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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 asked.



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 lea
p 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 sounde
d 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 t
he 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.


H
e 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
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


cra
wled
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
kitche
n
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, M
r
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 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 thro
ugh 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 arm
s . “ 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
w
alking 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 sho
w 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,”s
aid 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 Dobbi
n. 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 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!!!”


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 out
er 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 lik
e 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 Ear
th 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 RIGH
T-
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 o
n 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 t
he 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 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 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
bot
tom!’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

)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 g
et 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,’sai
d 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.



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 l
ook 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

)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(

) on
his stall had gone down a lot.


‘I knew you’d come back. I put aside a pair just for you’sa
id 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 L
enny’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(


)
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 leav
e 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 t
hat 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.’ 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.’ Sai
d 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
Cap
tain
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 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.
‘Bu
t
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 wearin
g.’





‘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 y
ou 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 mo
ment I
couldn’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 w
ill be here.
You’ll
soon be scoring dozens of goals. But now
it’s
time for us to ge
t to
work.’


King Harry, Captain Smith and Captain Jones loved doing housework. Queen
Norah thought that housework was a job for cleaners, not captains and kings.
So once a week the three men disguised themselves as the Masked Cleaning La
dies of Om.
King Harry and his two captains raced out of the dining room. Minutes later, d
usters in hands, and dressed as the famous cleaning ladies, they were at work t
idying the castle.

King Harry and Captain Jones were polishing the cannons when they saw a
man walking towards the castle.
‘That
must be Mr
Goal,’
said Captain Jones.
Just as Mr Goal reached the drawbridge another man jumped out of the bushe
s. He began talking 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 w
ill 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,’ sa
id 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 ne
w 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 C
aptain 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
ha
t
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 Cast
le 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
Ro
yal
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
ladie
s
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 stol
en.’

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,’ sa
id 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 Ha
rry.
‘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 pirat
es.
‘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 pi
rates
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!'
But it was all right. She was safe in her own bed. 'It was just a bad dream,' she
told herself.
Yet down on the dark beach, something was moving. Something was bobbing
about on the waves.
It was Laura's jellyfish shoes. They were coming back home.
Gently, they washed in on the wave tops until at last a big wave tops until at
last a big wave washed them up on the sand. Neatly side by side.
'What
a
bit
of
good
luck!'
said
Mum
the
next
morning.
'Guess
what
I
just
found on the beach?'
Don't know,' said Laura.
Mum held up the jellyfish shoes. 'These! I bet you didn't even know you'd lost
them.'
Mum tipped up one of the shoes. A winkle fell out of the toe.
'Here you are,' she said, handing the shoes to Laura. 'You can put them back
on now.'
Laura pushed the shoes away: 'I won't put them back on!' she shouted. 'You
can't make me!'
Mum stared at her. 'What on earth is the matter? I thought you'd be pleased to

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