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第一篇

Walrus Joins In

1

What will Walrus do?

Everyone

at

the

North

Pole

was

very

excited.

There

was

going

to

be

a

show

and

ANYONE could be in it.

‘I will do skating,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘I’m good at that!’

‘I’ll do tumbling,’ said Polar

Bear. ‘No one tumbles quite like me!’

‘I’ll do singing,’ said Seal. ‘Everyone says I have a very fine voice!’

‘Then I’ll do diving,’ said Whale. ‘I won a prize for diving at school, you know!’

They all looked at Walrus. ‘What will YOU do?’ they aske

d.

But Walrus was not good at anything.

He wasn’t good at skating, and he wasn’t good at tumbling.

He was terrible at singing, and when he tried to dive, he always got water up his nose.

He sat and chewed his whiskers sadly.

‘Never mind,’ said Arctic Fox. ‘You can watch us.’

Arctic Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale practised hard for the big show.

Walrus hid behind a snowdrift and watched, and chewed his whiskers.

He wished he was good at something.

2

The big night

At

last,

the

big

night

arrived.

Everyone

sat

down

and

waited

for

the

show

to

begin.

Walrus sat in the front row. He was very excited.

Fox came onto the ice and bowed. Everyone cheered.

Then Fox began to skate. Fox skated forwards and backwards and sideways. She skated

in perfect circles and figures of eight. She was elegant and amazing!

Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Fox made it all look so easy.

Walrus was sure that if he really tried he could skate just like Fox.

He couldn’t stop himself. He just had to leap onto the ice and join in with Fox. “I can

skate,” he cried. “Look at me!”

But Walrus couldn’t skate at all. He could only trip up and fall over.

He bumped into Fox, and Fox went flat on her face. FLOMP!

Fox was very upset. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” she wailed.

Next, it was Polar Bear’s turn. He rolled out across the ice like a big, white snowball.

Everyone clapped wildly.

Then Polar Bear began to tumble. He did jumps and spins and somersaults, and stood

on his head.

Walrus watched and he loved what he saw. Polar Bear made it all look such fun. Walrus

was sure that this time, if he really tried, he could tumble just like Polar Bear.

All of a sudden, Walrus just couldn’t stop himself, and he leaped onto the ice.

“I can tumble too,” he cried. “Look at me!”

But Walrus couldn’t tumble at all. He could only trip up and fall over. He tripped up

Polar Bear, who came down with a WALLOP!

Of course, Polar Bear was pretty angry. “Walrus has RUINED my act,” he wailed.

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From bad to worse

It w

as Seal’s turn next. She gave Walrus a don’t

-you- dare stare, and then she started to

sing:

“O, how many heart rejoices when I see the Northern Lights.

My ear is filled with voices sweetly singing in the night!”

Walrus

listened.

What

a

beautiful

song!

Surely

if

he

really

tried,

he

could

sing

as

beautifully as Seal? Oh, dear. Walrus just couldn’t stop himself again.

“I know that song,” he cried. “I can sing it too!”

He leaped up and started singing along with Seal.

But

Walrus

couldn’t

sing!

He

sou

nded

terrible.

In

fact,

he

sounded

like

a

rusty

old

bucket.

Seal stopped singing and burst into floods of tears.

“Walrus has RUINED my song,” she wailed.

Wale was last. He was pretty certain that Walrus could not ruin his act.

Whale leaped high out of the water. Then he fell back with an enormous splash!

Walrus watched. He wished that he could dive like that. His flippers began to twitch,

and his whiskers bristled with excitement. He tried and tried his very best not to join in.

But then he had a brilliant idea.

“I’ll hold my nose when I dive,” he thought. “Then the water won’t go up it!”

Walrus just couldn’t stop himself. He had to join in.

“Everybody, look at me!” he cried, as he leaped into the water. “I can dive too!”

But just at that moment, Whale was getting ready to spout a big jet of water.

WHOOSH!

Whale spouted Walrus high into the air!

Everyone was watching Walrus now. They clapped and cheered as Walrus landed back

in the sea with a SPLOSH!

Whale

was

furious.

“You

are

a

meddling,

incompetent

BUFFOON!”

he

roared.

“You

have RUINED my act. Now GET OUT OF MY SIGHT!”

Whale was pretty scary when he was angry. Walrus turned tail and fled. He hid behind

a snowdrift, feeling sad and very sorry.

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The show will go on!

The show was over. Fox and Polar Bear and Seal and Whale stood in a line, blushing

and wishing that Walrus had not ruined everything.

But everyone was cheering like mad.

“Well done, Polar Bear, well done, Seal! Well done, Fox and Whale!” they shouted. “But

whe

re’s the clown? Why isn’t he here? Where’s Walrus?”

Behind is snowdrift, Walrus heard the cheers. Were they really cheering for him, too?

Yes! They were!

He shuffled up to Fox and Polar Bear and Seal And Whale.

“I’m very sorry,” he said.

“So you should be,” said Fox.

“At least everyone thought you were part of the show,” said Polar Bear.

“I suppose,” said Seal, “if Walrus was really part of our next show, it couldn’t be any

worse.”

Walrus was overjoyed. “Me?” he cried. “Truly? Can I be part

of the show? Can I join in

next time?”

“Yes,” said Whale. “It will be

a lot safer that way. You can be the clown. As long as you do it properly.”

Walrus practiced hard and became a very good clown indeed. Now he is so good that

Fox, Polar Bear, Seal and Whale are glad he is taking part.

Sometimes,

when

Walrus

is

clowning

around,

they

really

just

can’t

stop

themselves.

They have to join in too!

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第二篇

Noisy Neighbours

1

Mr Flinch

In a grim, grey house in a grim, grey town lived an unhappy man.

It was not his grey house that made Mr Flinch unhappy. It was not that he was poor,

because he was not. Mr Flinch was a miser. He never gave away a penny. ( He never gave

away a smile either. ) He was a mean and miserable man.

Mr Flinch was miserable because of his neighbours.

On one side of Mr Flinch’s grim, grey house stood a jolly red one. It belonged to Carl

Clutch who mended cars.

Carl loved cars

–

and motorbikes and vans and lorries. Every morning, Mr Flinch woke

up

to

hear

hammers

banging,

spanners

clanging

and

engines

revving.

The

whole

street

shook with the noise.

On

the

other

side,

in

a

bright

blue

house,

lived

a

music

teacher

called

Poppy

Plink.

Each morning, Poppy sat down and played grand tunes on her grand piano. After breakfast,

her students started to arrive.

Violins

screeched,

drums

thundered

and

bassoons

bellowed.

Mr

Flinch

shut

his

window, but the noise still came through the wall. Brum

–

brum, tootle

–

toot, bang! His

whole house shook and shivered.

He put his fingers in his ears.

He rapped on the wall … but his neighbours did not hear.

They were far too happy. They were mending cars and making music, and they loved

their work.

Brum

–

brum, tootle

–

toot, bang!

Mr Flinch rap rapped until he made holes in his wallpaper. It did no good.

Mr Flinch locked himself in a cupboard. He wound old towels round his head.

He

wrote

angry

letters,

but

tore

them

all

up.

‘

Stamps

cost

far

too

much

money!’

he

said.

Even in bed, he wore a hat to keep out the noise.

But the cars still revved and the music still jangled.

Mr Flinch was the grey filling in a noise sandwich.

