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- Herausgeber: Nosy Crow Ltd
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Sprache: Englisch
The sixth book in the hilarious Magnificent Mabel series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories - perfect for newly-confident readers. Meet Mabel - she's MAGNIFICENT. Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. Like for instance she has to invite EVERYONE in her class to her birthday party or she won't get any presents. And her school pack lunches are AWFUL. And when she goes on holiday she doesn't get a MINUTE to relax. But none of that matters in the end ... because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT. With highly-relatable themes, brilliantly funny writing and wonderful artwork throughout, this is perfect for 5-7 year olds. Look out for: Magnificent Mabel and the Rabbit Riot Magnificent Mabel and the Christmas Elf Magnificent Mabel and the Egg and Spoon Race Magnificent Mabel and the Magic Caterpillar Magnificent Mabel and the Very Important Witch
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August 25th is my favourite day of the year because it is my birthday.
On my birthday I love opening my presents in bed, I 3love blowing out the candles on my birthday cake, and I love not having to unload the dishwasher (because when it is your birthday your parents don’t force you to work).
My birthday makes me SO happy.
But there is one thing about birthdays that does not make me happy and that is … 4
… parties.
Like, for instance, at Harry Cox’s birthday party he had a bouncy castle in the shape of a spaceship but I couldn’t fly to the moon because Harry Cox and Jordi Bhogal kept landing on me.5
6On Florence Carter’s birthday she invited everybody in Class One to feed the newborn calves at her farm but we had to take turns and the problem with taking turns is that I was always last.
At parties there are too many 7people and there are also a lot of rules.
This year I told Dad that I did not want to have a big party for my birthday.
“I’ll just have a small one with you and Mum and Meg,” I said.
Dad looked pleased about this and Mum said a small party was fine with her too. She said, 8
“We don’t need the whole of Class One to have fun!” and then they both looked at each other and giggled.
And for once I did not mind them giggling about me because I was so glad I didn’t have to have a big party. I thought, now I can enjoy my birthday without anyone ruining it. I couldn’t wait.
But I HAD to wait because the 9problem with having a birthday on August 25th is that it is last.
Everybody in Class One has a birthday before me.
I explained this tragic situation to my family. I said, “Why does my birthday take longer than everybody else’s?”
“Mabel,” said Dad. “Everybody’s birthday takes the same amount of time to come 10around. All birthdays take a year.”
“Dad,” I replied, VERY patiently. “That is not the whole truth. In my class, September birthdays are first. That is what Edward Silitoe says and Edward Silitoe is a brainbox. Edward Silitoe’s birthday is on September 4th.”
And before Dad could argue 11with me I went upstairs to my bedroom. Luckily Meg followed me up to my bedroom and even more luckily she offered to help me make a birthday countdown. She drew lots of red boxes on a big piece of white paper and at the top she wrote MABEL’S BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN in multicoloured letters.
13“There you go, Mabel,” she said. “Every morning you can cross off another box and when there are no more to cross off it will be your birthday.”
14I counted all the boxes. There were forty-two. It sounded like a lot but Meg said they would go very quickly.
At school, I told everybody in Class One about my birthday countdown. I said, “I thought you might need some warning so you can think of present ideas.” And then, in case they didn’t have any good ideas, I said, “I 15would quite like BIG presents if that’s OK with you.”
For ages I could not stop talking about my birthday. It was my favourite topic of conversation.
One day at break time I told Class One about all the things I was going to do on my birthday. I said, “I am going to dress up as a wolf and then I will put 16on an amazing magic show and afterwards there will be a treasure hunt all over the garden that lasts for ages.”
Everybody looked really excited, even Harry Cox and Jordi Bhogal.
17Harry Cox said, “When will we get our invitations?”
