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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.
“
Oh
…
aw
…
”
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.
“
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
…
.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.