Jack and The Beanstalk Tall and Short Stories

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        At maths, His Excellency Excellent hardly excelled,

 9. His Excellency Excellent had a crown with 2000 jewels, but 20% fell out. How many needed glue ?

 10. His Excellency Excellent had a tea - party and invited the Queen of Hearts. She brought a plate of 150 tarts, but slipped and 10% fell off the plate - how many were left ?

 11. His Excellency Excellent had a magnificent garden with 600 flowers, but one third died - how many were left ?

 12. His Excellency Excellent had a wild goose that laid 10 golden eggs every day. If one egg weighed 5 grams, how much did all 10 weigh ?

 13. His Excellency Excellent bought a saphire ring which cost £2 059. How much change did he receive from £3 000 ?

 14. His Excellency Excellent had an orchestra that played concerts in the Great Hall. 3 of the 100 musicians didn’t turn up - what fraction, decimal and percentage is this ?

 15. His Excellency Excellent had a royal coach with 10 magnificent horses. Each horse ate 3 bucketfuls of food. If one bucket contained 3 litres,

a) how much did one horse eat ?

b) how much did all the horses eat in one day ?

c) how much did all the horses eat in one week ?

HRH

How many words can you think of that include the letters HRH - Example “church”.

HRH

© Jacqueline Richards 2007 Answers :

1. Princess Emma Emerald had a golden stagecoach that she spent 3 hours polishing every day. How long did she spend polishing in one year ?

2. Princess Emma Emerald had a gold and green crown with 15 jewels but 5 % of them fell out … how many were left ?

3. Princess Emma Emerald’s green throne was torn. It took her 5 minutes to sew back together 2 cm - how long did it take her to stitch the entire 15 cm tear ?

4. Princess Emma Emerald bought an emerald ring for £59.00 - how much change did she receive from £100 ?

5. Princess Emma Emerald had 48 different hats and crowns, (red, green and yellow) which she wore in a ratio of 2 : 4 : 6. How many of each colour hat did she have ?

6. Princess Emma Emerald only drank champagne from a green bottle … If she drank three litre bottles, how many 200 ml glasses was that ?

7. Princess Emma Emerald had twelve horses, but only 3 of them were green and sick. How many does that leave ?

8. Princess Emma Emerald’s emerald was 5 cm long x 6 cm wide x 4 cm deep. What volume is that ?

9. Princess Emma Emerald’s had a mouse that lived underneath her throne. It ran at a speed of 3.5 metres / minute - how long did it take to reach the other side of the room, 200 metres away ?

10. Princess Emma Emerald had 700 greenfly in her garden, but only 67% of them were on the plants - how many is that ?

11. Princess Emma Emerald went to the green grocers and bought 18 oranges for 25 pence each - how much did she pay ?

12. Princess Emma Emerald had a pet that was a green turtle, which swam at a rate of 8m / minute - how far did it travel in one hour ?

13. Princess Emma Emerald made a pan of green pea soup. If there were 7 litres in the pan, how many 0.5 litre bowls could this fill ?

14. Princess Emma Emerald stopped at the traffic light and had to wait 15 minutes for them to turn to green. If she waited at 10 sets of traffic lights, how long did she stand still on her journey ? Give your answer in hours and minutes.

15. Princess Emma Emerald drank 3 x 150 mls cups of green leaf tea for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day. What fluid volume is that in one week ?

 Activity - how many green things can you think of like Emma’s emerald ?

