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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.
3
From bad to worse
It
was
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
sound
ed
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.
4
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
where’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!
2
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. It was
ea
sy 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
kitch
en 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 door. ‘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
thin
k 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 o
n 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 houses!’
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 right
thr
ough the wall of his house … even
inside his cupboard, even
with a towel
round his head.
3
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 folded her
ar
ms . “ 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. She 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 sh
ow 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
Dobb
in. 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 asked 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’ve
found a place
w
here 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!!!”
4
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 fact, he comes from ou
ter
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
li
ke 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!’
5
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
h
e
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
PLANET!’
‘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
o
r 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
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,’sa
id 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 about
football things after tea.’he said.
Mu
m
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
trying
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’s
aid 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 said.
‘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
boots
clean
for
next
Monday.’
said
Mr
Cox
‘Don't
lea
ve 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 rest 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,
an
d 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
th
e
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.’ Said 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 three 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.’ Sa
id
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 Ca
ptain 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 th
e 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 Norah.
‘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.
‘B
ut
the
Carrot
Castle
team
are
such
cheats,
especially
king
Charles, the manager.’
At that moment,
Captain Jones marched in. ‘I’ve just had a message
from King Charles at
Carrot Castle. He
is very keen to know what colour shirts our team
will be weari
ng.’
‘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 after 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,’ s
aid
King Harry.
‘The brass next
to the library?’ said Captains Smith and Jones.
‘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 n
ew 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 pass 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
again.
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 h
at 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 Cas
tle
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 care about the
R
oyal 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. The
cleaning ladi
es 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,’ s
aid 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 H
arry.
‘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 pirate.
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 pira
tes.
‘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
p
irates scrubbing at the
front wall of the castle.
‘Those cleaners haven’t got their masks
on.’
‘Er, uh, er,’ gasped
King Harry.
‘I am glad. They
have such honest faces, said the Queen,
‘Come down at once, your
cleaners.’
The three pirates
stood before the Queen.
‘What day is
it?’ said the Queen.
‘Monday? Said the pirates.
‘Pay day,’ laughed the
Queen,
‘Oh dear,’ said King
Harry.
‘Oh yes,’ said the
pirates.
The Queen opened
her purse. The pirates held out their hands.
‘But
-
’ began
Captain Jones.
‘Your
majesty…’ said Captain Smith.
‘What a fess,’ said Queen
Norah.
‘Anyone would think
that you had done the cleaning. Now cleaners, come
with me. I was
showing Jane the Royal
Treasures this morning. They need a good
polish.’
Queen Norah walked off with the three
pirates.
King Harry whispered to the
two captains, ‘I don’t trust those pirates. Follow
me.’
Queen Norah unlocked
the door.
‘This is the room where we
keep all the Royal Treasures,’ she said
proudly.
‘Are they worth a
lot of money? ‘ asked the first pirate.
‘This is the Golden House of Tong. It
is worth thousands,’ she said.
‘Thousands, eh?’ said the second
pirate. ‘When I come back,’ said Queen Norah, ‘I
want to
see those treasures
shining.’
‘Right lads,’ said
the first pirate.
‘Let’s
grab the stuff.’
The pirates
stuffed the treasures into their aprons. They ran
towards the main door.
King Harry,
Princess Jane and the two captains came out from
behind the curtain.
‘Not so fast!’ said
King Harry.
The pirates
stood still.
‘Give those Royal
Treasures back at once!’
Sadly, the pirates took the treasures
out of their aprons.
‘Now,’ said King
Harry to Jane.
‘Take those
treasures back before the Queen finds out that
they are missing,’
‘I will,’
said Jane. She dashed off carrying the
treasures.
‘Let's face it,’
said King Harry. ‘You are no good as
pirates.’
One of the pirates
began to sniff.
‘Why don’t you do
something honest?’ said Captain Smith.
‘You made a very good job of cleaning
the castle,’ said King Harry.
‘You should become
cleaners.’
‘That reminds
me,’ said Captain Jones.’
