails.” “Look
at the troll food,” said Biff. “Have a slug
bun,” said a
troll,” or some slime jelly.”
“Have a mud mint,” said
another troll.
“Mud mints are yummy.” “Yuk!” said Biff.
Have
some bug pie,” said a troll. “Yuk!” said Kipper.
“Look
at his hands.” Suddenly the key began to
glow. The adventure
was over. “At last,” said
Kipper. The magic took them home.
Kipper
washed his hands. Then he went to get his nails
cut.
“I’m not a troll,” said Kipper. “Trolls
have dirty hands
and long nails! Yuk!”
5-22 Safari Adventure
Chip and Wilf were
tracking Dad. “This is a good game,” said
Wilf. “Put this in your hat,” said Chip. “Dad
won’t see
us. Then we can track him.” Chip and
Wilf hid in the trees.
“Keep down,” said Chip.
“Here comes Dad.” Dad went past.
He looked for
the boys, but he couldn’t see them. Floppy went
sniff, sniff, sniff! “Go away, Floppy!” said
Chip, but Floppy
wouldn’t go. Chip and Wilf
went home. They looked for Biff
but she was
not there. The key began to glow. It took Chip and
Wilf into a magic adventure. The magic took
them to Africa.
Some Zebra were going to dirty
at a pool. Chip and Wilf looked
around. “A
herd of zebra!” said Wilf. “Don’t let them see
us!” Chip saw a lorry by a tree. Some men got
out. They began
to creep up to the zebra.
“What do they want?” said Wilf.
“Oh no!” said
Wilf. “They are going to catch a zebra.” “We
must stop them,” said Chip. He had an
idea. “Come on,” he
said. The boys ran to the
lorry. Chip pressed the horn.
“Beeeeeeep!” it
went. “Beeeeeeeep!” went the horn again.
The
zebra looked up. The horn scared the zebra. They
ran away.
The men were scared, too. They ran
back to the lorry. “Quick!
Let’s go,” one
called. “Quick, Wilf,” said Chip. “Run!”
They
ran away. Chip and Wilf hid in a bush. They didn’t
want
the men to see them. The men couldn’t
start the lorry. Suddenly
a jeep drove up.
There were rangers in the jeep. The men jumped
out of the lorry and ran away. The rangers
chased after them.
A ranger shook Chip’s hand.
“Thank you,” he said. “You
saved a zebra.” The
magic key began to glow. It was time to
go. It
had been an exciting adventure. “Why wouldn’t the
lorry start?” asked Wilf. “Ha! Took the key!”
said Chip.
5-23 Dad’s Run
Dad went running. Floppy went
with him. Dad went running every
day. “I want
to get fit,” he said. Biff and Chip went Dad.
They went on bikes. “Keep going, Dad,” said
Biff. Dad had
an idea. He wanted to do the Fun
Run. “What a good idea,”
said Mum. “But it’s a
long way to run!” Biff and Chip told
everyone.
“Dad is going to do a Fun Run,” said Biff. “It’s
to help children in Need,” said Chip. “Will
you sponsor
Dad?” It was the day of the
Fun Run. They all went to the park.
“It’s a
long way to run,” said Chip. “Go!” called a man
and the Fun Run began. “Go on, Dad!” called
Kipper. The Fun
Run went around the park. “Ten
times round the park,” said
Dad. “It’s a long
way to run. Dad ran well. He ran round the
park four times. There was still a long way to
go. Oh no! Dad’s
foot went into a hole. Dad
fell down. “Ouch!” said Dad. “My
foot!” A man
looked at Dad’s foot. “You must rest it,” he
said. “You can’t run on it.” Dad couldn’t
finish the Fun
Run. “What bad luck!” said Mum.
“Poor old Dad!” Dad was
upset. “Oh no!” he
said. “Now I can’t help children in
Need.”
Wilf had an idea. “We can push you in the old
pram,”
he said. Wilf and his mum ran home.
They got the old pram and
ran back with it.
“Come on, Dad,” said Chip. “Get in the
pram.”
“We will all push you,” said Mum. Dad sat in the
pram.
They pushed him round the park.
“Hooray!” everyone called.
“It’s not far now!”
“But it’s a long way to push a pram,”
said
Mum. “Keep going!” said Dad. It was the end of the
run.
The wheels came off the pram. Dad fell
out. “What a way to
end the run,” said Dad.
“But thank you for pushing me.”
“That was a
fun run,” said Kipper. “But it was a long way
to push a dad!”
5-24 Drawing Adventure
Wilma had a lot
drawings. They were all pictures of girls. “I
like drawing clothes,” Wilma said. Biff looked
at Wilma’s
pictures. “They are good,” she
said. Chip was painting a
picture. He was
painting a volcano. Wilma moved her leg. She
kicked Chip’s water over. “Whoops!” said
Wilma. “Sorry.”
The water ran over Chip’s
picture. Chip was cross. “My
picture is a mess
now!” he said. Chip flicked paint over
Wilma’s
picture. “Your drawings are silly,” he said. Biff
told Chip to say sorry. Chip was too cross to
say sorry. He
flicked paint at Wilma. Then the
key began to glow. The magic
took them to a
volcano. It looked like Chip’s painting. But
where was Chip? “Look at those girls,” gasped
Wilma. “They
look like the ones in my
drawings. Look at their clothes.”
The girls
called to Wilma. “Do you like my top?” said a
girl.
“Do you like my boots?” Suddenly, the
volcano began to spit
out blobs of red paint.
Splat! A big blob landed by Biff. “Come
on!
Run!” yelled Biff. “Run! Or the volcano will get
us.”
“I can’t run in these boots,” said a
girl. “Run!” yelled
Wilma. “We can’t,” said a
girl. “I can’t run in this
dress!” Splat! Red
blobs landed everywhere. “It’s red
paint!”
said Biff. Splat! A red blob hit a girl. Red paint
began to gush out of the volcano. It
looked like a big, red
river. Wilma had an
idea. She began to draw jeans and tops.
Biff
helped her. “Quick! Put these on,” said Wilma.
“Oh!
We like these,” said the girls. “Now
run!” called Wilma.
They all ran. Chip was in
the paint river. “Help! Help!” he
called. “Get
me out!” Biff and Wilma saw Chip. “Stop!” they
called. “We must get him out.” Wilma had an
idea. She drew
a long rope. “Hold on, Chip,”
she called. They pulled Chip
out. “I’m glad
this is only paint and not a real volcano,”
said Biff. “Phew!” said Chip. “Am I glad you
pulled me out!”
The magic key began to glow.
“Now are you sorry, Chip?” said
Biff. Chip had
a blob of paint on him. “I am,” he said.
“Sorry!”