THE RAINBOW

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THE FOX AND THE STORK

ONE LOVELY MORNING,MR.FOX WAS THINKING THAT HE 
SHOULD INVITE HIS NEIGHBOR,MISS STORK TO SUPPER.HE  
DID NOT USUALLY EAT VERY MUCH.SO ONE THIS PARTICULAR 
DAY,HE ONLY MADE A THIN BROTH READY TO SPOON OUT ON 

TO THE LITTLE SOUP PLATES.POOR MISS STORK!WITH A LONG 
THIN BEAK,SHE COULD NOT GET ON SINGLE DROP!NOT LIKE 
MR.FOX-HE MANAGED TO EAT HIS MEAL,ALMOST IN A SINGLE 
INSTANT!MISS TALK THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY RUDE.SO TO 
GET HER OWN BACK SHE INVITED HIM TO HER HOME.AND,MR.FOX 
ARRIVED RIGHT ON TIME!such a lovely small was coming from the kitchen.
THE MOST DELICIOUS-LOOKING MEAT WAS SERVED,CUT INTO 
LITTLE PIECES.BUT IS E DEAD OF PLATES,MISS STORK SERVES IT 
IN VASES WITH LONG ,NARROW NEAKS     .HER BACK WENT IN EASILY 
BUT BECAUSE MR.FOX'S NOSE WAS SO MUCH FATTER HE COULD 
NOT REACH THE FOOD.SHAMEFACED,HE WANT BACK HOME 
WITH EMPTY STOMACH,TAIL BETWEEN HIS  LEGS,EARS 
DROOPING-AND THINKING OF THE SAYING:-  
                   TREAT AUTHOR AS YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO TREAT YOU.

FUN WITH WORDS

SALLY-ANNE WAS USUALLY QUITE A CHATTERBOX!SO IT WAS VERY STRANGE WHEN NO BODY
HEARD HER TALKING........."WHAT IS WRONG,SALLY-ANNE?"ASKED HER SISTER,CANDY.
"IT IS HORRIBLE OUTSIDE,"SAID SALLY-ANNE,"AND THERE IS NOTING TO DO!""WHAT
 ABOUT A WORD GAME?SMILED CANDY."YOU GUESS ONE WORD,THEN A SECOND.JOIN THEM
UP AND THEY MAKE ANOTHER WORD .LISTEN AND YOU WILL SEE!""NOW"CINDY WENT ON,"MY

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A TASTY TREAT

WE DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BUY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!SO OFTEN,
THE NICEST GIFTS ARE THOSE WHICH WE MAKE OURSELVES. EACH
YEAR WHEN CHRISTMAS IS COMING,BRUCE AND ANNE MAKE CHOCOLATE
TRUFFLES FOR THEIR GODMOTHER.AND THIS YEAR TODAY IS "TRUFFLE - MAKING DAY"!
MAMMY HAS PUT THE INGREDIENTS ON THE KITCHEN TABLE:-

•  200 GRAMMARS OF COOKING CHOCOLATE
•   60 GRAMMARS BUTTER
•   THE YOLK OF AN EGG
•  4 DESSERT SPOONFULS OF ICING SUGAR
•   4 DESSERT SPOONFULS OF COCOA
•   SOME LITTLE PAPER CUPS TO PUT THE TRUFFLE MIXTURE INTO

ANNE HAS ALREADY DECORATED SOME BOXES TO PUT THE TRUFFLE INTO,LATER ON.FIRST,MUMMY MALTS

BUTTER OVER A LOW HEAT,THEN STIRS IN THE REST OF THE INGREDIENTS .THE MIXTURE IS ALLOWED TO GET NICE AND COLD IN THE FRIDGE. THEN COMES THE BEST PART FOR ANNE AND BRUCE...............ROLLING INTO LITTLE BALLS WITH THEIR FINGERS!"i can make mine nice and around!"grins Bruce."this one is too big"says Anne."I I'D BETTER EAT IT"IT IS LUCKY MUMMY IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM-JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES LEFT FOR THERE GODMOTHER'S CHRISTMAS PRESENT!