‘This can’t go on,’ Flinch thought to himself. He even shouted it out loud:

2

Nasty Tricks

Mr Flinch went next door to Carl’s house. Carl was mending cars. I

t was easy to sneak

into his kitchen and put a dead rat in the fridge.

‘That will get rid of him!’ said Flinch, and smiled a nasty smile. ‘Nobody wants to live in

a house with rats!’

At

midnight,

Mr

Flinch

climbed

on

to

his

roof

and

–

carefully,

carefully

–

crawled

across

the

tiles.

He

put

his

head

down

Poppy’s

chimney

and

gave

a

long,

loud,

‘Hooowooowoooo!’

‘That will get ride of her,’ he said with a grim grin. ‘Nobody wants to live in a house

with ghosts!’

Then he climbed back into bed.

Next

morning,

Mr

Flinch

woke

to

a

HUGE

noise.

Cars

and

lorries

were

stopping

outside. He looked out of his window.

Carl was sitting outside in the rood, with a table, a kettle, a loaf of bread and a bottle of

tomato sauce.

Carl called to Mr Flinch, ‘Can’t use

my kitchen today! Rays, urgh! My mum is cleaning

up. She told me to eat my breakfast outside. That’s how I got this great idea! Take –

away

breakfast! Drivers can stop here and buy breakfast.’

Just then, Poppy Plink came running out of her blue front doo

r. ‘Oh, Mr Flinch! Oh,

Carl! Guess what happened last night!’

‘I give up,’ said Mr Flinch, with a sumg smirk. ‘Do tell.’

Poppy

beamed

with

joy.

‘Last

night,

angles

sang

down

my

chimney!

They

did,

I

promise!’ She frowned. ‘But the music wasn’t very good

! I think they want some new songs

to sing! I’m sure they want me to write them, and I shall! Oh I shall!’

She did.

Poppy still had to teach music all day.

But at night she wrote angle music. She made it nice and loud, with lots of cymbals and

trumpets.

It was all too much for Mr Flinch.

3

Mr Flinch has a Plan

Mr Flinch went next door to Carl’s house.

He showed Carl a fistful of money. ‘The day you move house, all this is yours!’ he said.

‘Anything you say, chief,’ said Carl, wiping his dirty

hands on a rag.

‘As

long

as

I

can

mend

cars,

I’ll

be

happy

anywhere.’

Carl

went

on,

‘I’ll

move

out

as

soon as I can sell the house!’

Next, Mr Flinch went to Poppy’s house and offered her a hatful of money. ‘The day you

move house, all this is yours!’

he said.

‘Of course! If that is what you want, dear heart! Cried Poppy.

She had never seen so much money in her life. ‘As long as I have my music, I can be

happy anywhere! I will move out just as soon as I can sell my little house!’

Mr Flinch went home a happy man

–

well, as happy as a man like Mr Flinch can ever

be.

He felt in his empty pockets and gulped. ‘All that money gone! Ah, but soon those noisy

neighbours will be gone, too!’

In a few days, Mr Flinch’s neighbours had sold up their houses.

Now, at last, he would have peace and quiet

–

nothing but the noise of mice scratching

in the empty cellar.

4

Moving Day

Mr Flinch watched as Poppy Plink moved out. Bo-jangle went the piano as she pushed

and bumped it down the steps.

‘Going

already

are

you,

you

pest?’

he

mutted.

‘I

pity

the

person

who

has

to

live

next

door to you!’

Seeing him, Poppy waved up at the window.

‘Such luck, Mr Flinch!’ she called. ‘Fancy! A few days ago, I met someone who wants to

move house too! We agreed to swap hou

ses!’

Just then, Carl came out of his front door carrying two heavy tool boxes. He saw Poppy

struggling with a harp and went to help her. ‘All set, Poppy? he said.

‘All set, Carl! Isn’t this fun!’ She replied.

Then Carl moved into Poppy’s bright house and Poppy moved into Carl’s jolly red one.

They helped each other to carry the big things, like tables and sofas.

Then Carl had a house- warming party. He and Poppy sang, because they were so happy:

‘There’s no place like home!’

Mr Flinch heard it r

ight through the wall of his house … even inside his cupboard, even

with a towel round his head.

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第三篇

Princess Pip’s Holiday

1 Ready to go

Everyone in Princess Pip’s castle was very busy. The King was polishing his money, the

Queen was choosing sun hats, and the maids were running around with piles of vests.

“ Can I take Dobbin on holiday?”asked Princess Pip.

“I’m afraid there won’t be room for a pony on the coach ,”said the Queen.

“Oh, ”said the Princess Pip. “Can Amanda and Bert come,then?”

“There ‘s no room for snakes,”said the King, “not even pet ones.”

Princess Pip scowled . “This holiday is going to be BORING,” she said.

They went on holiday in their best gold coach.

“Wave to all the people, dear,” said the Queen.

Princess Pip f

olded her arms . “ I ‘m on holiday,” she said. “Are we nearly there yet?”

“We won’t be there for a long time,” said the Queen firmly .

It did take a long time to get to the seaside . The coach got very hot, and Princess Pip

didn’t feel very well.

“Here we are,at last!” said the King happily.

“But it’s a castle!” said Princess Pip. “Just like ’s BORING.”

2 Just like home

There was a girl waiting by the castle door.

“This is Daisy,”said the Queen. “She is going to look after you,Pip.”

Daisy showed Princess Pip her room.

“I don’t want a four

-

poster bed!” said Princess Pip. “That’s just like home.”

“You can sleep on my straw mattress , then,” said Daisy. “ I’ll have the bed.”

“Oh, all right.”said Princess Pip.

That evening there was a banquet and it went on for hours.

“More sprouts?”asked the King happily.

This is BORING,”said the Princess Pip.

“Nonsense(

胡说

),dear,”said the Queen. “It can’t be boring. We’re on holiday!”

“ I WANT TO GO HOME!” said Princess Pip, the next day. S

he had been walking round

the castle walls all morning and she hadn’t found anything to do.

“But we’re having a wonderful time,” said the Queen,from her sun chair.

“Just look at the way my money shines in the sun,” said the King. “Wonderful!”

“ But it’s BORING!” said Princess Pip.

“Why don’t you go and talk to Daisy?” suggested the Queen.

Princess Pip stomped off.

“That does it,” she said to Daisy. “I WANT TO GO HOME!”

3 The road home

“If you stayed here a bit longer,you might start liking the seaside,” said Daisy.

But

Princess

Pip

wasn’t

listening.

She

was

putting

all

her

important

things

in

her

suitcase.

“I think we’ll have to take some things out,”said Daisy.

Daisy found them both backpacks, and they set out for home.

Princess Pip and Daisy went across the drawbridge and along the road.

It was very hot.

“Let’s have a nice,cool snack,”said Daisy.

So they got some fish sticks from a stall.

“These aren’t bad,” admitted Princess Pip.

“They taste best by the seaside,” said Daisy. “ I’ll show you where the fish come from, if

you like.”

They

went

down

some

stone

steps

to

a

place

where

the

sea

swished

backwards

and

forwards and the ground looked as if it was made of gold.

“Look in these pools,” said Daisy.

The fish were hard to catch.

”You could take your stockings off,” said Daisy, “and use them for nets.”

It

was

nice

without

shoes

and

stockings

on.

It

was

even

nicer

once

Princess

Pip

had

taken off her coat and crown.

The fish looked very cross at being caught

，

so Princess Pip let them go.

“It’s not too bad here,” said Princess Pip,at last. “ I want to stay here all the time.”