You still have the cleaning money. Hand
it over.’
The first pirate
gave him back the money.
‘The pirates
can have half,’ said King Harry, ‘because they did
half the work.’
‘Thanks very
much,’ said the first pirate.
‘Cor,’ said the second pirate. ‘This is
like doing a real job.’
‘I
was going to keep this,’ said the third
pirate.
‘But you’ve been so
kind.’
He handed King Harry
the Golden Horse of Tong.
The pirates
left.
‘Help! We’ve been robbed!’ yelled
Queen Norah. ‘It’s those cleaning
ladies
. They have stolen
the
Golden Horse of Tong!’
‘Do
you mean this?’ said King Harry, holding out the
Golden Horse.
‘Oh, thank
goodness,’
She gasped ‘What
are you doing with it?’
‘Er
-
um,’ said
King Harry. Then he had an idea.
‘Oh, yes. I remember. I was
going
to tell Jane all about it. It was
given to King Sam by the
people of
Tong.’
‘Oh, Harry,’ smiled
Queen Norah, ‘so you and Jane do care about the
Royal Treasures.’
‘Of course
we do,’ said King Harry.
‘We’d be heartbroken if they were ever
lost.’
‘Or stolen,’ said
Jane.
10
第十篇
Jellyfish Shoes
1
Laura had some new jelly shoes.
She was really proud of them. They were
pink and see-through like raspberry jelly.
She ran down to the beach in them.
Wherever she walked, they left little tracks in
the sand.
Like this:
'Look,
Scott,' Laura called to her brother. 'My new jelly
shoes are leaving stars in the sand.'
Squidge. Laura trod in something
slippery. She lifted up her shoe.
'Ughhh!' she said.' What's that mess?'
'It's only a jellyfish,' said Scott.'
The sea washes them up on the beach.'
'Well, I don't like it,' said Laura.
'It looks like a jelly cow-pat.'
Slosh.
The sea washed up some more jellyfish. Pink ones
this time. They spread out in pink
puddles on the sand.
'Watch
out,' said Scott.' Jellyfish can give you a nasty
sting.'
'Yuk! ' cried Laura. 'There are
loads of them! And, phew, what a pong! I hate
them. They'll
spoil my new jelly
shoes!'
Scott looked at the jellyfish
on the sand. He looked at Laura's new shoes. An
idea popped
into his head.
'I
don't
know
why
you
hate
jellyfish,'
said
Scott.
'What
do
you
think
your
new
shoes
are
made of?'
Laura looked down
at her shoes. They were see-through and pink. The
jellyfish on the beach
were see-through
and pink too.
'Don't be silly,' she
told Scott. But her voice was shaky.
2
'I
thought
you
knew,'
said
Scott.
'Don't
you
know
what
happens
to
all
these
washed-up
jellyfish?'
Laura shook her head.
'I'll
tell
you
what
happens,'
said
Scott,
who
was
good
at
stories.
'The
jelly
workers
come
round. They come round at night with
bin bags. And they shovel all the jellyfish into
the
bags. And they take them away to
the Jelly Shoe Factory.'
He went on,
'And they make them into shoes. Just
like the ones you've got on. I thought
everyone knew that!'
Laura
looked down at her new shoes.
'I don't think I like my new shoes any
more,' she said.
Then she tore them
off.
'Yuk!' she said.
'I don't want pongy jellyfish shoes
that sting me!'
She threw them into the
sea.
They
didn't
sink.
Jellyfish
shoes
don't
sink.
They
just
bobbed
about
on
the
waves.
And
washed
further and further away from the shore.
'Good riddance!' shouted Laura, waving
them goodbye.
Then she tiptoed back to
the house in her bare feet.
3
That
night
Laura
dreamed
about
the
jellyfish
workers.
She
dreamed
they
crept
along
the
beach with bin bags in their hands.
They bent down and shoveled up jellyfish. Soon
they
had whole shivering sackfuls of
them. Flies were buzzing all around them.
'Oh no!' cried Laura, waking up. 'The
jelly workers are coming!'