Smudge Finds the Trail

This book was written by Peter Clover.

This book is about a dog called Smudge. Smudge is a labrador. He is only a little puppy. He is playing by the lake under the bridge when... he saw his friend Dilly the duckling.

"What are you doing under that bridge Dilly?''

''I am playing hide and seek with Parsley''.

Then Smudge said, ''can I play? ''

''Yes," said Dilly. So Dilly and Smudge were hiding under the bridge. Just then they heard this clip clop on top of the bridge. Smudge knew that wasn't Parsley. He knew that it wasn't Parsley because there was this strong awful smell. He went to go and see. It wasn't Parsley. It was... Filbert the mountain goat. He has a fear of heights. He always goes onto the bridge to see if he will get used to it. But when he went on the bridge he wasn't used to it this time. Filbert said, " it is so high up here.'' And also he said, ''what are you doing down there?''

''We are playing hide and seek."

Where every puppy finds a home ( Goldie )

This book was written by Ellen Miles.

This book is about a family of five. The name of the little boy is called Bean The name of the older brother is called Charles and the big sister is called Lizzie. In the family there is mum, dad and three children - one girl plus two boys. Their dad's job is a firefighter. He normal wakes up at three in the morning. This family loves dogs except for their mum. All of their family wants to get a dog but their Mum won't let them. Their mum won't let them because Mum has lived with cats her whole life and she is used to them. One of the boys and the girl keep on begging and begging their Mum for a dog but their Mum keeps saying NO! Their mum says you will get a puppy when you guys are seventeen years old. In the morning their Dad had to go to put out a fire with his fire fighter mates. It was on a farm in the countyside. Then when their Dad came home they saw that something was wriggling in his shirt. Then he opened his shirt and said "surprise!" Then the children said, ''you've got us a puppy.'' Then their Dad said he was in the fire and everyone abandoned him. "So I took him with us. Her name is called Goldie. She is a Labrador puppy. She is only ten weeks old and has had all of her shots." In the end their mum said, "I have made my decision." before she said what she had decided everyone got upset. Mum said, ''don't get upset yet I haven't told you yet. My decision is we get to keep her if you look after her very well."

The Big Book Short Stories

This book was written By Dick King-Smith

This story is about two mice. These mice are married. Their names are Ethel and Hedley. Hedley said, "our Silver Wedding Day is tomorrow." Then Ethel said, " tomorrow - really time flies so quickly." Soon Hedley is going to have a baby. Ethel didn't know that Hedley had blown out like a balloon. Hedley said to Ethel, "didn't you know you where going to be a father?''
"No," said Ethel. Later that day Hedley had her babies, three ( 3 ) boys and three ( 3 ) girls. All that day before Hedley had had her babies Ethel had been thinking what should they call them. Ethel went to the kitchen to get some food for himself and his wife. He found some nice cheese that Hedley likes. When he was still looking he found some blue pellets and a box. He couldn't read that well but he could read a bit and the box said MOUSE POISON, KEEP AWAY FROM DOMESTIC ANIMALS. He took a gulp of a pellet and said, "yum, Hedley will love these." He took some for her.

The Story of an Appendix on the Loose

This book was Written by Paul Jennings

The story is about a boy called Trevor.
Trevor had to go to the hospital
to have his appendix taken out.
When Trevor woke up
after his operation his appendix was in jar of yellow liquid next to him.
Before Trevor went to sleep at night he put his appendix in the fridge
because he thought it would go off. In the middle of the night Trevor's mum decided to get some food from the fridge.
There was a loud scream when she saw the jar with his appendix in it. The next day Trevor went to school and put his appendix jar on his desk. Everyone couldn't stop looking at it. They wanted to know what that grey awful, fleshy, foul thing in the jar was. They didn't know if it was dead or alive. Trevor had to go to the library to get information about the body. When he was going to get the book he felt dizzy and thought he was about to faint. When he went back to the classroom he was better. The teacher told Trevor that, when he was away from the classroom his appendix in the jar was moving angrily trying to get out of the jar. The teacher said to Trevor, "go outside the school gates and count to five. Then come back to the classroom." Again when Trevor was away from the classroom it jumped wildly but when he came back and picked up the jar the appendix were OK and calm. The principal had to take the jar with the appendix in it away from Trevor. Then the principal took it into his car and the appendix became angry again and the lid nearly came off. When the lid was about to come off the principal thew the jar onto the footpath. A cat saw it and went and hissed at it. The appendix then ate the cat like a vacuum cleaner. A dog came along and barked so the appendix ate the dog as well and then it rolled into the drain. Trevor sat by a drain and his appendix came out and went on his knee. Trevor said they must be together so he swallowed his appendix so they could be together forever.