“Let’s build a sandcastle, then,” said Daisy.

“A sand HOUSE,” said Princess Pip.

It was hard work, but they built a huge house, with a moat all around.

Soon the sea came in and filled the moat.

“That’s just right.”said Princess Pip. “Make it stop coming in now,Daisy.”

But the sea kept on coming in......

...... and soon it had washed their house FLAT.

“ We built our house too close to the sea,”said Daisy, sadly.

“STUPID SEA!”shouted Princess Pip. “STUPID SEASIDE! I WANT TO GO HOME!”

4 Riding the dragon

Princess Pip and Daisy put on their shoes and picked up

their backpacks.

“I’m tired,”said Princess Pip, very soon. “ I

want to ride Dobbin. Are we nearly home,

yet?”

“Why don’t you ride one of the horses on that merry

-go-

round?” suggested Daisy.

“Oh, no,”said Princess Pip. “ I’m going to ride that dragon.”

The dragon went very fast, and there was lots of exciting music--but then it all stopped.

Everyone got off.

“But....we’re still here!” said Princess Pip, crossly, as she got off ,too.

“At least it wasn’t boring,” said Daisy.

“I WANT TO GO HOME!” shouted Princess Pip.

“At least it was fun,” said Daisy. “Everything is fun here because it’s a FUN

-

fair.”

Princess Pip sniffed. “ What’s fun about it?” she asked.

“I’ll show you,” said Daisy.

They went down the roller coaster.

Then they went UP and UP and ....DOWN again.

“AARRRRGH!” yelled Princess Pip and

Daisy.

“Let’s go on it again,” said Princess Pip.

“ Tomorrow, perhaps,” said Daisy, who had gone very pale.

“BUT I WANT...” began Princess Pip.

“Hello!” said a voice.

It was the King. The Queen was with him.

“Where’s Princess Pip?” the King ask

ed Daisy.

“Here !” said Princess Pip.

The King and the Queen stared at her.

“You can’t be Pip!” the Queen gasped. “You’re all dirty,and you have no stockings!”

“But I am!” said Princess Pip, and put on her crown to prove it. “Look! It’s me, and I’v

e

found a place where the ground is made of gold!Come and see.”

Daisy and Princess Pip showed them the beach.

“ Good heavens!”said the King. “How wonderful! It’s just the color of money.”

“What a perfect place for my sun chair,”said the Queen.

The beach was a perfect place for picnics and games, and races, too. Everyone loved it.

Then one day the King said: “ What a pity we have to go home tomorrow.”

Princess Pip scowled, and she said...

“I don’t want to go home!!!”

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第四篇

Oh, otto!

Something important

The children in Class Four were busy working

Then their teacher, Miss Underwood, said: ‘I have something very important to tell you.’

She smiled and said: ‘A new boy is coming to our class. His name is Otto and he comes from

far, far away. In fac

t, he comes from outer space…’

( this is Otto’s first day at earth school. Here he is…)

The

door

opened

and

a

boy

came

in.

he

looked

just

like

the

other

children-but

he

was

a

different colour. he was green.

Miss Underwood told Otto to sit with Jo and Charlie and Josh. Then she looked at Jo and

added, ‘I want you to take care of our new boy and give him a hand if he needs it.’

‘please, Miss,’ said Otto. ‘I’m not NEW. I’m seven and a half. And I don’t already. Look!’

‘Oh, Otto!’ Miss Underwood smiled. ‘just sit down and be a dear.’

Otto sat down.

Then he said, ‘I don’t think I can be a deer…but I can quack like a duck.’

He flapped his arms, like wings, and went: ‘Quack! Quack! Quack!’

Charlie joined in: ‘Quack! QUACK! QUACK!’

Miss Underwood smiled at Otto. ‘No

quacking n class!’ she said.

Then

she

frowned

at

Charlie.

‘Charlie!’

she

said.

‘you

know

better

than

that!

Get

on

with

your work.’

‘It’s not fair!’ Charlie grumbled. ‘I get into trouble and that new boy doesn’t!’

That’s when Charlie decided he didn’t like

Otto. He didn’t like him one bit.

Charlie is cross

Otto made a lot of mistakes.

Charlie leaned back on his chair. Otto tried to do the same thing. But he fell down…

…and so did all the paints.

Now Charlie was green too-

and he wasn’t happy about it.

Charlie got crosser and crosser and crosser.

At playtime, when Otto was in the playground, Charlie decided to scare him.

‘If you stand there, you’ll get eaten by a bear,’ said Charlie.

‘A bear! Where?’ Otto screamed.

Charlie goggled. ‘we keep the bear

in the

head’s office. All Earth schools have a bear,’ he

went on. ‘sometimes the bear gets out…and sometimes it’s hungry!’

Otto looked very scared.

Treasure Hunt

That afternoon the class was having a Treasure Hunt. All the children were looking forward

to it.

Miss Underwood gave each pair of children the same clue.

‘I want you to work in a pair with Otto,’ she said to Jo.

‘Work in a pear?’ said Otto ‘How? It will have to be a big pear. Not too juicy. We could all

get sticky.’

Jo laughed. ‘Oh, Otto! You don’t understand anything! ’

The Treasure Hunt began.

Charlie worked with Josh. Jo worked with Otto.

This was the clue that they had to follow:

( start at the classroom door.

Then walk along.

Don’t go right.

Then you won’t go wrong.)

‘What does that mean?’ said

Charlie.

‘I don’t know,’ said Josh. ‘But when Miss Underwood hid the treasure last time, it was in the

playground.’

‘Let’s go there!’ Charlie said to Josh. ‘Quick! We’ll be first.’

Otto jumped up to follow them-but Charlie had a plan. He stuck out his foot and tripped

Otto up.

‘Enjoy your trip!’ Charlie laughed, and ran off with Josh.

Jo helped Otto up.

All the other children ran out of the classroom and followed Charlie and Josh. They turned

right, towards the playground.

Jo sighed. ‘Now we’re going to be last.’

‘We won’t be last,’ said Otto, ‘because they’re all going the wrong way. Look at the clue.’

(Start at the classroom door.

Then walk along.

Don’t go right.

Then you won’t go wrong.

Otto pointed at the clue. ‘it means we start here

-at the classroom

door and we don’t turn

RIGHT-

because that would be wrong. We have to turn LEFT.’

They set off in the other direction to the rest of the children.

Charlie and Josh were looking for treasure in the playground and they were getting fed up.

‘there’s nothing here,’ said Charlie. ‘Let’s look inside the school.’

They went back into the school hall, past the head’s office and that’s when they saw it…

‘there IS a bear!’ Charlie said. ‘there really is!’

They ran screaming back to their classroom.

‘Help! Help! We’ve seen a bear.’

Oh, Otto

Jo and Otto had turned left and walked along the corridor.

‘Look!’ said Otto.

There was an arrow and it was pointing to a plant pot.

Jo picked up the pot and found a map.

There was another clue on the map.

(clue number2

Follow this map if you want to do well.

Just look in the place where you find a spell.)

Jo and Otto followed the map to the school library.

Jo read out the clue again:

Follow this map if you want to do well.

Just look in the place where you find a spell.

‘I

understand!’

said

Otto.

‘look

-

there’s

a

pile

of

spelling

books.

That’s

where

we’ll

find

a

“spell!”’

‘You’ve got it, Otto!’ said Jo.

Behind

the

pile

of

spelling

books,

there

was

a

box

of

golden

coins.

