Rosie. The magic key took the children on a new adventure. It took Rosie,too. “Help!” called Rosie. “I don’t like this. Make it stop!” The magic key took the children to a school playground. “This is just a playground,”said Rosie. “This isn’t a magic adventure.”“How do you know?” asked Chip. Rosie was cross with Chip. “This is a silly adventure, Motor Mouth,” said Rosie. “The magic key is silly.” The magic key began to glow, but this time it glowed red. The magic turned Rosie into a motor mouth. “What’s happening?” shouted Rosie. “I don’t like this.”“You’re a motor mouth,” said Nadim. Rosie tried to grab the magic key, but Chip threw it to Wilma. “Give the key to me, Dinosaur Brain,” shouted Rosie. The magic key glowed red again. The key turned Rosie into a dinosaur brain. “Help!” shouted Rosie. “I don’t like this.” The children began to laugh. “Give me the magic key!” shouted Rosie. Wilma threw the key to Wilf. Rosie tried to grab it. “Give me that key, Parrot Face,” she shouted. But the key glowed again. The magic key gave Rosie a parrot face. The children laughed and laughed. “I don’t like this,” said Rosie. “It’s not fair. Give me the magic key.” Wilf threw the key to Nadim. “Give me that key!” shouted Rosie. She tried to grab it, but Nadim threw it to Anneena. Rosie got very angry. She tried to hit Wilf, but the key glowed red again. The magic made Rosie hit herself. “Ow!” she said. “That hurt.” Rosie began to cry. She wanted the magic adventure to stop. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. This time, it took the children home.Biff and Chip looked at Rosie, then they looked at the magic key. “This key is magic,” said Biff, “and it doesn’t like bullies. Nobody likes bullies.” Rosie ran home. The children were glad, but Biff felt a bit sorry for her. “That was a strange adventure,” said Biff. “The magic was different this time.”The next day, two big children saw Rosie. The big children were bullies, too. They wanted Rosie’s sweets, so they pushed her against the wall. Then the bullies pulled Rosie’s ear. “Help!”called Rosie. “That hurts. Let me go!” she shouted. Chip and Wilma saw the bullies. They didn’t know what to do. Wilma had an idea. She ran and told Mrs May about Rosie and the bullies. “Come quickly, Mrs May,” called Wilma. “Rosie needs your help.” Mrs May went to help Rosie. She told the bullies off. “Nobody likes bullies,” said Mrs May. “Bullying is nasty. Don’t bully people again.” Mrs May spoke to all the children. “Nobody likes bullies,” she said. “Wilma was right to tell a grown-up. Always tell a grown-up about billies. We don’t want bullies in this school.” Rosie was glad that Chip and Wilma had helped her. “Thank you,” she said. She was sorry she had been a bully, and she didn’t bully anyone again. The next day, a new boy came to the school. His name was Sam, and he didn’t look very friendly. “Oh no!” said Chip.
7-9 The Hunt for Gold
Wilma’s mum had a charm bracelet. It was made of gold. The bracelet had ten charm on it. The charms were made of gold too. “It’s a beautiful bracelet,” said Chip. Wilma’s mum was washing her hands at the sink. She had the bracelet on. One of the charms fell off the bracelet, and it went down the plug hole. Wilma’s mum was very upset. “I hope I can get the charm out of the plug hole,” she said. Chip ran and got his mum. “She can get the charm out,” he said. Mum put a plastic bowl under the sink. Everyone looked in the bowl. “There’s the charm,” said Mum. “Yuk!” said Wilma. “It’s got dirt on it.” Wilma’s mum was glad to get it back. Mum found something else. “Yuk!” she said. “Look what I’ve found.” It was Wilf’s old chewing gum. “What a place to stick old chewing gum!” said Wilma’s mum. The children went to Biff’s bedroom. Wilf had three packets of
chewing gum. He gave some gum to Chip. “This is my bedroom,” said Biff, “so mind where you put the old chewing gum.” Suddenly the magic key began to glow. The magic took the children on a new adventure. “Help!” said Wilf. “I don’t know what to do with my old chewing gum.” The magic took water. The boy and the girl had big pans. They scooped up little stones from the river. Then they looked for tiny bits of gold in the bottom of the pans. The boy and girl got angry when they saw the children. They didn’t want them to look for gold. “This is our bit of river,” they shouted. “Go and look for gold somewhere else!” Wilf gave the boy and girl some gum. They hadn’t seen chewing gum before. They didn’t know what to do with it. “You just chew it,” said Wilf. “Chew it, but don’t swallow it.” The boy was called Luke and the girl was called Alice. They lived in a hut by the river. Alice and Luke looked for gold every