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Day 1 At School
It was Kipper's first day at
school.
He didn't want to go
in.
So he held onto the gate
post.
Kipper was shy. He
hid in the cloakroom. “Come on!”
Kipper played in the home corner.
Kipper cooked a LEGO
stew.
It was the end of the
day.
Kipper didn't want to
go home.
What did he do He
held onto the gate post.
Day 2 Getting Up
Kipper brushed his teeth.
He knew a secret.
Kipper
looked for his clothes and the surprise he had hid
in his bottom drawer.
Kipper
got his shirt.
Kipper put
on his trainers.
The post
lady arrived.
She had a
bigger pile of envelopes than usual.
The surprise was for Dad.
It was his birthday.
Day 3 Look
Out
Kipper's
friend lent him his road ripper.
Kipper imagined he was a famous ripper
rider in a race.
Kipper
whizzed around the house and screeched onto the
lawn.
“Oh.”
Kipper didn't know how to stop the road
ripper.
Everyone taught
Kipper how to be a careful rider.
Day 4 The
Haircut
One
day, Dad said to Mum,
“
Kipper's hair is getting
really long again.
It's time he had
a cut.
”
“
Oh,
dear,
”
groaned
mum.
“
I
don't
think
I
want
to
know
about
this.
Ask
me
to
clean
a
crocodile's
teeth, or cut a tiger's toe nails. But
don't ask me to cut Kipper's
hair.
”
Mum had
been dreading cutting Kipper's hair, ever since
the last time she did it. The trouble
was, Kipper made a terrible fuss. He
just wouldn't keep still when Mum shampooed his
hair. And he
cried, because she got a
little drop of shampoo in his eye. But that was
nothing, compared to the
trouble
she
had
when
she
tried
to
give
him
the
haircut.
He
wiggled
and
jiggled
and
squirmed
and
fidgeted
so that Mum was
cross with him. Then as soon as he did sit still,
Mum made a little nick on his ear
with
the scissors. And after that, Kipper made a bigger
fuss than ever.
“
Surely, it's not that
difficult a job.
”
said
Dad.
“
Difficult
Difficult
”
exclaimed Mum.
“
I'd rather polish a python
or rinse a rhinoceros.
”
“
Now, who's making a
fuss.
”
said Dad.
“
I know
what.
”
said Mum, giving Dad
a funny knowing sort of smile.
“
You cut Kipper's hair.
After all, I'm going out this
afternoon. So it can be a nice little job for
you.
”
“
Well,
urr
…
umm
…
oh
…
all
right
then.
”
said
Dad.
“
I
don't
think
Kipper
will
give
me
any
trouble.
He just needs handling the right
way.
”
As soon as
Mum had gone. Dad took Kipper up to the bathroom.
He started combing his hair.
“
Do you
know
”
he said, in his
jolliest voice.
“
I heard of
a little boy who made so much fuss
when
he had his hair cut that nobody was ever able to
cut it. It grew so long, that the boy couldn't
see where he
was going.
And he kept bumping into doors and
crashing into lamp post and tripping
over
the cat. I can't
imagine you'd be as silly as that,
Kipper.
”
“
Oh,
ouch!
”
cried
Kipper.
“
You're
hurting.
Mum
never
hurts
like
that
when
she
combs
my
hair.
”
“
I thought we could wash
your hair, then I can give it a little
cut.
”
said Dad.
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/p>
“
Oh
…
aw<
/p>
…”
wailed Kipper, wiggling
and squirming away.
“
I don't
want my hair cut.
”
“
This
is
going
to
be
trickier
than
I
thought.
”
said
Dad.
“
But
I've
just
had
a
brilliant
idea.
”
Dad
persuaded
Kipper
to
have
his
hair
cut
at
a
hairdresser's.
He
told
Kipper
that
the
hairdresser
was so good at cutting hair that Kipper
would really enjoy it. At first, Kipper wasn't too
sure. So
Dad said,
“
I had my hair cut at a
hairdresser when I was a little boy and I didn't
make a fuss. I
remember thinking it was
good fun.
”
“
Well,
all
right.
”
said
Kipper.
“
But
if
going
to
a
hairdresser
is
such
fun,
why
does
Mum
always
cut your hair
”
“
She doesn't
always.
”
said Dad.
“
I tell you what, I'll have
my hair cut at the same time as
you. I
bet you I won't make a
fuss.
”
So Dad
took Kipper to a hairdresser in the high street.
It's called Snips Hair Salon. The shop
looked very bright and
attractive.