TREE PLANTING

TODAY IS ST.CATHERINE'S DAY-THE DAY WHEN.ACCORDING TO TRADITION,
ALL TREES PUT DOWN ROOTS.MR.ELLIOTT IS CLASS ARE GOING TO SEE 
IF THAT IS TRUE BY PLANTING THREE BEECH TREES!NOBODY FORGETS 
TO PUT IN THE STAKES,OTHERWISE THE FIRST GUST OF WIND COULD 
EASILY UPROOT A TINY TREE.THEN COMES A PIECE OF FENCING ALL 
AROUND,TO STOP CATS SCRATCHING AT THE THIN BARK.THE NEXT 
THING TO DO IS TO PUT STEW AROUND THE ROOT OF THE TREE 
TO KEEP THE ROOTS WARM DURING THE WINTER."I CAN NOT UNTIL THE 
SPRING TO SEE THE BUDS AND THE LEAVES!"CRIED HALEN."HOW LONG 
WILL IT TAKE TO GROW IN TO A FULL-SIZE TREE?"PATRIC WENT TO KNOW.
"FIFTEEN TO TWENTY YEARS,YOUNG MEN!!"SMILES MR.ELLIOTT."WELL THAT IS 
NO GOOD!PATRIC BASTS OUT."WE WILL BE GROWN UP"AGREES MR.ELLIOTT.
"BUT WHEN YOU SEE CHILDREN-PERHAPS YOUR OWN CHILDREN-PLAYING 
AROUND THESE TREES YOU WILL THINK "THAT WAS A GOOD THING WE 

THE PILLOW FIGHT

  DO YOU KNOW WHAT OLIVER LIKE TO DO EVER AND GILES RY 

MORNING,ALMOST AS SOON AS THEY WAKE UP?THAT IS RIGHT!

THEY HAVE A PILLOW FIGHT!THEN ONE MORNING,GILES STEPPED 

BACK AND KNOCKED DOWN HIS NEW BEDSIDE LAMP MUM 

WAS VERY ANGRY,WHEN SHE CAME IN TO THE ROOM TO SEE 

WHAT ALL THE NOISE WAS ABOUT."RIGHT!SHE SAID,"NO PILLOW 

FIGHTS FROM NOW ON!""NEVER MIND!"WHISPERED OLIVER."AS SOON 

AS WE ARE WASHED AND DRESSED,WE WILL GET SOME DUSTBIN 

BAGS FROM THE CUPBOARD."GILES WAS RATHER PUZZLED."I 

CAN NOT SEE WHY YOU WANT DUSTBIN BAGS,"HE SAID."BUT ALL RIGHT!"

soon,the two boys WERE OUTSIDE."HURRY UP!"CRIED OLIVER."WE CAN PLAY

OUT HERE,CAN'T WE?LET'S FILL UP DUSTBIN BAGS  WITH DEAD LEAVES 

THEN WE CAN HAVE OUR PILLOW FIGHT ,JUST THE SAME!"then Giles SMILED AGAIN.

AU TAM IT SEEMED HAD GIVEN THEM A NEW GAME!

WHAT A LOVELY LITTLE VILLAGE

IN THE AUTUMN WOODLAND COME IN ALL SHAPE
AND ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT  COLORS-LITTLE,ROUND,YELLOW
ONES;VIOLET,TRUMPET-SHAPED ONES;SHORT,FLUFFY ONES......A
WHOLE,LITTLE VILLAGE OF MUSHROOM HOUSES!AND IF YOU
LOOK LONG AND HARD,EACH ONE SEEMS TO HAVE A LITTLE,
TILED ROOF .PEOPLE SAY THAT THIS WHERE THE ELVES LIVE.........
"WELCOME TO FLYPAPER TOWN!"CALLED ONE OF THE ELVES."I AM
THE MAYOR,AND THIS IS MY FRIEND,MR.MARTIN,THE CARPENTER,
WHO KEEPS OUR LITTLE HOUSES IN GOOD RAPER!THEN THERE  IS
OUR CHIEF COOK,MR.BARKER." "WE CALL OUR HOME FLYPAPER TOWN
BECAUSE WE DO NOT LIKE TO BE DISTURBED BY FILES!WE SLEEP
THOUGHT THE DAY,WHICH IS WHY NOBODY EVER SEES US
AROUND.IT IS AT NIGHT-TIME THAT WE LIKE TO GO OUT,GATHERING
UP ALL THE FILES ARE THE BIRDS TO EAT!"
"AND SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ONLY EXIST
IN FAIRY STORIES!"