day. It was a hard life. The family hadn’t found any gold, and Luke and Alice were always hungry. “Looking for gold is hard,” said Luke. “Do you want to help us?” The children helped look for gold. Wilf and Biff helped Luke’s father. Wilma and Chip helped Alice and Luke. “I’m glad I brought the gum,” said Wilf. “This is hard work.” It was cold in the river, and the children soon got tired. “We do this every day,” said Luke, “and we still haven’t found any gold.” Suddenly, Luke’s father shouted. “Gold!” he yelled. “We’ve found gold.” He picked up a big nugget of gold and jumped up and down. Everyone ran to see. Everyone looked at the gold nugget. It felt heavy and cold. “Hooray!” shouted Luke’s mother. “We have found gold at last,” she said. “I thought we’d never find any.” The children went to town with Luke’s mother and father. Luke and Alice were excited. “We can sell the gold,” they said, “and we can buy some food.” “We can buy new clothes,” said Luke’s mother. “And a new spade,” said Luke’s father. “And some chewing gum,” said Luke. “What’s chewing gum?” asked Luke’s father. Some men were waiting in the road. “Oh no!” said Luke’s father. “Robbers! They will steal our gold nugget. What shall we do?” Wilf had an idea. He spoke to all the children. “Give me your chewing gum,” he said. “Give me all the old chewing gum, and give me the gold nugget.” The robbers wanted gold and money. “But we’re just a poor family,” said Luke’s father. “We haven’t got any money and we haven’t found any gold.” The robbers looked everywhere. They searched everyone. “We’re only children,” said Alice. “We haven’t got any gold and we haven’t got any money.” The robbers couldn’t find the gold. They let everyone go. “Hooray,” said Luke. “Wilf’s chewing gum saved the gold.” “Is that chewing gum?” asked Luke’s father. “Luke’s father and mother got some money for the gold. “I can have a new dress,” said Alice. “And I can have new boots,” said Luke. Luke’s father bought a new cart. It was bigger than the old one. “We need a new cart,” said Luke. “There is so much to take home.” The children helped them put everything on the cart. “This is hard work too,” said Biff. “These magic adventures are not all fun.” They all went back to the river. The family put on the new clothes. Wilma and Biff looked for gold. “I hope we find some,” said Wilma. “I’d love to find a gold nugget.” Suddenly, Biff saw a little yellow speck in the pan. She had found some gold. “It’s very small,” she said. Just then, the magic key began to glow. The magic took the children home. Biff looked at the gold. “It looks really tiny, now,” she said. “It looks like a speck of dust!” Suddenly, Chip sneezed. The speck of gold blew out of Biff’s hand. It blew on to the carpet. “Did you see where it went?” asked Biff. “Oh no! Sorry!” said Chip. The children looked and looked. They couldn’t find the little speck of gold. “I don’t think we ever will,” said Biff. “Oh no!” said everyone.
7-10 Chinese Adventure
It was Gran’s birthday, so she had come to stay. The children gave Gran a present. “Happy birthday,” they said. “Thank you,” said Gran. Dad and Mum gave Gran a present. “It’s a funny shape!” said Gran. “I can’t think what it can be.” The children laughed. “We can,” said Kipper. Gran was pleased with the present. It was a Chinese vase. “I hope you like it,” said Mum. “It’s beautiful,” said Gran. “Thank you.”“Put it in a safe place,” said Dad.Gran had a surprise for everyone. She had a box of fireworks. She wanted a firework party. “But I thought fireworks were dangerous,” said Biff. “Fireworks are dangerous,” said Gran, “So children mustn’t play with them.” Mum and Gran got the fireworks ready. They were very careful. The children stayed out of the way. Nadim and Anneena came to the party. Everyone was excited. Gran let off a big firework. “Oooh!” said everyone. “What a beautiful firework!” said Chip. Dogs don’t like fireworks,so Floppy stayed inside the house. Suddenly, a firework made a loud bang. “I don’t like this,” thought Floppy, so he hid under a little table. It was time to have tea. Mum had a surprise for Gran. She had a birthday cake with lots of candles. “Happy birthday, Gran,” said everyone. Biff went into the front room to get her camera. She saw Gran’s vase on the floor. The vase was broken. “Oh no!” said Biff. The children went to Biff’s room. Biff showed them the broken vase. “Gran will be upset,” said Chip, “and so will Mum and Dad,”“I hope we can mend it,” said Biff. Suddenly, the key began to glow. The magic took the children into a new adventure. “Oh no!” said Biff. “I wanted to put the vase back downstairs!”The magic took the children back in time. It took them to