“
Snips is a good name for a
hairdresser's.
”
thought
Kipper.
The first thing that
happened to Kipper and Dad, once they were in the
salon, was that they had
their hair
washed. Dad had his washed by an assistant called
Andy. And Kipper, had his washed by an
assistant called Nicky. Much to his
surprise, Kipper enjoyed having his hair washed by
Nicky. She
didn't wash it in the way
Mum did it at home. Instead, Kipper sat with his
back to the basin and he
leaned
backwards.
The
basin
didn't
have
taps.
It
had
a
special
hose
that
Nicky
could
control
by
pressing
a little trigger on
the end. Nicky was very careful not to let any
water run on to Kipper's face.
Next to
Kipper, Andy was shampooing Dad's hair.
“
Be careful with
all this foam,
”
Kipper heard
Dad say.
“
I don't want
shampoo in my eyes
…
I
hope you won't let the water run dawn
my neck
…
You will make sure
the water isn't too hot, won't
you
”
“
Dad's making a bit of a
fuss,
”
thought
Kipper.
After
the
shampooing
was
finished.
Andy
and
Nicky
sat
Dad
and
Kipper
on
different
chairs
in
front
of a big, long mirror.
me, sir,
said
Nicky.
“
What would
you like
me
to
do
with Kipper's hair Shall
I give him
a
trim
”
Dad
remembered how quickly Kipper's hair grew. He
remembered the fuss Kipper made whenever Mum
cut it and last of all he saw how
expensive it was to have a haircut in the salon.
So he said,
“
No,
not just a trim. I think you'd better
cut it short. Yes, quite
short!
”
“
And how about you,
sir
”
said Andy.
Kipper looked at Dad, and Dad looked at
Kipper. Then Dad said,
“
Oh
p>
…
.um
…
.er
…
.yes. I'd like
mine quiet short,
too.
”
Snip, snip,
snip! Snip-snip! Went the scisoors. Kipper looked
sideways at Dad. Dad didn't look
too
happy.
“
I bet he
did make a fuss when he was a little
boy,
”
thought
Kipper.
Dad and Kipper were
really pleased with their haircuts.
“
You look
different,
”
Kipper told
Dad.
“
So do you,
Kipper,
”
said Dad.
“
You look different, too.
You look quite grown up with short
hair.
”
“
It
will
be
really
easy
to
keep
it
tidy,
”
said
Kipper.
“
No
more
having
it
pulled
when
Mum
tries
to comb it. And it
will be so much easier to wash. I'm glad we went
to Snips. And you see, I didn't
make a
fuss. Not once.
”
“
No, you were a good
boy,
”
said Dad.
“
I wonder what Mum will say
when she sees our smart new
haircuts.
”
Mum was
home
already.
When she opened the
front
door and saw
Kipper and
Dad with their
new short
haircuts, she couldn't
believe her eyes.
Do you
know what she said She said,
“
Good gracious, you both
look as if you've been run over
by a
lawnmower.
”
Now
that wasn't very nice
…
was
it
Day 5 The Lost Teddy
Have you ever ridden on a
bus The one that Mum and Kipper are just about to
catch, has upstairs
and downstairs. Do
you know what a bus like this is called Kipper
liked riding on the double-decker
bus.
He likes to go upstairs and sit in the very front
seat. Then he could pretend that he was the
driver.
Kipper
and Mum are
standing
at the
bus
stop.
They are
just about to get
on the bus
to go
to
town.
I
wonder if they will go upstairs and sit in the
front seat this time.
“
We
won't
go
all
the
way
upstairs
today,
Kipper,
”
said
Mum,
“
Because
there
won't
be
time.
We're
getting off at the next
stop.
”
Mum had
taken Kipper with her when she went to have her
eyes tested. If she had been by herself,
Mum
would
have
walked,
but
in
the
first
place
Mum
was
in
a
hurry,
and
Kipper
couldn't
walk
fast
enough.
And in the second place, Kipper loved
riding on a double-decker bus, so Mum thought it
would be a
treat for him.
As it was only a short ride, Kipper and
Mum sat downstairs. In no time at all, the bus
pulled
up
at
the
next
stop,
and
Kipper
and
Mum
had
to
get
off.
Oh
no!
Kipper
was
so
surprised
that
the
journey
was
over that he left Teddy behind, sitting on the
seat.
As
soon
as
Kipper
got
off
the
bus,
he
remembered
Teddy.
“
I've
left
Teddy
on
the
bus!
”
he
gasped.