‘Yum!’

said

Jo.

‘It’s

chocolate money!’

Back in the classroom, Jo and Otto shared out the treasure chocolate.

‘But what’s the matter with Josh and Charlie?’ asked Otto.

Some of the other children laughed.

‘Charlie and Josh thought they saw a bear!’

‘A bear!’ said Otto. ‘Jo told me you were making up that story to scare me.’

Charlie

looked

ashamed.

‘It

wasn’t

really

a bear,’

he

said.

‘It

was

the

head’s

big

new

coat

hanging on the door…’

‘But it LOOKED like a bear,’ said Josh.

Charlie and Josh went bright red.

‘Don’t worry,’ said Otto. ‘Everyone makes mistakes. Have a chocolate.’

‘I’m sorry I made fun of you,’ said Charlie.

Charlie looked so sad that Miss Underwood felt sorry for him.

‘We’ll forgive you, Charlie,’ she said. ‘we all have bad days.’

She smiled. ‘You and Josh seem to have lost your heads, today!’

‘Oh!’ said Otto. ‘Shall I look for their heads, Miss? I’m good at finding things!’

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第五篇

Captain Comet AND THE Purple Planet

1 Spanner is bored

It was a quiet morning at Stardust Space n Stella was checking the space

shuttle.

Captain Comet was watering the plants and Spanner the robot was bored.

‘Can I sit at the control desk?’he asked.

‘All

right,’said

Captain

Comet,‘But

don’t

touch

anything

and

don’t

press

that

red

button.’

Spanner sat down at the desk and looked at all the buttons.

There were buttons to open all the space station doors and buttons to turn on all the

lights.

There was even a button to flush all the toilets!

There was also a big red button,labelled‘Gravity’.

Spanner was not sure what ‘Gravity’was.

‘I’ll press it very quickly,’said Spanner,‘to see what it does.’

He pressed the red button.

Captain Comet was watering the plants when he had a strange feeling.

He was floating above the floor!The plant pots were all floating,too.

He guessed what had happened.

‘Spanner!he shouted ,‘I told you not to touch that red button!’

Spanner saw that gravity was what made things stay on the floor.

There was no gravity in space,so the space station made its own..

Spanner pressed the red button to make the gravity come back on again-and all the pot

plants fell to the floor.

Comet fell to the floor beside them.

‘SPANNER!’Comet groaned.

2

It must be a plant

Spanner was cleaning up the mess for the rest of the morning.

When he turned the cleaner off,everyone heard a beeping noise was coming

from the space scanner.

Everyone stopped what they were doing and came to look.

‘The scanner has found something,’said Comet.

He pointed to a flashing dot that was moving across the scanner screen.

‘I wonder what it is ?’said Captain Stella.

‘Is it an asteroid?’asked Spanner.‘An asteroid is a lump of rock that floats in space.’

‘I know that!’said Captain Comet.‘Anyway ,it’s too big to be an asteroid,’

‘Then it must be a planet,’Spanner said.

‘Where has

it come from?’asked Comet,’And why is it moving so fast?’

‘You’d better go and have a look,’said Captain Stella.

Comet and Spanner set off in the space shuttle to look for the new r was

very excited.

‘I’ve never found a new planet before,’he said .‘What shall we call it ?’

‘Let’s find it first ,’said Comet.

But Spanner wasn’t listening.‘I’m going to call it Planet Spanner,’he said.

Spanner made a humming noise and a flag came out of a slot in his chest.

‘What are you doing?’asked

Comet.

‘I’ve made a flag to put on Planet everyone will know that we were the

first to find it,’Spanner explained.

He showed Comet the was bright red with two spanners on it.

Comet had to smile.‘Very nice,’he said.

3

On the Purple Planet

The planet looked very was purple and covered in huge spikes.

Comet landed the shuttle carefully on the planet.

Then he got out to have a look around.

Spanner stayed in the shuttle,making a flagpole for his flag.

Spanner found a metal rod.

He fastened the flag to one end of the rod and put the other end into a hole in his chest.

There was a noise like an electric pencil he took the rod out again,it

had a nice sharp point.

Comet was looking at one of the giant purple felt soft and warm.

‘That’s very odd,’thought Comet.‘This spike feels like it’s alive.’

Just then Spanner arrived with his new flagpole.‘I name this planet

-

Planet Spanner!’he

said proudly.

‘NO!STOP!’Comet yelled.

But

before

Comet

could

stop

him,Spanner

hammered

the

sharp

flagpole

into

the

ground.

There was a huge roar.

‘What was that?’asked Spanner.

‘Quick,back to the shuttle!’shouted Comet,as the ground began to shake.

They strapped themselves into their seats and Comet blasted off.

Spanner looked at the planet’s surface was spinning around.

Then the opening of a big,dark cave came into view.

Around the outside of the opening were large,jagged rocks.

‘Look!’said Spanner.‘They’re like giant teeth!’

Comet stared at the screen.

‘That’s because they ARE giant teeth!’he said ,as two huge,angry eyes came into view.

‘It’s not a planet…’said Comet,’…It’s a SPACE MONSTER!’gasped Spanner.

4

Space Chase

‘Why is it so angry with us ?’cried Spanner.

‘You’ve just hammered a big sharp flagpole into its backside,’explained Captain Comet.

The huge teeth snapped shut behind them.‘It wants to eat us!’wailed Spanner.’We’ve

got to get away!’

‘That’s what I’m trying to do !’said Comet.’But it’s too fast!’

Comet

fired

the

shuttle’s

he

tried

to

make

a

sharp

turn,as

the

monster

zoomed towards them..

‘What are we going to do ?’cried Spanner.

Just then,Captain Stella’s face appeared on the had been watching them on

the space scanner.

Captain Comet tried to make another sharp space monster was getting closer

and closer.

‘Are you all right?’Captain Stella asked.’What’s going on?’

‘WE’RE

GOING

TO

BE

EATEN!’wailed

Spanner,’BY

A

PRICKLY

PURPLE

SPACE

MONSTER THE SIZE OF A PLAN

ET!’

‘Apart

from

that,everything

‘s

fine,’said

Comet,making

the

shuttle

dive

to

dodge

the

giant teeth.

‘Can I help ?’asked Captain Stella.

‘No,’said Comet,‘You’re too far away. Is there anyone closer?’

Stella looked at the space map and shook her head.

‘No,there are no space stations or planets

-

only asteroids,’she said.

‘Asteroids!’Comet said.‘Tell me where they are .I’ve got an idea!’

5

Into the Asteroids

The space shuttle zoomed towards the asteroids.

Spanner and Comet had never been so close to the asteroids before.

Some of the asteroids were as big as office blocks.

‘What are you doing?’cried Spanner, as Comet flew through a narrow gap between two

giant asteroids,‘If you hit one of them at this speed, we’ll be smashed to bits!’

‘It’s

the

only

way

to

get

away

from

the

monster,’explained

Comet.‘The

gaps

are

so

narrow, it can’t follow us .’

Comet

was

space

monster

stopped

chasing

them.

Then

it

flew

up

to

an

asteroid-and took a big bite out of it .

Comet and Spanner watched as the monster chomped its way happily through two or

three asteroids.

‘It eats asteroids!’ Spanner said.

‘I’m glad it didn’t eat US!’Comet smiled.

‘We didn’t find a new planet after all,’grumbled Spanner,on the way back to the space

station.

‘No,’said Comet.’But we did find a new kind of space monster.’

