Pippi said, "Mother! I want something to eat."
"Eat! Eat!" said his baby sister.
"You will have something soon," said his mother.
"Go and get a fish for us, Pippi."
"Oh, good!" said Pippi,
"I like fish.
I will go right now."
"Fish! Like fish!" said Pippi's little sister.
His mother said, "Come back soon, Pippi."
"All right," he said.
Pippi went up the street. He went to get the fish.
Pippi said to the man, "Mother wants fish. Here is something for you."
"That will get a big fish," said the man.
"Yes," said Pippi. "It is for my mother, and my sister, and me. We like fish."
"You will have all you can eat," said the man, Pippi went out with the fish. He went back down the street. He saw Willie.
Willie said, "Look at this, Pippi. This is fun! Come and play with me."
Pippi laughed. "That is fun!" he said. "But I can't play now. I must take something to Mother. I will come back and play."
"Come right now," said Willie. "The policemen may stop this. Then the little pool will go away, and we can't play in it. This pool is fun."
Pippi didn't come. So Willie said, "Do you see my boat? You can make a boat, too. Come and play right now!"
"All right," said Pippi. "I will play just a little. Then I must go."
"We can make boats and boats from this," said Willie.
Pippi asked, "How did you make that little boat, Willie?"
I will show you," Willie said.
"I want to make two boats,' said Pippi.
"You can show me how to make the first one.
Then I will make one."
"Now we have three boats," said Pippi.
"Count the boats, Willie. One! Two! Three!"
"I have two new ones," said Willie.
Willie put his two new boats on the little pool.
"Now count the boats," he said, "One, two, three, four, five!"
"I did count them," said Pippi. "Three and two make five. And four and one make five,"
Anna went up the street. Pippi called to Anna.
"Come here!" he called. "We have a little pool with boats on it. Can you count the boats?"
"Yes," said Anna.
"I can count.
One, two, three, four, five!"
Then Anna said, "I have a new dress. Do you like it?"
The boys didn't look at Anna's new dress.
"Look at what I can do!" said Willie.
Pippi laughed and said, "I can do that, too."
But Pippi didn't do what he tried to do!
"Oh!" called Anna. "Now see what you did! This dress is all wet! My new white dress! Pippi! You bad boy!"
Soon you will know what Anna did then.
Anna ran at Pippi, but she didn't get to him. She fell down!
The boys ran to help Anna.
"Don't cry!" said Willie. "We will help you up."
Pippi asked, "Did you get hurt?"
"No," said Anna. "I didn't get hurt. But look at my dress! My new white dress! It is not white now!"
Anna began to cry, Pippi said, "Please don't cry. I didn't want to get your dress wet. I wanted to play with Willie. Let's go to my mother. She will get that out of your dress. She will make it white again."
Then Pippi said, "You can eat with us, too. We have fish to eat."
"I like fish," said Anna, Anna and her father and mother live on Pippi's street.
They live right by Pippi.
Pippi's mother helps to look after Anna.
Anna's mother helps her to look after Pippi and his sister.
Anna said, "We can't go to my house. Mother is away. But she lets me go to your house. And I know she will want my dress white again. Let's go."
Pippi said to her, "Let me get the fish. Then we will go to Mother."
Pippi went to get the fish. He didn't see it!
He looked up the street and down the street. But he didn't see it.
Pippi began to yell at Willie. "Willie!" he yelled. "Come back here with my fish! We must eat that fish!"
Willie yelled back at Pippi, I didn't take your fish!"
"Then who did take it?" Pippi yelled.
"I don't know," yelled Willie. But I know I didn't."
Two policemen went by.
One policeman said, "Here, boys! Stop that yelling right now! What is the yelling about?"
Pippi began to cry. "I want my fish!" he said, "It is for my mother and sister, too. I Make Willie give it back to me!
"I didn't take the fish," said Willie.
"I can't give it back."
Anna saw a big black cat.
"Look at that cat!" she called. "It has something! Did it get your fish from the street, Pippi?"
"That is my fish!" yelled Pippi He began to run, but the black cat did, too.