“
I've
left Teddy behind!
”
By this
time, the bus had moved off and was almost out of
sight, so it
wasn't possible for Mum to
run after it.
“
Oh
Kipper!
”
said
Mum.
“
There's
not
much
I
can
do
at
the
moment.
I'm
already
late
for
my
eye-
test.
”
“
But what about
Teddy
”
wailed
Kipper.
“
When we
get home we'll phone the bus company. I expect the
bus conductor will find Teddy and
look
after him until we can get him
back.
”
When
Kipper went to bed that night, he was very upset.
He couldn't get to sleep without Teddy
to
keep
him
company,
and
he
couldn't
help
crying.
Biff
and
Chip
tried
to
cheer
him
up.
They
took
some
of their favorite toys to give
Kipper.
“
Don't
cry,
”
said Chip.
“
I can't help
it!
”
sniffed Kipper.
“
I keep wondering if I'll
ever see Teddy again. What if
someone
has found him and kept him
”
The next day, Mum said to Kipper,
“
Come on, we're going on the
bus again. We're going to the
Lost
Property Office at the bus
station.
”
A
lost
property
office
is
a
place
that
looks
after
all
the
things
that
people
have
lost
on
buses.
And
you'd be surprised at things people
lose.
“
I expect
lots of children lose
teddy bears and
toys,
”
said Mum.
“
There's probably a
special
department that
looks after teddy bears.
”
Mum said this to try and cheer Kipper
up, but he was so worried that Teddy wouldn't be
at the
Lost Property Office, that he
didn't feel in the mood to be cheered up. At last
they arrived at the
bus
station,
and
they
went
straight
to
the
place
that
said
“
Lost
Property
”
.
Kipper
had
fingers
crossed
on both hands and he kept saying to
himself,
“
I wish. I
hope
…
I
wish
…
I
hope
…”
When Mum
asked the lady if Kipper's Teddy bear had been
handed in. She said,
“
I
expect so. We
had five teddy bears in
yesterday, so I expect Kipper's is in the
box.
”
And it was!
You can imagine how pleased Kipper was
to see Teddy again, and you can imagine how glad
Teddy
was to see Kipper. As for all the
other lost teddies
—
well,
they do look sad. But don't worry. The
lady
told
Kipper
that
their
owners
would
all
come
in
and
find
them,
sooner
or
later.
In
fact,
as
Kipper
and
Mum
were
leaving,
a
sad-looking
little
girl
was
going
into
the
Lost
Property
Office
with
her
dad.
“
I bet I know what she's
lost,
”
said
Kipper.
Day 6 The Library
Do
you
like
books
Kipper
does.
Here
he
is
settling
down
with
a
really
interesting
book
about..well,
can you tell
what his book is about What does it say on the
cover
Kipper's book isn't a
story book, although there is nothing he likes
better than a good story.
This book is
an information book. Kipper likes information
books because he likes to find out about
things.
This
story
is
about
the
day
that
Dad
took
Kipper
to
the
library
to
get
some
new
books
to
read.
It was
Dad's turn to take Kipper to the
library.
“
Oh
dear,
”
said Dad.
“
Some of these books should
have been taken back at least a week ago.
That means I'll have to pay a
fine.
”
Kipper
liked
the
library,
but
this
time
he
was
very
excited.
Usually
Mum
and
sometimes
Dad,
went
with him to the
children's section and helped him to choose a
book. But today, he was going to be
allowed to choose some books all by
himself.
“
I'm
sorry, but there's a fine to pay on all these
books
”
, said the librarian,
as Dad handed
his books in.
“
Oh
…
er
…
um,
”
said
Dad.
“
I'm
afraid
I've
only
got
a
five-pound
note.
Do
you
have
any
change
”
“
Plenty,
sir,
”
said the
librarian.
“
Off
you
go
then,
Kipper,
”
said
Dad.
“
You
choose
some
books
for
yourself,
and
I'll
go
and
choose
some for Mum and
me.
”
Kipper
couldn't wait to browse through the shelves
looking at all the exciting books in the
children's corner.!
“
Wow!
”
said Kipper to himself.
“
There are loads and loads
of books to choose from.
”
The children's corner had a carpet on
the floor, and it had small, comfortable plastic
chairs.
The children could either sit
in the chairs or lie on the carpet and have a good
look at the books
before deciding which
ones to take home. To Kipper's delight, the
reading corner wasn't very busy.
“
There's plenty of room
today,
”
he said to himself.
“
I can spread out, like I do
at home.
”
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