‘That’s true,’said Spanner.’But how will anyone know that we were the first to find it ?’

Captain Comet took one last look at the purple monster ane smiled.

‘Oh,they’ll know. After all , it does have YOUR FLAG sticking out of its bottom!’he said.

6

第六篇

JUNGLE SHORTS

1

It was Friday 3 had put on their coats and were waiting in a line to go

was at the back because the zip on his anorak(

防水衣

)had stuck(

卡住

).He was

so busy with the zip that he nearly missed what Mr Cox the teacher said.

‘Here is a letter for you all.’said Mr Cox.‘Don’t lose it and don’t forget to give it to your

is good news inside.’

Lenny

wanted

to

know

what

the

good

news

rushed

across

the

playground

to

meet his mum.

‘Quick!Open this letter,’he said. ‘Mr Cox says there is good news inside’

‘Say hello to me first!’laughed his mum,but she opened the read it and told

him.‘Class

3

is

going

to

have

football

t

school

will

lend

you

some

boots’

‘Wow!’shouted Lenny.‘Real football! I bet I score fifteen goals!’

His mum pet the letter in her bag.

‘What

about

a

stripy(

带

条

纹

的

)

shirt

and

socks?

Can

I

have

a

real

football

strip?’begged(

央求

) Lenny.

‘Wait and see.’said mum.

At home Lenny couldn’t get out of his anorak and his mum had to help him.

‘I’m glad you didin’t break the zip. I can’t get you another coat until next month.’she

said.

‘I don’t want a new coat,’said Lenny,‘but can I have a real football strip?Please?’

‘Ask me after tea,’said his mum.

They

had

pancakes

for

tea

with

jam

and

es

were

Lenny’s

today he ate as fast as he could.

He put down his knife and fork with a clatter.(

当啷

)

‘You promised(

许诺

) to talk ab

out football things after tea.’he said.

Mum took Mr Cox’s letter from her bag.

‘Each child will need an old T

-

shirt and some socks,’she read.

‘No real football things?’ asked Lenny.

‘I’m sorry, for Cox wants

you all to have new

’ll go to the market tommorrow to look for some.’

Lenny was not happy buthe knew his had made up her mind and that was

looked great.

‘I bet they always had a proper(

像样的

) football strip,’he thought.‘I bet they didn’t have

to wear an old T-

shirt.’

That night he lay awake was going to make sure his mum bought football

shorts. He wanted proper white football he knew he could score lots of goals.

2

After

breakfast

the

next

day

they

set

out

to

buy

the

new

market

was

two

streets away from where Lenny the way they saw Ted and Shane from Class

and Shane lived near were kicking a ball about beside the road

Shane slammed the ball over to him and Lenny kicked it back.

‘Want to play?’called Ted.

‘I can’t,not now.I’m off with my mum to buy new football shorts.’

‘We’ve got ours already,’Ted shouted back.

The market was very ne was looking at the fruit and vegetables piled

high on the were shoes and clothes for sale under stripy canvas(

帆布

) roofs(

屋

顶

).One man was selling shorts

‘Get your jungle shorts!’he shouted.

He

was

wearing

a

wide

straw

hat

(

宽檐草帽

)and

an

enormous(

巨大的

)pair

of

jungle

shorts over his had big green trees on with monkeys smiling at the top .

‘Big or small,they don’t cost much,’said the man.

‘No

thanks’

said

Lenny.

‘I

m

going

to

strart

football

lessons

next

weak.I

need

real

football shorts.’

He

pulled

at

his

mum’s

struggled

through

the

crowds

tr

ying

to

find

real

football shorts. They found lots of shorts that were too big and a little white pair that was

too small When they did find a pair tin Lenny’s size they cost far too much money.

‘We’ll

just

have

to

get

the

junngle

shorts,’said

Mum.‘The

colours

are

lovely.

I’m

sure

you’ll like them better than white ones.’

Lenny pulled a face ‘Oh mum’he said ‘But——

‘No buts’ said his mum.

They went sloowly back to the man selling jungle shorts .The pile(

堆

) on his stall had

gone down a lot.

‘I knew you’d come back. I put aside a pair just for you’said the man.

He held a pair of junngle shorts against(

比较

) Lenny’s tuousers.

‘A perfect fit!’he said with a smile.

Lenny’s mum opened her purse and paid for the sharts. The man put them in a bag and

handed it over.

‘There you are,son .Have fun wearing them!’

Lenny did not smile .‘I wish they were real football shorts.’ he said.

‘Junngle shorts are the next best thing.’ said his mum.

On

the

way

home

they

saw

Tessa

and

Pam

from

Class

3

kicking

a

ball

against

a

fence(

围墙

). They lived at the top of Lenny’s street.

‘We can’t wait till Monday for football said the girls. We’ve got new shorts!’

‘So have I’ said Lenny. But he didn't open his bag to show them.

3

On Monday ofternoon Class 3 were waiting for their first football lesson. Everbody was

noisy and excited ,swinging(

摇摆

) their bags of football things .Lenny was at the back with

the jungle shorts in his bag. He didn't want to put them on.

Mr

Cox

carried

a

big

box

of

boots

into

the

changing

room.

They

spent

a

long

time

finding boots to fit everyone.

‘Now put on your football things and be quick about it,’ he said.

Lenny got changed in a corner behind the door.

When they wer all ready Mr Cox shouted, ‘get in line, everyone!’

Lenny made sure he was at the back again. He didn't want anybody to see his jungle

shorts

and

he

hid

behind

Ted.

He

looked

down

to

see

what

Ted

was

wearing

and

got

a

surprise.

Ted was wearing jungle shorts as well! Lenny nudged(

用肘碰

) him in the back and said

‘Your shorts are the same as mine!’

‘Yes,’ said ted ‘and the same as pam’s and tessa’s and shane’s!’

It

was

true.

All

the

friends

from

Lenny’s

street

were

wearing

junngle

shorts.

Mr

Cox

smiled.

‘Five childred in the same shorts. it muse be a record!’ he sai

d.

‘And we all live in lyon street’ said Lenny.

‘In that case(

既然这样

) you must all play for the same team you can be the Lyon Street

Lions.’

When Mr Cox had sorted out(

挑选

)three more teams they went out to the playing field.

They played five-a-side football until home time. The lions team beat all the others and

Mr Cox said they were the scored five goals.

In the changing room the children untied(

解开

) their muddy(

沾满泥水

) boots and put

on their clothes.

‘All

kit(

球服

)

must

be

washed

and

b

oots

clean

for

next

Monday.’

said

Mr

Cox

‘Don't

leave it for your mum. Do it as soon as you get home and then you won’t forget.

Lenny was the first to be ready and he ran to meet his mum at the gate. He told her

about his five goals and the Lyon Street Lions

‘We’d better go home quickly now said Lenny. ‘ I have to clean my boots and wash my

shorts!’

And when Mr Cox drove home for his tea later on(

晚些时候

) he smiled to himself. On

Lyon Street there were five pairs of jungle shorts blowing on the washing lines.

7

第七篇

The Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om

There was a problem at the castle. “I give up,” said Mrs Binns, The royal cleaner, “there’s

too much work here for one person.” Mrs Binns gave Queen Norah the keys to the castle

and left.

Queen Norah told the r

est of the royal family. “what are we going to do?” asked the Princess

Jane. “For a start ,you cannot have your friends round here any more . ’ said

Queen

North. “why not?” asked Princess Jane. “Because they make too much mess.” “perhaps we

can

all

try

to

keep

the

castle

tidy,”

said

King

Harry.