China long ago. Nadim knew where they were. “We are in the Forbidden City,” he said. “Why is it called that?” asked Chip. “The Emperor lives here,” said Nadim. “He lives here with his family. Other people are not allowed to come here. That is why it is called the Forbidden City,” There was a fierce dog in the Forbidden City. It didn’t like Floppy. The Fierce dog growled and barked, but Floppy didn’t want to fight. “Stop it!” shouted Chip. Some women ran up and grabbed the dogs. The children were worried. “Oh help!” said Chip. The women took the children and Floppy to the Emperor. “What are you doing in the Forbidden City?” he shouted. “People are not allowed in here.” The Emperor called his soldiers. “Put them in prison!” he shouted. “That will teach them to come to the Forbidden City.”“I think we’ve upset him,” said Biff. The Emperor had two children. They were twins and they looked exactly the same. The twins spoke to the Emperor. One of them pointed to the children. The twins wanted to play with Kipper. “I will put you in prison tomorrow,” said the Emperor. “Today you can play with the twins.”“Hooray,” said the twins. The twins had never played with other children. They didn’t know how to play football. One of the twins kicked Nadim. “Ow!” said Nadim. “That was my leg.” Suddenly, the ball rolled away and fell down a grating. “Oh no!” said the twins. “Now the ball is lost.” Both the twins began to cry. Biff and Chip pulled up the grating. Nadim could see some steps. He began to go down them. “Hurry up,” said Biff. “We don’t want the Emperor to put us in prison.” Nadim went into a big cellar. It was full of cobwebs and dust. Nadim called the others. “Look at these giant vases,” he said. “They look like Gran’s vase.” Some people came into the cellar. They were the Emperor’s servants. They didn’t like the Emperor. They had barrels of gunpowder, because they wanted to blow up the palace. The children were frightened. They hid inside the vases. The people didn’t see them. “We’ll come back and blow up the palace tonight,” said a man. The
children ran to the Emperor. They told him about the gunpowder under the palace. “Some people want to blow up the palace tonight,” they said. That night, the people came back. The Emperor’s soldiers were waiting. The Emperor was pleased with the children. “I won’t put you in prison now,” he said. The Emperor had a big firework party. There were lots and lots of fireworks. They lit up the sky. Everyone gasped when the fireworks went off. Biff thought of Gran. “I wish she was here,” she thought. “Gran would love all these fireworks. She’d love this adventure.” The Emperor wanted to give the children a present. Biff had a good idea. She asked for one of the big vases. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. The magic took the children home. It took the giant vase, too. But now the vase was quite small. “It looks exactly the same as Gran’s vase,” said Chip.The children looked at the vases. “Oh no!” said Biff. “They aren’t quite the same after all. The new vase has Chinese writing on it. Do you think Gran will notice？”
7-11 Roman Adventure
Biff and Chip were doing a project on the Romans. The project was for Mrs May.Biff made a chariot and Chip drew a picture. Mum and Dad looked at the project. “The Romans are interesting,” said Biff. Chip showed Mum his picture. It was a picture of a Roman chariot. The chariot was pulled by four horses. Biff showed Dad the model. “The Romans had chariot races,” said Biff. “The races were dangerous. A chariot was so heavy, it needed four horses to pull it.” Mum and Dad played a joke on Biff and Chip. They dressed up as Romans. “It’s time for supper,” called Dad. Kipper had some pizza and Mum had some grapes. “This is a Roman supper,” said Mum. “Romans didn’t have pizzas,” laughed Biff. “How do you know?” asked Mum. Biff and Chip went to Biff’s room. Biff wanted to take the chariot to school, but she still had to paint it. Chip was good at painting, so he helped Biff. Suddenly, the magic key began to glow. The magic took Biff and Chip on a new adventure. “Oh no!” said Biff. “I’m still painting the model chariot.” The magic took the children back to Roman times. It took them to Rome. Biff and Chip saw a girl. She was playing in the street. The girl looked at Biff’s model. “It’s a good model,” she said, “but it doesn’t look quite right.”