Hunt Emma’s Gemstone In The Emerald Isle

Add “Em” - ma to these words to complete the gemstone words.

 ulsion = __ __ ulsion

skirt h  = skirt h __ __

 molient = __ __ __olient

th  = th __ __

h  p = h __ __ p

g  mstone = g __ __stone

 bezzle = __ __ bezzle

em  bargo = __ __ bargo

 barrassment = __ __ barrassment

 bark = __ __ bark

 bassy = __ __ bassy

 bellish = __ __ bellish

 bitter = __ __ bitter

 blazon = __ __ blazon

 battle = __ __ battle

 ancipated = __ __ ancipated

 balm = __ __ balm

r  marked = r __ __ arked

 bl  = __ __ bl __ __

 boss = __ __ boss

 broider = __ __ broider

 bolism = __ __ bolism

 broil = __ __ broil

 igrate = __ __ igrate

 inent = __ __ inent

 it = __ __ it

 ir = __ __ ir

 bryo = __ __ bryo

d  onstration = d __ __ onstration

Emma’s Dilemma

How many words can you think of that contain the letters D - I - L ? Example - crocodile.

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers :

1. 3 x 365 = 1095 hours;

2. 155 - (15 / 100 x 5 = 3) = 152;

3. 15 / 2 x 5 = 37.5 mins;

4. 100 - 59.99 = £4.01;

5. One part = 48 / 12 = 4, therefore, 8 : 16 : 24;

6. (1000 x 3) / 200 = 15;

7. 12 - 3 = 9;

8. 5 x 6 x 4 = 120 ;

9. 200 / 3.5 = 57.14 minutes;

10. 700 / 100 x 67 = 4690;

11. 18 x 0.25 = £4.50;

12. 60 x 8 = 480 m;

13. 14;

14. 10 x 15 = 150 mins / 60 = 2.5 hours

15. 3 x 150 x 7 = 3150 mls

Game 2 - Answers : emulsion; skirt hem; emolient; them; hem; gemstone ; embezzle; embargo; embarrassment; embark ; embassy; embellish ; embitter; emblazon ; embattle ; emancipated; embalm; remarked; emblem; emboss; embroider ; embolism; embroil; emigrate; eminent ; emit; emir; embryo

His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp was so high that he thought he’d fall. He was so high that he had his head in the clouds. He had to say “Hi !” to so many people that he had he stand on a ladder, he was higher than anyone. He loved high things, too … high churches, high steeples, high skyscrapers. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp stood on a roof to ensure that he was really high. He went on an aeroplane to be even higher. He kept his palace windows clean … by dangling on the drainpipes, so he could be seen.

Hiya ! Quiz

 What things need to be done to make a flower grow higher ?

 Think of some things that can make you higher - like standing on a box.

 List as many high things that you can think of …

 1. If His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp stood at the top of a ladder, 10 metres long, how much higher was he than his bucket, 25% up the ladder ?

 2. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp stood on the roof of his palace, 75 metres high, which was one third higher than the third floor - how high was the third floor ?

 3. When His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp took an aeroplane ride, he was 150 metres above a cloud, which was 1200 km above sea - level - how high was HRH ?

 4. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp was 2.4 metres tall - how much higher was he wearing stilts - which made him 0.3 of that height higher ?

 5. Wearing high heels, His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp fell over three times every 150 metres - how many times did he fall over in a journey 3 kilometres long ?

 6. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp’s staircase was 250 metres high … how high was he if he walked 2 / 5 ths of the way up ?

 7. When His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp sat on a chair, he was 80 cm high … how high was the table - 15 % higher than this ?

 8. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp was 2.4 m tall, but wearing his crown he was 45 cm taller and wearing high boots, he was 15 cm taller than that - then how high was he ?

 9. On Monday, His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp fell off a ladder 2.5 m high … on Tuesday he fell off a kerb, 35 cm high and on Wednesday he fell off a wall measuring 175 cm high - how far did he fall in one week ?

 10. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp planted a seed that grew at a rate of 2.5 cm per day - how long did it take to reach 20 cm high ?

 11. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp went up in a hot air balloon … and if it rose at a speed of 500 m / hour, how long did it take to gain enough height to fly over a tall skyscraper 2 km high ?

 12. His Right Highness His Right Honourable Highness Pomp still needed step ladders to reach the top shelf - if one step measured 45 cm and he stepped up four, how much higher did he become ?

The Quiz That’s Even Higher Than That !

Match the definition to the correct answer.