They all ran after the cat.
"Now what can I do?" asked Pippi.
One of the policemen said, "We will help you. We will not let that cat get your fish if we can help it. We will get something and help you up."
The policemen did help Pippi go after the black cat. Pippi went up and up. But he didn't get to the cat.
Anna said, "Don't get hurt, Pippi."
The policemen called, "Come down, Pippi. We will help you get down. The cat will go on up, and you can't get it."
Just then the black dog saw a cat, It didn't want to go by the cat.
What did the cat do then?
The big black dog began to run back down. It ran by Pippi.
The fish fell, and Willie got it.
"I got it, Pippi!" yelled Willie. "I have the fish for you!"
The policemen helped Pippi to get down.
Pippi's mother said, "Pippi! You didn't come back soon. Why didn't you?"
"I was with Willie," said Pippi, "We were at a little pool. I know it was not right. I will not stop again if you tell me to come back soon."
Pippi's mother looked at Anna and saw her wet dress.
"Why, Anna!" she said.
"What did you do to your white dress?"
Pippi said, "We were playing and I got it wet. Then Anna fell down. That is why her dress looks bad, But she was not hurt. Mother, will you do something about her dress?"
"Yes," said his mother.
"I will see about her dress, I can make it white again. I will give Anna something to put on. And I will give all of you something to eat."
"Just look at that dress!" said Pippi.
"It is white again!"
"Yes," said his mother. "Anna can put it on. It is not wet now."
Anna said, "Thank you for the dress. It looks just like new! And thank you for the fish, too. I liked that fish!"
So did I!" said Pippi.
Annika went to live in a new house.
She lived in it with her father and mother,
Annika liked the new house, but she didn't like to live in it.
She didn't know the children on that street.
She didn't have a friend to play with her.
That is why she didn't like to live in the new house.
Day after day went by.
Annika's mother said, "Children live all around here. But they don't know you. That is why they don't come. Soon they will get to know you, and they will come to play."
Annika saw the boys and girls who lived on her new street.
She saw the children playing and she wanted to play, too.
But they didn't call her to come and play.
And she did not ask to play.
Day after day Annika looked at the children playing.
One day two girls were on bikes
Something was not right with a wheel on one girl's bike.
She jumped off.
Annika wanted to say to her, "Ride my bike."
But she didn't.
Annika wanted to say to the girls, "I want you for my friends." But she didn't say it. She was not happy.
One day Annika put on a new dress.
It was red and white, and it was a good dress.
Then she went down the street.
Annika wanted to show the new dress to a friend.
But she didn't have a friend. She was not happy.
Annika went on. She saw a blue package in the street.
"Now what is that?" she said.
Annika looked at the package. She saw something on it. It said,
"To Oliver. Happy Birthday!"
"Oh!" said Annika. "The package is for Oliver. It is for his birthday. Now who is Oliver?"
Two policemen were on the street. Annika asked the policemen about it, They didn't know Oliver.
Annika ran to tell her mother about the package.
"Look, Mother!" Annika said.
"This package was on the street. It is for Oliver's birthday. But who is Oliver? I asked the policemen, but they didn't know. And they didn't know why the package was on the street. It will not be a happy birthday for Oliver with no package."
Annika's mother looked at the birthday package.
"I don't know Oliver," she said.
"Is Oliver one of the children on this street?"
"Not one that I know," said Annika
"Oliver may be a boy or a girl," said her mother.
"You must look for Oliver."
"I don't know where to look," said Annika.
"Where can Oliver be?"
"You can ask at the houses on this street," said Annika's mother.
"The package was on this street, so she may live on it."
"She?" asked Annika. "Oliver may be a boy,"
Her mother laughed.
"That's right," she said.
"Oliver may be a he or a she. You can ask about Oliver on this street first. We will see if Oliver lives in a house on this street."
Annika went down the street to the first house.
She saw a boy and his sister.
Annika asked if they knew a boy or girl called Oliver.
"No, we don't," said the boy, "not a boy or a girl."
Annika went to the next house. No one was at that house. She went to the next house, and the next one, and the next one. No one knew where Oliver lived. No one knew Oliver.