“We’ve never seen a real chariot,” said Biff. The Roman girl was called Diana. She had a brother called Mark. He was a chariot driver. Mark looked at Biff’s model chariot. “I can show you a real chariot,” he said. Mark opened some big doors. Inside was a real chariot. It was like Biff’s model. but it was very big. “Wow!” said Biff. Mark let Biff go on the chariot. Biff pretended she was a chariot driver. She pretended she was in a race. “I wish I could be a chariot driver,” said Biff. Mark laughed at Biff. “You have to be strong to race chariots,” he said. “I’m in a race today. Come and watch it.” Everyone was hungry, so Diana took the children home. “We can have some bread,” she said. “My father is a baker. He makes the best bread in Rome.”Everyone looked at the bread, but something was wrong. The bread didn’t look right. It was flat. It didn’t look like bread at all. Diana’s father made some more bread. He baked it in the oven, but it was flat, too. “This is bad,” said Diana’s father. “Nobody will buy bread like this.” Chip looked at the flat bread. He had a good idea. “We can make pizzas,” he said. “What are pizzas?” asked Diana. “We don’t know what pizzas are.” Chip told Diana’s mother how to make pizzas. Everyone helped. Diana’s mother cooked the pizzas in the big oven. The pizzas looked good. “I hope you like them,”
said Chip. “Everyone likes pizzas,” said Biff. “They smell good,” said Diana’s mother. The pizzas tasted good too. Diana’s father was pleased. “Now we can sell them,” he said. “We can sell lots and lots. What a good job the bread was flat.” They went outside to sell the pizzas, but there was nobody in the street. There was nobody to buy the pizzas. “Where is everyone?” asked Biff. Everyone had gone to the chariot races. Diana’s father was upset. He looked at the pizzas. “All that work for nothing,” he said. “How can we sell pizzas when everyone is at the chariot races?” Diana had an idea. She put some pizzas in a basket. “Come on,” she called. “If everyone is at the chariot races, we can sell the pizzas there.” They took the pizzas to the chariot races. “Come and buy a pizza,” called Diana. But nobody bought the pizzas. Everyone was looking at the races. The children saw Mark,so they gave him one of the pizzas. “These pizzas are good,” said Mark. Biff looked at the chariot and she had a good idea. The children had a banner. It was about the pizzas. Mark put it on his chariot. The people laughed when they saw the banner. “why has Mark put a banner on his chariot?” people asked. “And what are pizzas?” The race began and everyone cheered when Mark came first. The people ran to buy the pizzas. “These pizzas are good,” they said. “What a good idea to put a banner on the chariot.” Just then, some soldiers grabbed the family and the children. “You must stop selling pizzas,” they said. “The Emperor wants to see you. Come with us.” The Emperor was angry. “This has got to stop,” he said. “Who put this banner on the chariot? And what are pizzas?” Would you like to try one?” asked Diana. “They taste good,”said the Emperor. “You can deliver some to the palace. But I don’t want banners on the chariots, so take your banner away.” Just then, the magic key glowed. Chip looked at the little banner. He put it on Biff’s chariot. “The Emperor didn’t like banners on chariots,” he said. “I wonder what Mrs May will think.”
7-12 The Jigsaw Puzzle
It was raining. The children were fed up. Biff and Anneena were bored, and Chip was in a bad mood. He wanted to play with the frisbee. Mum had an idea. She had a new jigsaw puzzle. She gave it to the children. “You can do this jigsaw,” she said. “It’s a good one .” Everyone looked at the jigsaw. It was a picture of soldiers and a boy. “The soldiers are asking the boy a question,” said Mum. “They want to know where his father is.”The jigsaw puzzle had lots of pieces. The children liked the jigsaw, but it was hard to do. Soon, Chip got bored with it. He began to play with the frisbee. In the end, everyone got bored. The magic key began to glow. The magic took the children into a new adventure. The magic took the children to a time long ago. It took them to a big house. Some children were playing with their mother and father.Kipper looked at the children. “What funny clothes they’re wearing,” he said. “They look like the children in the picture on the jigsaw,” said Anneena. Kipper spoke to the girl and boy. “Hello,” he said. “My name’s Kipper. This is Biff, Chip and Anneena.”“What funny names!” said the girl. “And what funny clothes you’re wearing.”“What are your names?” asked Chip. “My name is Jane,” said the girl. “My name is Edmund,” said the boy, “and my father is very important.”“We don’t mind,” said Kipper. Edmund had never seen a frisbee before. “Why have you got a plate?” he asked. “It’s not a plate,” said Kipper. “It’s a frisbee.” Everyone played with it. Suddenly, there was a shout. A man ran towards Edmund’s father. “Quickly, you must hide!” he said. “Get inside the house. The