ANSWERS :

The high statue in Picadilly Circus is called …
The UK’s highest peak is …
The highest peak in Ireland is …
The statue on the rocks overlooking Rio de Janiero is of …
The highest mountain in Bolivia is …
The statues on the roof of the Vatican are of …
The highest waterfall drops 979 feet and is called…
The highest mountain of Bolivia is Altiplano.
The highest peak in Wales is called …
The best known peak in the Alps is …
The biggest peak in the South Americas is …
Switzerland’s highest mountain is …
The Phillipines largest island is …
The rock of Gibraltaar is …
Greece’s highst peak is …
Spain’s high mountains are …
The highest point in China is Communism Peak (7495 m high).
The rise in life expectancy since 1870 …
The highest peak in Oceania is …
The highest peak in New Zealand is …
The highest peak in North America is …

ANSWERS :
… 44 years.
… Eros
… Mount McKinley in Alaska.
… the Pyrennes.
… 429 m high.
… 6960 m high and called Aconcagua.
… Angel Falls in Venezuala.
… Grosglockner.
… the Matterhorn.
… Snowdon.
… Christ.
… Ben Nevis
… the Apoostles.
… Altipano.
…Carantouhill.
… 3 764 feet high and called Mount Cook.
… Luzon.
… Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea.
… Mount Olympus at 2197 m.

Highness Pomp’s Groovy Growing Up Game

Which is the correct one to use - gro ? - gru ? or - groo ?

__ __ __ use

__ __ __ dge

__ __ __ __ ved

__ __ __ ggy

__ __ __ in

__ __ __ ff

__ __ __ mble

__ __ __ wing

__ __ __ wth

incon__ __ __ous

__ __ __ ss

__ __ __ tesque

__ __ __ mpy

__ __ __ tty

__ __ __ tto

__ __ __ el

__ __ __ und

__ __ __undwork

__ __ __wl

__ __ __bby

__ __ __ up

__ __ __undless

__ __ __ b

La - De - Da

Which is the correct letters to use to spell the word correctly ? “LA” or “da” ? Then write a list of as many additional words as you can that include the letters “la” and ”da”. 

__ __  ughter

__ __  ughter

__ __  audible

__ __ b hand

__ __ cking

s __ __ te roof

__ __ mages

__ __ ngerous

__ __  iry foods

s __ __ cking

__ __ mp - post

__ __ nguage

c __ __ p 

Answers : grouse; grudge; grooved; groggy; groin; gruff; grumble; growing; growth; incongruous; gross; grotesque; grumpy; grotty; grotto; gruel; ground; groundwork; growl; grubby; group; groundless; grub

Answers :
1. 10 - (10 / 100 x 25 = 2.5) = 7.5 m
2. 75 + (75 / 3 = 25) = 100 m
3. 1200 - 150 = 1050 m
4. 2.4 + (2.4 / 10 x 3 = 0.72) = 3.12 m
5. 3000 / 150 x 3 = 60
6. 250 / 5 x 2 = 100 m
7. 80 + (80 / 100 x 15 = 0. = 8.8 m
8. 2.4 + 0.45 + 0.15 = 3m
9. 2.5 + 0.35 + 1.75 = 4.6 m
10. 20 / 2.5 = 8 days
11. 2 x 1000 = 2000 / 500 = 4 hours
12. 4 x 45 = 180 cm

Higher Than That ! Answers :
The high statue in Picadilly Circus is called Eros.
The UK’s highest peak is Ben Nevis.
The highest peak in Ireland is Carrantuohill.
The statue on the rocks overlooking Rio de Janiero is of Christ.
The highest mountain in Bolivia is Altiplano.
The statues on the roof of the Vatican are of the Apostles.
The highest waterfall drops 979 feet and is called Angel Falls in Venezuala.
The highest mountain of Bolivia is Altiplano.
The highest peak in Wales is called Snowdon.
The best known peak in the Alps is the Matterhorn.
The biggest peak in the South Americas is 6960 m high and called Aconcagua.
Switzerland’s highest mountain is Grosglockner.
The Phillipines largest island is Luzon.
The rock of Gibraltaar is 429 m high.
Greece’s highst peak is Mount Olympus at 2197 m.
Spain’s high mountains are the Pyrennes.
The highest point in China is Communism Peak (7495 m high).
The rise in life expectancy since 1870 - 44 years.
The highest peak in Oceania is Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea.
The highest peak in New Zealand is 3 764 feet high and called Mount Cook.
The highest peak in North America is Mount McKinley in Alaska.