“I’m

sure

that

Captain

Jones

and

Captain Smith will help. I can even do a bit of washing myself.”

“what!”

shouted

Queen

Norah.

“people

will

say

that

King

Harry

does

his

own

cleaning!

Never!”

“we can put up an advert for a cleaner,” said Princess Jane. “Good idea,” said Queen Norah.

“Write an advert at once.” Princess Jane wrote a notice. She pinned it to the castle door.

The

days

went

by

and

nobody

came

to

ask

about

the

cleaning

job.

The

castle

became

dirtier and dirtier. There were no more clean clothes and no more clean plates.

One morning Queen Norah heard singing coming from the kitchen. She popped her head

round the door. She saw a shocking sight.

King

Harry

was

at

the

sink

doing

the

dishes.

Captain

Smith

was

mopping

the

floor.

Captain Jones was washing the royal shirts.

“stop this at once, ” cried Queen Norah. “these are not jobs for a king and his captains.

You should be out fighting dragons. ”

“we’ve never seen any dragons, dear,” said the King. “you have never even looked for them,”

said Queen Norah.

Queen Norah was so upset that she made up her mind to go on a royal tour that minute.

‘and

you

three:

don’t

even

think

about

doing

the

cleaning,’

she

added,

‘you

will

go

on

a

quest while I’m away.’

‘a

quest?’ said King Harry, he went pale, ‘ a quest for dragons?’

‘you can look for them, too.’ Said Queen Norah. ‘but the main job is to find a new cleaner.’

‘ what about me?’ asked Princess Jane.

You can stay at home and don’t let any burglars in or your

friends.’

Queen Norah sent for her royal cases and bags and began her royal tour.

King

Harry,

Captain

Jones

and

Captain

Smith

set

off

on

their

quest

for

a

cleaner.

They

looked very unhappy.

Princess Jane waved them goodbye.

‘ it’s not fair.’ Sniffed Princess Jane. ‘everyone’s off on quests and tours, and I am stuck on

my own in this smelly old castle.’

Princess Jane stuck out her lip and had a good suck.

She had just finished her suck when there was a knock on the castle door.

Princess

Jane

opened

the

door.

There

stood

three

figures

in

masks.

‘we

are

the

Masked

Cleaning Ladies of Om’ said one.

‘we were sent by your father, King Harry,’ said another.

‘that was quick.’ Said Princess Jane, ‘where is my father?’

‘chasing dragons.’

Said the third masked figure.

‘why are you masked ?’ asked Princess Jane

‘we have to protect ourselves from the dust.’ Said one, ‘can we start?’

All day the Masked Cleaning Ladies scrubbed, dusted, washed and polished. By evening,

the castle sparkled.

‘now that the castle is clean you can take off your masks.’ Said Princess Jane.

‘oh, no’ said one, ‘we can’t do that.’

‘why not?’ demanded Princess Jane

‘er,er,’ said another, ‘if we take off our masks we won’t be the Masked Cleaning Ladies of

Om.’

Princess Jane began to think very hard. Burglars often wore masks. Queen Norah had told

her not to let burglars into the castle.

The next day, Princess Jane set out to find out who the Masked Cleaning Ladies really were.

The first

Masked Cleaning Lady was

in the

kitchen, stuffing a pile of dirty shirts into the

washing machine.

‘Hm,’ she said, ‘shall I wash this tablecloth on ‘hot’or ‘very hot’ ?

Princess

Jane

came

up

behind

her.

She

grabbed

the

tablecloth

and

pulled.

It

over

the

cleaning Lady’s head.

‘help!’ mumbled the cleaning lady, ‘where am i?’

The second Masked Cleaning Lady was scrubbing the dungeon floors.

‘Excuse

me,’

said

Princess

Jane,

standing

outside

one

of

the

cells.

‘but,

it’s

very

dirty

in

here.’

‘I swept it only five minutes ago.’ Said the second cleaning lady. ‘let me have a look.’ She

walked into the cell.

Princess Jane closed the door and turned the key.

The third cleaning lady was making a terrific noise with the vacuum cleaner. She did not

see Princess Jane creeping up behind her. Princess Jane grabbed the vacuum. She pointed

the nozzle at the cleaning lady.

‘one false move.’ Shouted Princess Jane, ‘ and I’ll suck you into the vacuum, now, take off

your mask.’

Slowly the cleaning lady took off her mask.

‘Father!’ cried Princess Jane.

The other two cleaning ladies turned out to be Captain Smith and Captain Jones.

‘I think that you had better explain.’ Sa

id Princess Jane.

‘well,’

said

king

Harry,

we

set

off

on

our

quest.

When

we

reached

the

woods,

we

saw

a

dragon.’

‘We think we saw a dragon,’ said Captain Jones.

‘at

least,

we

heard

sth

moving

in

the

woods

and

it

sounded

like

a

dragon.’

Said

Captain

Smith.

‘so we thought we had better come home.’ Said Captain Jones.

‘we dressed up as cleaners.’ Said Captain Smith.

‘we rather like doing housework,’ said King Harry, ‘we like the smell of polish.’

‘we like the hum of the vacuum cleaner.’ Said Captain Jones.

‘we like the feel of soap flakes.’ Said Captain Smith.

‘and it’s much less dangerous than fighting dragons.’ Added King Harry.

‘dragons are very rare.’ Said Captain Jones. ‘it’s not fair to hunt them.’

‘Hm,’ said Princess Jane. ‘ it seems to me that you thr

ee have been telling lies, Father, you

have always told me to tell the truth.’ ‘I’m very sorry,’ said King Harry.

‘what will the Queen say? She’ll find out that you haven’t found any cleaners or fought any

dragons.’ Said Princess Jane ‘ she will send you on a year’s dragon quest.’

King Harry, Captain Smith and Captain Jones went pale.

‘ please don’t tell,’ they begged, ‘I won’t tell if …’ said Princess Jane

‘if what?’ ‘ if my friends can come round to play.’ ‘agreed.’ Said King Harry.

The next day, Queen Norah came back from her royal tour. She was very pleased to find the

castle neat and tidy. ‘so’ she said, ‘the quest was a success, who did you find?’

‘we found three cleaners.’ Said King Harry. ‘they wear masks’ said Captain Jones.

‘and they can only come on Mondays’ said Captain Smith. ‘why’s that?’ asked Queen Norah.

‘now that we have proper cleaners.’ Said King Harry. ‘don’t you think that Jane’s friends can

come here again?’

Queen Norah was so pleased to be in a nice clean castle that she agreed at once.

Every Monday Queen Norah waves goodbye to king Harry and his two captains as they set

off to fight dragons. Princess Jane’s friends come to play. Later, the masked cleaning

ladies

of om arrive to clean the castle. So everybody is happy.

8

第八篇

The Masked Cleaning Ladies Save the Day

1

‘let’s try the song once more, your Majesty,’ said Billy the Butler.

‘Right,’ said Queen Norah. She sang, ‘We’re going to win the cup. We’re going to win the

cup. Ooh ah the addio, we’re going to win the cup.

How was that?’

‘Much better, your Majesty,’ sighed Billy. ‘But do try to…’

‘Try to what?’ snapped Queen N

orah.

‘Well,’ said Billy. ‘It would help if you sounded a little happier.’