the camera safari

DOMINIC,GARY AND SONIA WERE OUT WITH THERE UNCLE,
WALKING ON THE FOREST.WHEN THEY GOT T A SPRING,THEY STOPPED
RESTING THEIR RUCKSACKS AGAINST SOME ROCKS.ANYONE
LOOKING ON MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THEY SAW THE BUTT
OF A RIFFLE IN DOMINIC IS RUCKSACK
............THE THREE
CHILDREN NIBBLED BISCUITS,THE SAT IN SILENCE IN THE
FOREST,WELL HIDDEN IN SOME SEWN-UP BLANKETS.THEY
WHERE WAITING FOR THE WILD ANIMALS TO COME AND DRANK
AT THE SMART. SUDDENLY,THEY ALL BEGAN SPEAKING IN
WIPERS .COULD IT BE A SQUIRREL,A RABBIT,OR A HERE COMING NEAR?
NONE OF THEM WERE RIGHT! IN FACT IT WAS A DEER EARS
PRICKED UP,COMING UP TO THE WATER WITH LIGHT,GRACEFUL
LITTLE LEAPS.WITH OUT A SOUND,DOMINIC TOOK AIM,LOOKED CAREFULLY
-AND CLICK! HE TOOK THE PHOTOGRAPH!
"I AM THE FEARLESS  HUNTER OF PICTURES,"HE SAID,"THANKS TO
DAD'S OLD CAMERA!"AND HE PATTED THE SHINY,BROWN CASE.

the mountain and the mouse

ONE DAY THERE WAS A BATTLE OF WITS BETWEEN A MOUNTAIN
AND A MOUSE.THE MOUNTAIN SAID"WHAT A POOR LITTLE THING
YOU ARE!"THE MOUSE SNAPPED,"I KNOW I AM NOT AS BIG AS YOU
ARE.BUT,YOU ARE NOT AS SMALL AS I AM."  "BIG SIZE HAS BIG
ADVANTAGES,SAID THE MOUNTAIN,"I CAN STOP THE CLOUDS
SAILING ACROSS THE SKY"
"SO YOU CAN,"AGREED THE MOUSE.BUT YOU CAN'T STOP ME
FROM
MAKING BIG HOLES IN YOUR VERY FOUNDATION,CAN
YOU?"THE TINY MOUSE OUTWITTED THE MIGHTY MOUNTAIN.

                  BIG OR SMALL,EACH ONE HAS 

                  HIS IMPORTANCE. 

A SURPRISE PICKING

  IT WAS A BLACKBERRY PICKING SEASON!DARRY
AND MARY IS MUMMY AND DADDY SAID THAT TOMORROW
THEY COULD GO OFF THE WOODS.BUT,NEXT DAY ,THEY
WERE GOING ALONE A LITTLE COUNTRY LANE,WHEN THE
CAR BROKE DOWN!ALL DADDY COULD DO WAS TO GO
AND TRY TO GET SOME HELP!THE CHILDREN WERE LEFT
WANDER AROUND .THEIR MUMMY SAID THEY JUST MIGHT
FIND SOME BLACKBERRIES TO PICK,AFTER ALL.......BUT
THE ONLY BLACKBERRIES WERE BEHIND THE HEDGES
ALL ALONG THE LANE!DARRY AND MARY WERE VERY,
VERY DISAPPOINTED."DO NOT SAY WE HAVE GOT TO GO
HOME EMPTY
-HANDED!SAID MERRY."OPEN YOUR
EYES!"SMILED MUMMY."THERE ARE DOZENS OF
HAZEL TREES ALL AROUND,WITH HAZELNUTS JUST
RIGHT FOR PICKING!"AND SO,ALL  THOUGHTS OF MAKING
BLACKBERRY JAM WERE SAT ASIDE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
BUT THE HAZELNUTS?WHAT A DELICIOUS TREAT THERE WERE!