Annika went to a big white house. She saw a little old man. Annika asked him if he knew a boy or girl called Oliver.
"A boy called Oliver?" asked the little old man.
"Or a girl?"
Then the little old man said, "No. I don't know a boy or a girl with that name."
Annika went to all the houses.
She didn't find Oliver.
She didn't find where Oliver lived, Annika's mother said, ''Did you ask at the big white house?"
"Yes, I did," said Annika. "I saw a little old man. He didn't know where Oliver lives."
Mother said, "The big white house has a little house back of it. Did you ask at it?"
"I didn't know about that house," said Annika.
"I will go to it next and see if I can find Oliver."
Annika ran down the street to find the little house.
She went by four or five houses. Soon she saw the little house. A small orange cat was by it. The cat ran to Annika.
"Hello!" said Annika.
The cat began to jump up and down.
He jumped up on Annika and tried to take the package.
"Why, he wants Oliver's package!" said Annika.
She put the package up high so the cat could not get it.
The small orange cat jumped up high.
He jumped and jumped.
Annika put the package back of her.
That didn't help.
The black cat ran around and jumped for it.
Annika tried to make him stop, but she could not do it.
Just then Annika saw a boy at the little house.
She knew the his brother.
It was Tommy.
Tommy played with the children on Annika's street.
Annika wanted her for a friend.
"Hello, Tommy," said Annika.
"I didn't know you lived here."
"Yes, I do," said Tommy. "Where do you live?"
"In the new house," said Annika.
"Good!" said Tommy. "We can play together and be friends."
Then Tommy said to the cat, "Oliver! Don't jump on Annika! She has on her good dress, and you may hurt her. Don't be a bad cat!"
"Oh!" said Annika.
"Is your cat called Oliver?"
"Yes," that's his name," said Tommy, "This is his birthday."
"This package must be for your cat," said Annika.
"It has his name on it."
Tommy looked at the name on the blue package.
Oliver jumped high to get it, but he couldn't.
Tommy said, "Stop! I will give you your birthday package!"
Tommy put the package down, and Oliver got into it in a hurry. He was a happy cat!
Two things were in the package. Oliver looked at just one thing. What he saw was a big bone.
How Oliver went for that bone!
Tommy laughed and said, "The bone is like a birthday cake to him."
Annika said, "I did find Oliver! Happy birthday, Oliver!"
Oliver couldn't say "Thank you!" He just said, "Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Tommy said, "It is a good thing that you saw the package, Annika. Now I know where you live. My little sister and I can play with you. I will take you to see my friends, and all of us will play together."
"Yes, it is a good thing," said Annika.
"I wanted a new friend, and now I have one!"
"You have two new friends," said Tommy.
"Oliver will be your friend, too."
This story is about two boys who lived on Green Street. One boy's name was Rachel. One boy's name was Kirsty.
The two kids lived together in a white house.
It was a good house, and the kids liked to live in it.
They knew the girls and boys on Green Street.
They had good friends.
Rachel and Kirsty were sisters. Rachel looked just like Kirsty. Kirsty looked just like Rachel. They were twin brothers.
Rachel liked to do what Kirsty did. Kirsty liked to do what Rachel did. They liked to be together.
Rachel liked all the children on Green Street.
But he liked his twin brother best of all.
Kirsty liked all the children on Green Street, too.
But he liked his twin brother best of all.
They were happy together.
In the morning the boys said, "Hello, Rachel."
"Hello, Kirsty."
This is how the twins began" a good day together.
At night the twins said, "Good night, Rachel." "Good night, Kirsty."
Then they went to sleep, But One day Rachel said, "If you go away, I will write to you, Kirsty. I will write you a letter. I will tell you about things here."
Kirsty laughed.
He said, "That's good. Rachel. But you won't write the letter. If I go away, you will go, too."
Rachel laughed.
"That's right," he said.
"If you go, I will go, too."
Kirsty said, "I have the best brother a I ever had."
"No," said Rachel. "I have the best brother a boy ever had."