‘It’s this song,’ said Queen Norah. ‘It’s got such silly words. But our football team is in the

cup final and I really must learn it.’

King Harry walked in.

‘Do you think we will win, dear?’

‘Of course we will,’ said Queen Norah.

‘Yes

dear,’

said

King

Harry.

‘But

the

Carrot

Castle

team

are

such

cheats,

especially

king

Charles, the manager.’

At that moment, Captain Jones marched in. ‘I’ve just had a messag

e from King Charles at

Carrot Castle. He is very keen to know what colour shirts our team will be wearing.’

‘Green,

I

think,’

said

King

Harry.

‘And

his

lot

can

play

in

red.

Has

anyone

seen

Princess

Jane? I am going to run a training session for her af

ter breakfast.’

Captain Jones giggled.

‘And what’s so funny?’ asked the King. ‘In my younger days I was known as the Wizard of

the Dribble.’

‘That,’ said Queen Norah, ‘was because you couldn’t eat rice pudding without putting most

of it down you

shirt.’

There was a crash of broken glass from the hall.

‘Sorry,’ called Princess Jane. She came in carrying a football. ?I missed my kick.’

‘Ah,

Jane,’

said

Queen

Norah.

‘I

was

watching

you

in

training

yesterday.

You

didn’t

play

well at all.

Don’t forget you are the team captain. So I have told one of the best trainers in

the country to give you some help.’

King Harry bluseded. ‘I’m not quite that good.’

‘Not you, you twit,’ said Queen Norah. ‘Mr Goal.’

‘Missed a goal?’ said King Harry. ‘Don’t you mean “scored a goal”?’

‘what

are

you

talking

about?’

cried

Queen

Norah.

‘That’s

his

name.

Mr

Jason

Goal.

He’s

coming here this morning. I must dash. I have to try on my new football fan

?

s outfit.’

The Queen rushed off.

2

The dining room fell silent.

‘What’s the matter, dear?’ said King Harry.

Princess Jane let out a great long sigh.

‘Mum’s

right.

I’m

not playing very well.

I’m

supposed to score goals. At the moment I could

n’t

score against a

mouse.’

’On

you head,

Jane,’

called King Harry and he threw the ball at the Princess. She jumped at

the ball. The ball bounced off her shoulder into the marmalade.

‘See

what I

mean?’

she said sadly.

‘Never

mind,’

said King Harry.

‘By

the time

you’ve

put your kit on, Mr Goal will be here. Yo

u’ll

soon be scoring dozens of goals. But now

it’s

time for us to get to

work.’

King Harry, Captain Smith and Captain Jones loved doing housework. Queen Norah though

t that housework was a job for cleaners, not captains and kings. So once a week the three m

en disguised themselves as the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om.

King Harry and his two captains raced out of the dining room. Minutes later, dusters in han

ds, and dressed as the famous cleaning ladies, they were at work tidying the castle.

King Harry and Captain Jones were polishing the cannons when they saw a man walking t

owards the castle.

‘That

must be Mr

Goal,’

said Captain Jones.

Just as Mr Goal reached the drawbridge another man jumped out of the bushes. He began t

alking with Mr Goal.

‘Wait a minute,’ said King Harry. ‘It’s King Charles of Carrot Castle.’

King Charles spoke to Mr Goal and then walked away.

‘What did he want?’ asked Captain Jones.

‘There’s something funny going on. We’d better keep an eye on him,’ said King Harry.

King Harry and the two captains cleaned around the castle for the rest of the morning. But

they made sure that one of them was always watching Princess Jane Mr Goal.

The three cleaners stopped for a cup of tea in the kitchen.

‘Well,’ said King Harry. ‘There doesn’t seem to be anything funny going on.’

‘I saw the Princess put the ball in the net dozens of times,’ said Captain Jones.

‘She was heading the ball perfectly when I went by,’ said Captain Smith.

‘There’s nothing to worry about,’

said

King

Harry. ‘Now perhaps

we can tackle the grime

round the cooker.’

Princess Jane stuck her head round the door.

‘How are things going, dear?’ asked King Harry.

‘Brilliantly,’

said

Princess

Jane.

‘I’ve

never

played

better.

I’ve

just

poppede

in

to

say

that

we’re having one last training session. We will be in the library. Mr Goal says that he does

not want anyone to come in.’

She was gone in a flash.

‘That sounds a bit odd to me,’ said Captain Jones.

‘Very odd,’ agreed Captain Smith.

‘I think that it’s time to polish the brass,’ said King Harry.

‘The brass next to the library?’ said Captains Smith and Jon

es.

‘Of course,’ said King Harry.

‘Well,’ whispered King Harry, ‘what can you see?’

Captain Jones was peering through the keyhole.

‘They are sitting facing each other,’ he said.

‘Yes. Yes,’ said King Harry.

‘Now Mr Goal is swinging a watch on a chain, backwards and forwards,’ said Captain Jones.

‘He’s telling the Princess about last

-

minute goals,’ said Captain Smith.

‘No he’s not,’ gasped Captain Jones. ‘He is hypnotizing Princess Jane.’

‘I wonder why?’ said King Harry.

‘To help her remember tactics,’ said Captain Smith.

‘I still don’t like it,’ said King Harry.

3

Princess Jane danced into the kitchen.

‘He’s gone.’

‘How do you feel?’ asked King Harry.

‘Brilliant,’ said Princess Jane. ‘I feel ready to score loads of goals.’

‘Jolly good,’ said Captain Smith.

‘I must go and work on my penalty kicks,’ said Princess Jane . ‘By the way, Captain Smith, I

love you new overall.’

‘Thank you, Princess.’

‘Green really suits you,’ laughed the princess as she ran off to the garden.

The three cleaners looked at each other.

‘Green!’ they said together.

‘But my overall’s red,’ said Captain Smith.

‘It’s that Mr. Goal,’ roared Captain Janes. ‘He’s hypnotized her to think that red is green.’

‘Why does he want her to think that?’ asked King Harry.

‘Because,’ gasped Captain Janes,’Carrot Castle are playing in red. If the Princess thinks that

red is green she will p

ass to the Carrot Castle team instead of ours.’

‘So that’s why King Charles was talking to Mr. Goal,’ said King Harry.

‘Can’t we snap her out of it?’ asked Captain Smith. ‘Can’t we throw a bucket of water over

her?’

‘No,’ said King Harry. ?That

could be dangerous. I have a better idea. Follow me to Carrot

Castle.’

The Masked Cleaning Ladies stopped outside the kitchen of Carrot Castle. Mrs. Jumpkins

was pegging out the carrot Castle red football shirts. The cleaning ladies got off their horses.

They pretended to look at the shirts.

‘Oh dear,’ said King Harry.

‘Oh dear, oh dear,’ added Captain Jones and Captain Smith.

‘What’s the matter?’ asked Mrs. Jumpkins.

‘When are you going to wash these shirts?’ asked Captain Smith.

‘What do you mean?’ snapped Mrs. Jumpkins. ‘I’m just putting them out to dry.’

‘You call this clean?’ said Captain Jones.

‘Yes I do,’ said Mrs. Jumpkins.

‘It’s the dungeon for you then,’ said King Harry.

‘Dungeon?’ said Mrs. Jumpkins.’What’s the dungeon got to do with me?’

‘That’s

where

the

last

washerwoman

ended

up,’

said

Captain

Smith.

‘And

she

handed

in

shirts cleaner than this.’

‘Oh

my,’

moaned

Mrs.