PLAM JAM

MISS.ELLIS AT THE VILLAGE
SCHOOL SAID SHE
WANTED TO TEACHER HER
CLASS HOW TO MAKE
JAM."THERE ARE LOT OF
PALMS IN MY DADDY'S
ORCHARD!"cried
Angela."he would not
MIND US PICKING SOME
!""THAT IS MOST KIND,ANGELA!"
SMILED MISS.ELLIS.
AND,IN JUST A SHORT TIME ,
ANGEL'S CLASS-MATES WERE
STANDING AROUND THE
PLUM TREE,LOOKING UP AT THE
FRUIT WHICH DANGLED DOWN
FROM ABOVE."ONLY PICK THE
PALMS WHICH ARE RIPE!"SAD MISS.ELLIS.
THERE ARE THE SWEETEST!"BUT THE WASPS
SOON BEGAN BUZZING ANGRILY .THEY DID NOT
LIKE BEING DIS TUBED BY THE CHILDREN!"COME
ALONG!"CALLED MISS.ELLIS CLAMMILY."I THINK
WE'D BETTER GO"IT WAS WHEN THERE WERE ALL
IN THE CLASS ROOM ONCE MORE THAT
MISS.ELLIS NOTICED WAYNE PULLING A FACE.
"WHAT IS WRONG,DEAR?"SHE ASKED."I HAVE
BEEN STAG
"HE GROANED,GOING VERY RED.
"AND IN A VERY AWKWARD PLACE,TOO!"

A BOX -AND A SURPRISE!

EVERY DAY,ELLA WENT OUTSIDE TO OPEN THE POST-BOX.BUT ONE PARTICULAR MORNING,
SHE GOT QUITE A SURPRISE!UNDER NEATH THE ENVELOPES,SHE COULD  FEEL SOMETHING
 RATHER STAGE......"OH"SHE CRIED."WHERE HAVE THESE FIVE LITTLE EGGS COME
FROM?THERE MUST  BE A FAMILY OF BLUE-TITS,AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE FOUND
THE PERFECT PLACE TO BUILD THEIR NEST!"IT IS VERY NICE..."SHE THOUGHT TO
HER SELF,"BUT WHAT SHALL I DO?IF I LEAVE THE EGGS HERE,THEY COULD BE CURSED
BY SOMETHING IN THE POST.BUT I KNOW I SHOULD NOT DISTURB THEM..."ELLA GAVE
A BIG SIGH.SHE JUST DID NOT HAVE TE HEART TO MOVE THEM OUT.SO,SHE THOUGHT
FOR A FEW MORE MINUTES .AND THEN,SHE HAD AN IDEA

. IN THE SHED,ELLA FOUND AN OLD
WOODEN BOX."IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO MAKE ANOTHER POST-BOX,"SHE THOUGHT,
"SOMETHING WE CAN USE UNTIL THE CHICKS ARE BORN..."VERY SENSIBILITY,ELLA TOOK
THE TROUBLE TO TIE UP THE DOOR OF THE POST - BOX,LEAVING THE HOLE CLEAR ,
SO THAT THE BIRDS COULD FLY IN AND OUT.THEN,SHE WROTE A NOTE TO PIN AT THE BOTTOM.

                         DO NOT DIST TUB,MR.POST MAN!
                         THIS IS THE BLUE-TITS HOUSE!  

LEAP FROG

 CAROLE QUITE LIKE THE COOL,DAMP MORNINGS WHEN SHE COULD PUT ON HER DUNGAREES AND EXPLORE
THE GROUNDS OF THE HOTEL,WHERE SHE WAS STAYING WITH HER PARENTS."THERE HAVE GOT A FISHING CONTEST HERE TODAY,"SHE TOLD THEM."AND I SAW SOME DUCKS WATER LILIES.....""AND WHAT HAVE YOU GOT IN YOUR

POCKET"ASK HER FATHER."ONLY A FROG!"GRINNED CAROLE AND PUT IT ON THE DINNING TABLE.THE FROG LOOKED SO FUNNY,JUMPING OVER THE PLATES THEN DOWN TO THE FLOOR!ALL THE WAITERS TRIED TO CATCH THE FROG.SOME OF THE LADIES SCREAMED OUT IN FRIGHT...........AND,THE CHILDREN?THEY LAUGHED UNTIL THE TEARS ROLLED DOWN THEIR FACES! 

A LOVELY PRISE!