Answers : laughter ; daughter ; laudible ; dab hand ; lacking ; slate roof ; damages ; dangerous ; scandal ; dairy foods ; slacking ; lamp - post ; language ; clap

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

It’s very hard when you’re a King or a Queen (trying hard not to let your crown fall off). Crowns totter on top of your locks and crash against your jewel rocks. Your crown wobbles when walking on cobbles. If you get on a double decker bus - there’s a big chance you may slip (trying hard not to let your crown fall off). It’s very hard to jump with ease if you sneeze (trying hard not to let your crown fall off) especially if your throne cushions have fleas. If it rains, then raindrops drop off your pearl drops and your satin gets soaked. Crowns perch on top of your ears - too bad if you’ve got an itch. If you look down, off slides your crown. Have you ever wondered how exactly kings and queens balance their crowns on their heads on top of your ears ? It would take a lot of patience … trying to balance a crown on your head. What happens if you want to scratch ? Or sneeze ? It could make the curlers in your hair fall out … When your ears twitch, how do you scratch without making your crown fall off ? I guess that having sticky out ears and lots of hair helps crowns to stay in the right place. I suppose you could stick on your crown with superglue … or a great deal of sellotape - perhaps a big bandage or scarf but then no - one could see your crown shine properly. You couldn’t laugh or giggle without your crown wobbling and there is a particular risk if you’re driving or cycling and bouncing up and down on the bumpy road. Imagine that every time you bend over - your crown fell off - if you cracked your head on the door, then one by one, the diamonds and pearls would drop out - what a disaster ! Walking would be particularly difficult if you are trying to balance your crown on your head … especially if the road is cobbled … or maybe you are going uphill. If there is a breeze, and your curls get all fuzzy - trying hard to balance your crown on your head, can leave you all fuzzy and wuzzy. Trying not to slip on ice is really quite difficult enough, but then imagine if your a King and you really don’t want to look a scruff.

 Activity
1. Name five parts of the body found in the story
2. Name as many weather conditions as you can
3. Name as many things to wear as you can find from the story
4. Name as many animals as you can find from the story
5. Name as many ways to travel as you can find from the story
6. Name as many jewels as you can find from the story

© Jacqueline Richards 2005

Answers - 1. ears ; hair ; head 2. breeze ; rain 3. crown ; 4. fleas 5. driving ; cycling ; walking ; double decker bus 6. jewels ; diamonds ; pearls

The Round Knight of the Round Table was so round that he hardly fit inside his trousers. He was so round that he bounced like a ball and when the King came around to call, he rolled off the chairs and down the stairs down the hall. In fact, the knight rolled everywhere. His head was always in a spin, you wouldn’t believe the state he got in. When the knight rolled over in bed, he fell on the floor and bumped his head. The Round Knight of the Round Table’s castle was round, with round rooms. He had a round wardrobe with even rounder clothes - though his buttons fell off his coat one by one … he was so round, he very almost eclipsed the Sun. One day, the Round Knight of the Round Table rolled right out of the door … he rolled right over the draw bridge and squashed the cannonballs rolling on the floor. The knight turned everything around inside the castle, too - he turned the castle red and the green grass he made blue. Everything fell out of the cups, because he couldn’t get anything to stand up. Soon the pictures were upside - down … and he turned everything the wrong way round in the town. He stomped through round puddles with very round boots … the flowers in his garden grew very round shoots. He laughed so loud, it shook the trees, the apples fell off in the breeze when he sneezed. Before long, the knight was orbiting the Earth - he rolled over the equator until he rolled to Perth. He rolled all the way from England to France - where he met another knight, completely by chance. Evetually, when the very Round Knight of the Round Table went to see his friend, he went completely around the bend.