Jumpkins.

?I

haven’t

go

the

time

to

do

them

aga

in.

The

team

are

playing in the cup final this afternoon.’

‘Leave it to us,’ said King Harry. ‘We can wash, dry and iron these shirts in half an hour.’

Half an hour later the King handed a parcel to Mrs. Jumpkins.

‘There you are. All done. Now whatever you do, don’t take the kit out of the bag until the

team are ready to play. Then the shirts will look perfect.’

The

two

royal

families

took

their

places

side

by

side

in

royal

box.

Queen

Norah

looked

amazing in her new football fan’s outfit. She

even had a hat in the shape of a football pitch.

The crowd cheered as the two teams ran out onto the pitch.

Princess Jane’s team was in red and Carrot Castle was in green.

‘Wait a minute,’ gasped King Charles. ‘The teams have got the wrong shirts

. Carrot Castle

are supposed to be in red.’

‘Surely,’

said

King

Harry,

‘it

doesn’t

matter

what

colours

they

play

in?

They

must

be

different colours, that’s all.

?

King Charles put his head in his hands and groaned.

‘Six nil. Six nil. Six nil,’ chanted Queen Norah. ?Oh well done!’

‘We are so proud of you, Jane,’ laughed King Harry. ‘Scoring all six goals.’

‘It’s all thanks to Mr. Goal, my trainer,’ said Jane. ‘I must show him the cup.’

‘Not

toddy,’

said

Queen

Norah.

‘It

is

far

too

dirty

.

Nobody

can

see

the

cup

until

those

cleaning ladies have given it a proper polish.’

‘Yes dear,’ said King Harry. ‘I’ll

-I mean-

they’ll see to it next time they come.’

9

第九篇

The masked cleaning ladies meet the pirates

Queen Norah was showing Princess Jane the Royal Treasures.

‘Jane’ snapped Queen Norah. ‘You aren’t listening!’

‘I’m’ yawned Princess Jane.

‘Then,’ said Queen Norah, ‘what is this?’

She pointed at a model of a horse.

‘It’s er…’ began the Princess.

‘You’re as bad as King Harry. He doesn’t c

are about the Royal Treasures either.

This is the Golden Horse of Tong.

It belonged to your Great, Great, Great Grandfather. H…’

King Harry came in.

‘The postman’s just been,’ he said. ‘This is for you.’

Queen Norah opened the letter.

‘Bad news,’ sighed

Queen Norah.

‘My sister’s crown is missing.’

‘Stolen?’ asked King Harry.

‘I expect she’s just it down somewhere. You know what she’s like. I shall have to go and help

her find it.’

‘What day is it?’ said Queen Norah.

‘Monday?’ said King Harry.

‘Correct. Th

e cleaning ladies will be coming. The front of the castle needs a jolly good scrub,

I want you to stay here and make sure those cleaners do a good job.’

‘Yes, dear,’ said King Harry.

‘I shall lock up the Royal Treasures. I don’t want our Royal Treasures being lost or stolen.’

King harry waved goodbye to Queen Norah.

‘Now,’ said King Harry to Captain Smith and Captain Jones.

‘It's time for up to change into the Masked Cleaning Ladies of Om.’

The King and his two captains took over the housework when the last cleaner left. They kept

it a secret from Queen Norah by dressing up as cleaning ladies and wearing masks.

The Queen would have been furious if she ever found out.

A few moments later the three men came back, dressed as cleaning ladies.

‘The Queen won’t be

back for ages,’ said Princess Jane.

‘You don’t need to wear the masks today.’

2

‘Ahoy there!’ came a cry from outside the castle.

‘We are a gang of very dangerous pirates, hiding behind a rock..’

Princess Jane peeped over the castle wall.

‘Where’s your ship?’ she asked.

‘We’re saving up for one. Now give us your treasure.’

‘No!’ shouted King Harry.

‘Then we will make you walk the plank,’ yelled the voice.

‘Have you got a plank?’ called the King .

‘No. We’ll throw you to the sharks, then,’ shouted the

voice.

‘There aren’t any sharks round here,’ called Princess Jane.

‘Look,’ shouted the voice.

‘Just hand over your treasure.’

‘We can’t give them the Royal Treasure,’ said King Harry.

‘Because the Queen has locked the room and she has the key.’

‘We will have to fight them,’ said Princess Jane.

‘Fight?’ said King Harry.

‘You mean us?’ gasped Captain Smith and Captain Jones.

Princess Jane took out her telescope and looked at the rock.

‘I can only see three pirates. They don’t look fierce, but they are dirty.’

‘Dirty! Said King Harry.

‘The Masked Cleaning Ladies know about dirt. We shall need hot water, soap, polish and

duster.s’

‘You can’t start cleaning now,’ said Princess Jane.

‘Ah,’ said the King. ‘This is a very special cleaning job. Captain Smith, go and

polish the big

shield

in

the

main

hall.

Captain

Jones,

you

must

the

floor.

I

shall

run

a

nice,

hot,

soapy

bath.’

‘What shall I do? Asked Princess Jane.

‘You keep them talking,’ said the King.

A bit later King Harry yelled, ‘OK, you dirty pirates, came and get us!’

The three pirates rushed out from behind the rock.

They ran across the drawbridge. The doors opened.

The pirates stopped. There in front of them was a cleaning lady. She was armed only with a

duster.

‘This is going to be easy,’ said the first pira

te.

The

pirates

raced

forward.

The

cleaning

lady

was

really

Captain

Smith

and

he

pulled

his

duster to one side.

Beneath it was the royal shield.

It was so shiny that the pirates were dazzled. They hid their eyes.

They did not see the floor that Captain Jones had polished.

‘Help!’ yelled the pirates as they skidded on the slippery floor.

They slid down the hall, straight into the bathroom.

The three pirates landed in a lovely hot, soapy bath.

Before they had time to say, ‘Ahoy there,’ they were being

scrubbed and soaped.

‘OW!’

‘Hold still!’

The

pirates

wiped

the

soap

out

of

their

eyes.

They

saw

King

Harry,

Captain

Smith

and

Captain Jones dressed as cleaning ladies and holding up mirrors.

‘Oh no,’ said the first pirate.

‘We’re clean.’

King Harry was holding a camera.

‘Please don’t take our picture,’ said the pirates.

‘It’s would be terrible if other pirates found out. Please we’d do anything.’

‘You have wasted a lot of our time,’ said King Harry.

‘Now, put these aprons on. You can help with the cleaning.’

‘Cleaning?’ said the pirates.

‘Yes,’ said King Harry, ‘Or I’ll take your picture.’

Soon, the King and his captains and the three pirates were all scrubbing away at the castle

wall.

3

A trumpet sounded.

‘Oh no,’ said King Harry. ‘That means that Queen Norah is back.’

‘She’ll find out that we are the cleaning ladies,’ said Captain Smith.

‘She’ll be furious.’ said Captain Jones.

‘What shall we do?’ wailed Captain Smith.

‘There’s only one thing we can do,’ said King Harry.

‘The three pirates must pretend to be the cleaners.’

‘Good idea,’ said Princess Jane.

‘You go and get changed and I’ll watch the pirates.’

The drawbridge was lowered. King Harry ran to meet Queen Norah.

‘Did you find your sister’s crown?’ he asked.

‘It was under the sofa,’ said the Queen.

She looked up and saw three pirates scrubbing at the

front wall of the castle.

‘Those cleaners haven’t got their masks on.’