JOY IS A BOY HE  JUST LOVES ANIMALS.BUT HIS PARENTS WILL NOT ALLOW HIM TO KEEP ONE IN THE HOUSE. "IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO TRAIN AND KEEP A PET,"HIS MOTHER ALWAYS SAYS.BUT TODAY  IS THE DAY OF THE PRIZE DRAW AT SCHOOL AND JOY PICKS OUT A WITH A WINNING NUMBER,WITH A SWEET LITTLE                          TEDDY KITTEN AS HIS PRIZE!HE IS SO HAPPY THAT HIS        MOTHER AND FATHER HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR MINDS!"I WILL LOOK AFTER THE KITTEN MY LIFE!"JOE PROMISES. AND,
HE WELL 

SUMMER FRIUT

MARCUS AND SALLY'S FAVORITE SUMMER FRUIT IS THE CHERRY!
NEAR THEIR HOME IS A LOVELY,BIG CHERRY TREE WHICH IS
ALWAYS HEAVY WITH FRUIT.SALLY LOVES PICKING THEM TO MAKE 
EAR RINGS,OR HELPING MARCUS TO FILL A BASKET WITH ENOUGH
FOR CHERRY PIE,A FRUIT FRUIT SALAD AND LOT OF OTHER 
LOVELY THINGS!"HURRY SALLY!"CRIES MARCUS."WE DO NOT WENT 
THE BIRDS EATING THE CHERRIES BEFORE WE HAVE OUR SHARE"

THE TALKING PARROT

   THE TALKING PARROT

       MRS.DUNCOMBE HAD BOUGHT A
RED AND GREEN PARROT.EVERY DAY SHE 
TAUGHT HIM SOME NEW WORDS AND COCO 
COULD REPAST EASILY.PERHAPS,A 
LITTLE TOO EASILY.........
    ONE DAY , MRS.DUNCOMBE INVITE 
HER 3 FRIEND TO TEA,SO THAT THEY
COULD SEE HER WONDERFUL PARROT.IT
WAS SOMETHING WHICH SEE SOON WISHED
SHE HAD NOT DONE.COCO WAS SUCH A 
CHATTER BOX THAT NONE OF THE LADIES 
COULD GET A WORD IN EDGE WAYS!

THE HORSE AND THE WOLF

THE HORSE AND THE WOLF

WHEN IT IS SPRINGTIME,HORSES LEAVE THEIR STABLES AND SPEND MORE TIME OUT IN THE OPEN.

THAT IS WHEN A HUNGRY WOLF ROAMING AROUND CHANCED TO SEE A LOVELY HORSE.

BUT,AS THE HORSE WAS TOO BIG FOR THE WOLF TO KILL ON HIS OWN,HR DECIDED TO TRY AND TRICK HIM,INSTEAD.

"MY FRIEND,"HE SAID,"I KNOW ALL THE FLOWERS AND PLANTS IN THIS MEADOW AND THE CURES WHICH THESE CAN WORK.IF YOU EVER HAVE ANYTHING WRONG WITH YOU,JUST TELL ME AND I' ll PUT YOU RIGHT ! "
BUT THE HORSE KNEW VERY WELL THAT THE WOLF WAS TRYING TO TRICK HIM.
" AS A MATTER OF FACT," HE SAID, " THERE IS A THORN UNDER MY SHOE AND IT'S VERY PAINFUL! DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HELP ME?"

THE WOLF COULD NOT BELIEVE HIS LUCK!"WHY,OF COURSE,MY FRIEND,"HE SAID,COMING FORWARD."I'll SOON HAVE YOU FEELING BETTER ! " AND HE BEND DOWN,PRETENDING TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE HORSE'S HOOF,AND-WHAM! THE HORSE GAVE THAT WOLF SUCH A BLOW , RIGHT ON HIS HAIRY CHIN!

" IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY,"GROANED THE WOLF,NURSING HIS BROKEN CHIN.
"EVERYBODY HAS THEIR STRONG POINT. IF ONLY I HAD LISTENED TO MY FATHER AND KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT, I WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD A TASTE OF MY OWN MEDICINE!"