Activity
1. What couldn’t the King fit inside ?
2. What did the King bounce like ?
3. When the King came around to call, what happened ?
4. When the knight rolled over in bed, what happened ?
5. Name three round things in the Knight’s castle.

Around and Around

Write ten sentences with “round” and ten sentences with “around” - do you know the difference ?

The Alright Knight

Write ten words ending in “ite”, “ight” and “eight”. Example - white, light and weight

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers
1. his trousers 2. a ball 3. he rolled off the chairs and down the stairs down the hall 4. he bumped his head 5. table, clothes, buttons, planets, cannonballs, apples, puddles.

Without it’s magic, the Queen’s crown was really rather dull. It often fell apart when the Queen gave it a pull. Until, the day a magic fairy witch came, the Queen’s crown was like a grey rainy day, they say. It didn’t make her look at all gay. Nothing much remarkable happened to it … it never sparkled nor shone. Even one of the rubies had fallen out - it looked more like a spoutless, old watering can, without a doubt. The stitches in the velvet had become undone and the diamonds clanked when the Queen spun. In fact, when a crooked thief stole it once, it was completely gone. It didn’t fit the Queen’s head very well at all. When she sat upon her throne, the crown started to wobble and fall. It turned rusty in the rain - the Butler spent ages trying to get it to glisten again. The Queen’s crown should have been thrown away years ago … but someone put it in a museum and kept it for the antiques roadshow. The Prince’s coronation was fast approaching, it was set to be one of the grandest occasions in the entire kingdom, but the Queen had nothing suitable to wear to crown her son. So the Queen called by royal milliner’s decree for a new crown that would fit perfectly. She instructed her guards to think very hard … The royal gardener had a good idea - he said he had a woolly hat and matching scarf. But the Queen thought this would dishevel her hair … and a football cap might make the people stare. To quickly get her hat problem solved, parliament soon became involved. The Right Honourable Pompous from Kuala Lumpas, announced the country could do without this rumpus. The Prime Minister called for a debate and set a date, to find a hat that the Queen would think was great. The Earl preferred pearls, the Duke said, “No way - a diamond tiara is what the Queen should wear for the day”.

On his way to the market, a court jester from Chester was passing by. When he heard of the Queen’s crowning problem, he came to lend a hand and went to fetch his bobble hat from off the hatstand. Although not so grand, or clean, he offered it the Queen. It even had a bell on top, he said. But the Queen declined politely - saying she would rather buy one from the shop. Maybe he could drop her off ? The Queen thought regally to herself, Easter was fast approaching, so an Easter bonnet might be a suitable hat to wear, rather than go to the coronation bare.

The Queen then asked a kindly witch to cast a magic spell to get her out of this fix. What did she have in her bag of magic tricks ? Immeadiately, the witch flew to the palace on her broom (whilst she was there, she swept all the rooms). The witch offered the Queen her witch’s hat on loan and said it wouldn’t matter if she didn’t have one to go home. When the Queen tried it on for size, out jumped a frog that frightened the royal dog in front of her very eyes. She looked in the mirror - she liked it a lot. Anyway the witch’s hat was the only crown she’d got ! Although it was dusty and fell over her ears, the Queen said it was the most magic hat that she had worn in years. But the witch’s hat was dusty and smelt rather musty. It was covered in cobwebs from the wood and it didn’t sparkle like a proper Queen’s crown should. She complained that the fleas made her sneeze, the witch’s hat had twice blown off in the breeeze. Would it be warm enough if the weather freezed ? She hoped the witch could cast a spell that would make her hat fit the Queen as well. The witch soon got cracking, with parliamentary backing, to design a crown fit for a Queen, where her wardrobe was lacking. She took a look in her magic spell recipe book under “C” for crowns and “Q” for Queens … to make the best crown ever seen. A bit of hocus pocus did the trick, she boiled up an abracadabra potion in her cauldron quick. The coronation date was drawing near and the Queen still had nothing to wear. With three bats’ wings and all kinds of kings things, she gave the mixture a stir, hoping to avert the national crisis that was about to occur. Whilst overhead, two bats flew, the witch kept boiling the right royal stew. The witch added a sprinkle of moonlight (so the crown wouldn’t rust) … as well as cats’ whiskers (to keep off the dust). She hoped the crown would fit just right … not be too small and then too tight. A tiger’s tooth and a bit of lace, to make sure the crown stayed just in place. Then for good measure, one or two saphire treasures. A penny from her purse, along with an evil curse. With her spoon, she gave the concoction a poke. The witch waved her magic wand - “PAZZAZZ !” - a magic crown appeared in a puff of smoke. The witch carried her crown to the palace in a box, trying hard not to slip on the rocks. Trumpeters announced when she drew near, here was the crown that the Queen was to wear. A maid helped the Queen to put it on. She loved her new crown, which shone like the Sun.

