Wednesday’s list of words on the blackboard reads: The Great Ruby. Sarsaparilla. Pohutukawa.
. “No, too red,” replied the
dragon. Thursday’s list of words read: Theodore Junior. Titanic
Wednesday’s list of words on the blackboard reads: The Great Ruby. Sarsaparilla. Pohutukawa.
. “No, too red,” replied the
dragon. Thursday’s list of words read: Theodore Junior. Titanic. Red Winston.
Big Red Mountain John. “Not quite me, but nearly”
sighs the dragon.
Very early on Friday morning, even before Miss Grey could read the 5th chapter about Jack and the bean seed, there was a tap at the classroom door and in walked the headmaster.
“All stand up for Mr Thoroughgood” calls Miss Grey.
“Good morning class,” says Mr Thoroughgood.
“Good morning Sir,” replies the class.
“You may sit down. I have come to look at the special chair that all the other teachers are talking about.” And the headmaster looked very hard at the dragon’s chair which was really very big.
Miss Grey thought quickly and before the headmaster could ask, or say anything more said, ”Oh you mean this chair? This is our storytelling chair. Anyone who is going to tell a story is allowed to sit in this chair.”
Headmasters often have very long names that are hard to remember and they like to use very long words. Mr Thoroughgood also thinks he is a very good storyteller. “If I may?” he asks Miss Grey and goes to sit in the chair. But no matter how hard he tries he can’t sit down because the red dragon is already sitting in it! The glass starts to giggle and Miss Grey in a little bit of a panic flaps her hand towards the chair, meaning, quick, quick, red dragon, get out of the chair and let the headmaster sit down!
On the 3rd try the headmaster sits down, makes himself comfortable and starts to tell a story about sailing ships and high seas and uses very, very long words, But when he sees one big yawn and then another adds pirates waving cutlasses and saying ‘yo ho ho’ and ‘walk the plank’. Then seeing the tears on Marie’s cheeks and him being a kind man says the pirates weren’t really bad. It was a hot day and the pirates used the gangplank as a diving board to go swimming. These pirates were very health conscious pirates and ate the very best yoghurt for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And Mr Thoroughgood got up and wrote up on the blackboard, right next to Theodore Junior,
“I like yogurt,” said a deep grumble voice.
Miss Grey has a sudden coughing attack. The class coughs even louder. Everyone is coughing so much the headmaster thinks they must all be getting the flu. He forgets to finish his story and saying,“tut-tut and “oh dear” hurries out the door with a handkerchief over his nose.
Miss Grey starts smiling. Janice starts giggling, so is Amy. Jack is laughing. Matthew and Michael are laughing even more and soon the whole class is laughing too.
The dragon though is dancing up and down. 