THE OLD APPLE TREE

ONCE UPON A TIME ON  THIS DAY,THE WIND CHANCED TO STOP IN CAROLINE'S GARDEN."WHAT IS WRONG?"HE ASKED THE OLD APPLE TREE THERE."YOU ARE LOOKING SO MISERABLE!"                                                                                                           "THAT IS BECAUSE  I AM GETTING OLD!" ANSWERED THE TREE IN ITS WEAK, GROANING SORT OF VOICE .''MY BRANCHES ARE SO HEAVY,WEIGHED DOWN BY ALL THESE APPLES!''                                                 ''DON'T WORRY!'' WHISTLED THE WIND."I SHALL SOON HELP YOU!"THE WIND TOOK ALONG ,DEEP BREATH,THEN BLEW HARD WITH ALL HIS MIGHT."OW,OW!''GROANED THE OLD APPLE TREE,EVEN BEFORE SINGLE APPLE FELL TO THE GROUND.''YOU ARE HUNTING ME!''                                                              THE IND WONDERED WHAT HE COULD DO NEXT.THEN'VERY QUIETLY,HE CREPT IN AMONG  THE BRANCHES OF THE OLD APPLE TREE.AND,AS IF BY MAGIC,THE DELICIOUS SCENT OF FRUIT FILLED THE

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MY BODYGUARD

One day,on my way home from school,I met a little puppy.
He was very sweet,but nobody wanted to take him home.
He was covered with dirt and he looked very sad.
He wagged his tail,as if he knew me very well.
"I like you,"I said.
"I will take you home."

"Oh,what have you brought home?He's so dirty,"
cried Mummy.she was very angry.
"But he won't be dirty after I give him a bath,"
I said softly.

I took him to the tap in the garden and washed him until he became very clean.
"Oh,good,"I said."Mummy will like you now."

Then he started shaking as if he's cold.
"oh!He needs warmth,"I guessed.
I took him to my bedroom and wrapped him up in a towel.
Soon,he fell asleep.

In the evening , I heard a noise from my bedroom.
"yap,yap,yap!"
"Oh!my little friend has woken up."I ran into the room.
"What shalll I call him.....?" Yes ,I'll call him Yappy,"
I said to myself.
"hello,Yappy!Come here,"I called.
He ran to me at once.
"w-what...?
Does he know English?"
I was surprised.
He wagged  his tail and looked up at me.
"He must be hungry."I guessed.
I gave him a bowl full of milk and he lapped it all up.
His tummy became full and round.

Then he pulled at my trouser leg,running back and forth.
"Oh,he wants to play now."I guessed.
So,we went outside and played the whole evening.

A few weeks later,he had grown up into a big dog.
He became my best friend.
He could understand what I said,and I could understand what he said.
Yes,we could talk to each other!
I knew when he was hungry,angry,sleepy,or sad.
Yes,I knew.
I loved him so much and he loved me too.
And he looked after me.
Yes,he did.

He would not event let a little bird come to me.
He would chase everyone away.

He was so jealous!!!

One day, we were walking along the road.
I,The master and he,the proud Yappy.

All at once,a big black dog jumped in front of me,growling.
I was very frightened and I screamed.
There was no one around to help me.
I was terrified.

But .............my YAPPY was there.

He was so quick.
He ran at the big black dog and growled as i had never heard before.
And he fought and fought with the big dog.

Oh,poor yappy! He was no match for the big dog.
I was very worried about him.

But ......,do you know what happened?
MY BRAVE YAPPPY WON!!!!!!!!!!

The big black dog got very scared and ran away like a frightened puppy,with his tail between his legs.

Then,my Yappy came back to me like a hero.
Yes,indeed,he was a hero.He saved me.
I knew he really loved me very much.

I was so happy.
I was so proud of my bodyguard.
Yappy,the bodyguard!!!My bodyguard!!!

I saluted him,like this.

Let's play Hopscotch

Mrs.Dawkins decided to make the most of fine weather by washing the tiles along her garden path.
And she was very proud of her work!
"that's a good job done!"she said,smiling."now,to get on with the washing...."
Not long afterwards,Nadine,Lee,Theresa and Alan came along.they were on holiday from school and wondering what to do on such a beautiful day.
"shall we play hopscotch?"Theresa suggested."look,I've got some chalk!"
"And I've got four counters,"added lee,feeling in his pockets.
The two boys began chalking lines on Mrs. Dawkins'clean garden path!

What on earth would she say?

Next,the two boys shared out the counters.
"Who's first?"asked Nadine.
just then,mrs.dawkins came out of her house.The children knew something must be wrong,from the way she looked at the chalk marks.
"well,that does not seem too serious!"said the old lady at last.
"You can carry on playing!"
"thank you Mrs.Dawkins!"said the children."We'll wash your path afterwards!"
"that,"smiled Mrs.Dawkins,"is a good idea,a very good idea,indeed!"