It goes without saying that crowns worn by Queens tend to be magic and even grant wishes. The Queen asked the scullery maid what she would like - thinking she’d reply a new apron, a feather duster or a bike. But the maid said she had only one wish - never again to have to wash a dish. The Princess asked for a new rocking horse - her wish was granted, instantly, of course. The Prince wanted the Queen to magic him a trumpet so he could play music in the royal band. The Butler’s request was for a new pair of shoes, because he’d worn the others out, whilst he’d been stomping up and downstairs. Even the King had a wish he wanted to be granted … for a packet of seeds that could be planted. But the best and most magical wish of all, was naturally granted royally to the witch, still stood by the wall in the hall. What she most wanted was a ticket to the coronation - the most spectacular event in the entire nation - and could she even bring a relation ? She wished for a flag to wave and a glass of bubbly champagne to drink. The Queen made the witch’s dream come true … although she did make her promise not to tell anyone, the origins of her crown were in stew.

Magic Crown Activity

Find five words in the text beginning with the following letters : E S C F G
Name two things that the Queen could wear.
Name three animals
Name two jewels
Name a musical instrument found in the story

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

In Wonderland, everyone looked forward to baking day at the palace. The Queen of Hearts’ alarm clock awoke her early … and she left King Burly asleep in bed. The night before, he’d been at a banquet and his head was a little swirly. Before long, tasty aromas wafted up the stairs as the Queen of Tarts started baking the most biggest ever chocolate eclairs. Meanwhile, King Burly dreamed of cream. Her initial plan was a strawberry flan, but she lost the recipe and couldn’t find a pan. At first, she couldn’t decide what to make, so she set off practising on a slab of carrot cake. She wondered if she had enough sugar and spices, for a million and one, tasty cake slices. After seiving flour for about an hour, she switched the oven to gas mark lower. A shake of that and a sprinkle of this … the Queen of Tarts was in heavenly bliss (and very soon, the kitchen was a mess). She checked in the cupboad to see she had enough margarine … because the Queen wanted to make the biggest cake that had ever been seen. Next, the Queen of Hearts took a plunge in sponge. In fact, after about an hour or so, the Queen of Tarts’ mixer began to slow and eventually wouldn’t go. A screw popped out and a fuse fizzled in the plug … slowly the mixer started to chug. A little waft of magic soon fixed it. Once again, the mixer started to mix it. The gateaux she made was so large, actually it filled a barge. There was so much cream, the sink could hardly be seen. The maid got flustered about the crumble and custard … she accidentally put in a spoonful of mustard. So her lemon meringue had quite a tang. It was so hot when she took it from the oven, she dropped it with a “BANG !”. By the end of the afternoon, the Queen of Tarts had stirred enough mixture for a hundred cakes with her spoon. With a touch of royal magic, it wasn’t long before they were all done. Three dozen scones and two hundred current buns were very soon all gone. The royal butler threw a raffle, for one of the Queen of Hearts tasty waffles. Everyone bought a ticket, but when it came to choosing a cake, they simply couldn’t pick which one. Anyway, there was enough sticky treacle to stick it to everyone. Of course, her jam tarts were the best of all - she made so many, they filled the hall. The Queen of Hearts tarts were really an art. Even the mice joined in the feast, some of them got stuck in the sticky bread yeast. After a while, there were only crumbs and King Burly, of course, was left licking his thumbs. Where once there had been at last eight, the Queen of Hearts was left with only a plate.