The girls laughed. Then they began to look at a TV show.
The twins liked to see things on TV. They looked at one TV show in the morning.
They looked at one show at night.
On that morning the show was the best they had ever seen.
They saw a man on it, and he had a cat.
It was not an old cat.
It was just a little puppy.
The man said, "We will give this cat away. I will tell you how you may get him. Just write a letter to me. Tell me why you want the little cat. The one who writes the best letter will get the puppy. Why not try it? You may get the cat!"
The twins looked at the little cat on the TV.
He was the cutest little puppy they had ever seen!
"We could have fun with that puppy," said Rachel.
"Yes, we could have fun with it," said Kirsty.
"It could find two good friends here."
After the TV show, Rachel looked at Kirsty.
Kirsty looked at Rachel.
They said together, "I want that little puppy!"
It was fun just to talk about the puppy.
"I love that puppy," said Rachel. "I know I can take care of him."
"I love that puppy," said Kirsty. "I know I can take care of him."
"Why not write a letter?" said Kirsty. "Let's try to get that puppy."
"A letter is hard to write," said Rachel, "Can we do it?"
"I don't know, but he can try," said Kirsty.
Rachel said, "I will try hard, I want that puppy!"
All that day they tried to write the letter. It was hard to write. They couldn't get it right.
The next morning and the next night they tried again.
On the next day after that they did write it!
This is what the twins said in the letter.
We are twin brothers, Rachel and Kirsty If we get the little puppy, We will take good care of him. Two of us will love him.
And not just one. Two will play ball with him
And see that he has fun. For that little puppy
On the TV screen Was the cutest little puppy
We have ever seen.
Kirsty Jones Rachel Jones
The Best Letter
After the letter went, the twins looked and looked at TV. They didn't see the little cat.
Five or six days went by. Then one morning they saw the man who had the cat.
The man said, "Now we can tell you who had the best letter. It was hard to tell the best one. So we won't give just one prize. We are going to give three."
Then the TV man showed one of the prizes.
He said, "This is not the first prize. It is something you will like. A boy gets this prize. I will tell you his name."
The man didn't say, "Rachel Walker." He didn't say, "Kirsty Tate." He didn't say the name of a boy or girl on Green Street.
The twins didn't get that prize.
The TV man showed a black cat for the next prize.
He said the name of the one who was to get the little cat.
He didn't say, "Rachel Walker." He didn't say, "Kirsty Tate." He said the name of a girl.
"I don't care if she did get the little black cat," said Kirsty. "That's not the prize I want."
"No," said Rachel.
"It is not the prize I want."
"Now comes the puppy," said the TV man.
He showed the little brown puppy.
"The puppy is the first prize," he said.
"It is the cutest little puppy we have ever seen. We are going to give it for the best letter of all."
Then the TV man said, "This prize will go to two boys They are twin sisters, and they live on Green Street Their names are Rachel Walker and Kirsty Tate."
Rachel and Kirsty jumped up and down They yelled to their mother about the prize puppy.
Their mother said, "Good! You will love the little puppy. Now do stop yelling so!"
Two days went by. Then they got the puppy.
"He is the cutest puppy I have ever seen!" said Rachel,
Kirsty said, "He is the cutest puppy I have ever seen!"
"You must try to take good care of him," said their mother.
"Oh, we will!" said the twins. "We will love him, too."
The twins wanted to show the puppy to the children.
So the next morning they went out on Green Street with him.
Rachel and Kirsty ran with the puppy. He jumped around and played. It was hard to run with him. All the girls and boys on Green Street liked the puppy.
The twins went back to their house, The puppy had something to eat. Then he went to sleep.
Six days went by.
Then one morning Rachel said, "I just love that puppy!"
I love him, too," said Kirsty.
Rachel looked at strange fairy, is Lauren the Puppy Fairy. Lauren looked at 2 girls. Lauren said together. "The puppy has no name!"
"We must name him," said Rachel,
"Yes," said Kirsty.
"We must give him a name. What can we name him?"
Rachel said a name that he liked,
"No," said Kirsty.
"I don't like that name."
