牛津树7-4thelostkey

1、The Lost Key(牛津树7-4)Kipperwanted a magic adventurebut the magic key would notglow.It had not glowed for a long time.“Maybe it will glow if I keepit with me,” he thought,so he put it in his pocket.Mum had to go shopping. he wanted Kipper to go with her. “I want to get you some new trainers, ” she sai

2、d, “so comeon. ”Kipper forgot he had the key in his pocket.On the way to the shops,Mum let Kipper stop and play. He ran to the rocket and the key fell out of his pocket and on to the grass.“Look at me,Mum! ” he called.Kipperlooked in his pockets but the key was not there.“oh,no!”said Kipper.“Where i

3、s the key I cant have lost it ,can Ihe had lost the key.Kipper wanted to go and look for the Key, but Mum would not let”Buthim. It had started to rain and Mum wanted to get home.“Ask Biffand Chip to look for it,” she said.A man came to cut the grass. He cut it with a mower. The mowerran over the mag

4、ic key with a clang.“What was that” said the man.The key had broken the mower.“Grrrrr!” the mansaid , crossly.“NowI shallhave to mend the mower.”He was so cross that hethe magic key in a bin.Two boys came to play on the swings. One of the boys looked inthrewthe bin and found the key.“Look at this ol

5、d,bent key,” he said.“What shall we do with it”The boys took the key with them. One of them had some string.He tied the key to the string and spun it round and round.Suddenly the string broke and the key flew through the air. Ithit a greenhouse with a crash and broke the glass.the boys.“Oh no! ”said

6、“Lookatmy greenhouse!”yelledtheman.“The glassisbroken.” The boys ran away as fast as they could.“Just you comeback here, ” called the man.Kipper had to tellBiffand Chip thathe had lostthe magic key.“I thank I lost it by the rocket, ” he said, ”but Mumwouldnt letme look for it. ” “Come on,” said Chip

7、. “We must find it. Wilf and Wilma helped them look for the lost key. Biff asked”the man if he had seen it.“Yes, ”said the man.“I threw it inthat bin, but two boys took it out.”The childrensaw the two boys. They asked them ifthey had foundthe key.“Yes, ”said the boys,“but we lost it again. We brokea

8、 man s greenhouse with it.”They saw the man with the greenhouse.“We are sorry about thebroken glass, ” said Chip, “but could we have the key ” “Sorry, ” said the man. “I sold the key to the junk shop to help pay for the glass. ”The children went to the junk shop. They told the lady aboutthe key and

9、asked her if she had it.“Sorry,”said the lady.“Ihave just sold it.”The ladytoldthem who had it.“A man came in,”she said.“Hewanted some old keys. ” She told them that the man had a shop down the street.The children went to the mans shop. In the window there werepictures and paintings.“Why do you thin

10、k the man wants old keys”asked Wilf.Wilma looked inside the shop. It was closed and she couldntsee the man. It was closed and she couldnt see the man.“We mustgetourpocketmoney,”saidBiff.“We may havetobuypocketmoney,”saidBiff.“Wemust getour pocketmoney,”saidBiff.“Wemay have to buy the kdy back. ” “Le

11、t s go home,then, ” said Chip. Mum went to the shop with the children. She told the man aboutthe kay and how Kipper had lost it. She asked if they could have thekey back. “Yes, ” said the man. “ If you can find it. ” The man had painted some pictures and had put lots of keys in All the keys had been

12、 pained. The children looked them.atthepictures but they couldnt see the magic key.They looked at all the pictures. “All the keys look the same,” said Biff. Suddenly Kipper saw a little picture. It had one key init.“Here it is,The man told”he said. them that“This is our key.they would have to” buyth

13、epicture.Biffand Chip gave Mum their pocket money, and Mum paid the man.“Itsa lot to pay for an old key, The children pulled” she said.the key from the pictureand rubbed offthepaint. Then they looked at it.“ The key has not glowed for a longtime,” said Biff.“Perhaps it has lost its magic.”“Its been

14、out inthe rain,” saidWilf,“and its been bentby a mower.” “its been througha window, ”saidChip,“and itsbeen stuck on a painting.” “Its had a bad time,” said Wilma.The children wanted the key to glow. Wilma picked it up.“Doyou thinkitwillever glow again ”she said.“Do you thinkthe magicwill still work”

15、 “I dont know,” said Biff.“I hope so.”But the key didn t glow and the magic wouldn t work. Kipper told the key about the adventures he would like to have. But stillthe magic wouldnt work.The next day, Wilf and Wilma came to the house with Nadim andAnneena. The children were sorry about the key. It s

16、till wouldn glow and they were all very sai.t“How can we make the magic work again ” asked Wilma. Anneenathoughtof a good idea.“Let s remind itofthe magic adventures,”she said.“Maybe that will make it work.”But the key still didnt glow. At last the children gave up.Mum told Biff and Chip it was time for their friends to go home.“Cheer up, ” said Mum.Kipperwas sorryabout the