Magnificent Mabel and the Magic Caterpillar E-Book

Ruth Quayle

• Herausgeber: Nosy Crow
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2021

Beschreibung

Meet Mabel - she's MAGNIFICENT. Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance it is NEVER her turn to look after the class caterpillar. And she's not allowed a pair of glasses, even though she is SURE that she needs them. And her big sister Meg KEEPS ignoring her to do homework. But none of that matters in the end ... because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT. The fourth book in a hilarious new series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories, this is ideal for newly-confident readers. Look out for: Magnificent Mabel and the Rabbit Riot Magnificent Mabel and the Christmas Elf Magnificent Mabel and the Egg and Spoon Race

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Magnificent Mabel and the Magic Caterpillar

2In our class at school we have two teachers and one white board and we have twenty-eight children.

We also have a class caterpillar whose name is Steve.

3Every night, somebody has a turn taking Steve home and looking after him.

All the other children have had their turn, especially Torin Ray, who had three turns because he was allowed to look after Steve for the whole weekend.

Torin Ray lives next door to our teacher, Mr Messenger. 4

Torin Ray is always being lucky.

Every afternoon I jump up and down on the carpet and stick my hand in the air. I call out in my loud, persuading voice and I say, “Please can I look after Steve this evening, Mr Messenger?”

But Mr Messenger always picks someone who is sitting 5nicely on their spot and who isn’t calling out.

This is the whole tragedy of my life.

6Mum says my turn will come and that I have to be patient and not call out. Dad tells me not to worry because caterpillars are not very interesting to look after anyway. But Dad does not know Steve.

Nobody does.

If they did they would know that Steve is an unusual caterpillar with magic powers. 7

Steve only shows these magic powers to certain special people, and I am very lucky because one of these special people is me, Mabel Chase. 8

I am actually Steve’s special person in true life.

When everyone else in the class had already had a go at looking after Steve, I thought that this Wednesday it was going to be my turn.

In the morning before school on Wednesday, I gobbled up my breakfast.

I got dressed in a jiffy.

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I let my sister Meg borrow my best hair band and I didn’t even make her give me one of her things in return.

I brushed my teeth for two whole minutes with the minty toothpaste which I do not like as much as the bubblegum one that Mum only lets me use at Christmastime. 10

I didn’t moan about itchy legs or hurty hair.

I didn’t say, “that’s not fair”, not even once.

Dad said, “Blimey, what’s got into Mabel?”

Mum said, “Whatever it is, I hope it lasts.”

But I couldn’t even hear them properly.

I was busy thinking. When I 11think my brain gets very busy.

I was planning what Steve and I were going to do together later after school.