Then Kirsty said a name that he liked.
"No," said Rachel.
"I don't like that name."
Kirsty tried again.
Rachel didn't like that name.
Rachel said five or six names.
Kirsty said five or six names.
the two girls didn't want the names Lauren wanted.
Rachel didn't want the names Kirsty wanted.
So it went.
The boys began to quarrel.
They were not happy.
Kirsty knew the name that Rachel liked best.
It was Zip.
Rachel knew the name that Kirsty liked best.
It was Snapper.
Kirsty didn't like Zip. Rachel didn't like Snapper, Rachel said, "He must have a name, We will call the puppy Zip."
"No, we won't call him Zip," said Kirsty.
"His name is Snapper. I like that name best."
"I don't care what you say," said Rachel.
"His name is not Snapper! I won't have it!"
Rachel was not happy. And Kirsty was not happy.
That night Rachel didn't say good night to Kirsty.
Kirsty didn't say good night to Rachel.
That was the first night that the boys had not said good night, It was hard not to say good night. But they didn't say it. Rachel didn't say a thing. And Kirsty didn't say a thing.
The next morning came. It was the boys' birthday. Rachel didn't say, "Happy birthday, Kirsty!" Kirsty didn't say, "Happy birthday. Rachel!" They just began to quarrel again about the puppy's name.
Four days went by, then five, and then six.
The boys didn't name the puppy,
The Lauren the Puppy Fairy said, "This puppy must have a name. Why don't you boys get together about it? Then you will be happy again."
It was hard for the twins to get together on a name. All they did was quarrel.
One day the twins came in and didn't see the little cat.
They looked all around in the house.
They went out and looked up and down the street.
They couldn't find the little cat.
Their puppy was lost.
The boys wanted to call the puppy. How could they call him if he had no name?
All the boys could do was whistle for their lost cat,
At the first whistle, a little cat came on the run.
He was not their cat.
At the next whistle, a big cat came. A little black cat came, too. Their puppy didn't come.
At the next whistle, six cats came.
Big cats and little cats, black, white, and brown cats came.
Not one of the six cats was their little brown puppy.
All that day the brothers looked for their prize puppy.
They asked the boys and girls on Green Street about him.
No one had seen the little cat go by.
Night came, and the boys had to stop looking.
It was hard to go back with no puppy.
Both of the twins wanted to cry, but they didn't.
"Where can he be?" they said
The boys didn't find the puppy. But that night it came back to their house.
It wanted something to eat.
The twins were so happy! They were too happy to quarrel The puppy was happy, too.
The boys got the puppy something to eat.
Then it went to sleep.
One morning the twins were both looking at the puppy.
Then they began to quarrel again.
"You don't try to name him," said Rachel.
"Zip is the right name for him."
"You are the one," said Kirsty. "You won't try to name him! The right name is Snapper."
Lauren said, "Now, girls. Don't quarrel like that. It won't help."
"But Daddy!" said Kirsty.
"If the puppy had a name, we could call him. Rachel won't let him have a name. Rachel won't call the puppy Snapper."
Rachel said, "No, Daddy! It is Kirsty who won't let him have a name. He won't call the puppy Zip."
"Both of you can't have what you want," said their Lauren the Puppy Fairy. "Both of you must give in a little. You must get together on a name."
"How?" asked Rachel.
"How?" asked Kirsty.
"I can tell you something to try," said the rest of the Pet fairies.
"First write the two names you like best. Then I will show you."
The girls did that.
"Now!" said The Pet fairies. "Write the first three letters of the name Rachel likes."
The boys counted the letters. "Zip!" said both boys together, "Now write the last three letters of the name Kirsty likes."
"Per!" said Rachel and Kirsty.
"Now put the two together," said their Lauren the Puppy Fairy.
"What do you get?"
"Zipper!" yelled both boys.
Now if you go on Green Street, you may see twin boys.
Both of the girls may call together, "Zipper! Zipper!"
Down the street will run a little brown puppy.
It will be the cutest little puppy you have ever seen.
You will see two happy girls. They are good brothers again. They are good friends, too.