 The Tartiest Tart Activity
Name two shapes
Name three cake ingredients
Name three cakes

Alice Through the Looking Glass’s Look At Lock Words

Which is the correct one to use look ? lock ? or loc ?

__ __ __ __ ed door

__ __ __ __ up

__ __ __ __ ed upon

__ __ __ __ down

c __ __ __ __ ed

f __ __ __ __ ed

__ __ __ omotion

__ __ __ ation

__ __ __ ality

__ __ __ al

__ __ __ alise

__ __ __ __ ed out

Answers : locked door; look up; looked upon; look down; clocked; flocked; locomotion; location; locality; local; localise; locked out

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

One windy day, a magic seed landed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden. The Sun shone and the seed sprouted shoots. Gradually, one by one, the seed started to root and produce fruit. Very soon, there was magic fruit everywhere. On Thursdays, the tree in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden grew apples, on Tuesdays, oranges … then on Wednesdays it grew magic pears. The magic seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden grew into an enormous magic flower, with magic petals and magic pollen that gave Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden a perfume. Within a week, people came to view the flowers grown from the magic seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden. Queen Quaver of Quaking Quivers herself wasn’t that good at gardening, she didn’t like all the dust and soot and she certainly never wore Wellington boots. She asked her butler to check that the magic seed hadn’t knocked over the flowerpots, she said that it was her favourite, and she liked it rather a lot. Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden grew and grew and grew. Before long, the magic seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden was taller than Buckingham Palace and wider than the gate. The Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s thought her new magic seed was great and ordered eight to be served on a golden plate. The magic seed got rid of the weeds - quite a feat for an ordinairy seed. When it was watered with magic rain, the magic seed started to grow again. It grew so much that it burst open wide … and a golden honey bee flew from inside. The magic honey bee made the tastiest honey ever … which Queen Quaver of Quaking Quivers spread on toast for her banquet breakfasts. The flowers grown from the magic seed were so sweet that they were almost too good to eat. The Queen asked her gardener if she could use some of the honey on the royal gate … she said that it really needed oiling … and the lock had a terrible grate. The magic seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden was taller than a tree … in fact, it grew so tall, no - one could get to the top at all. The flower made by the magic seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden could change colour - it turned into tulips on Monday, daffodils on Tuesday, roses on Wednesday and on Thursday, snowdrops. Friday’s magic was the best day of all … as honeysuckle grew tall up the wall. The magical seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden blew away … One of Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s guards spotted it, one day … and remarked that it made the sky appear much less grey in a kind of magical way. The magic seed in Queen Quaver of Quaking Quiver’s garden was so magic that soon, it baked itself a fruit pie … the pie was so magic, that it could fly right high into the sky. Of course, all the caterpillars wanted a bite, they thought that if they took a nibble, that they too would fly off mid - flight.

 Write an essay on what you would grow with a magic seed and why.

© Jacqueline Richards 2007

The King Prawn who wanted to be a king built an enormous sandcastle in the sand dunes, when it turned Spring. It was so big that it could be seen two hundred miles off the coast … But the only thing that the King Prawn ruled was the crabs (which he put on hot, buttered toast). The King Prawn who wanted to be a king held oyster banquets off the mainland where all the fish gurgled bubbly sea water champagne and submarines came in to land. King Prawn was so drunk, he fell down the drain. His army of mussels fought battles at sea against the sharks. Once in a war of waves, the King Prawn’s army captured a whole fleet in the dark. The sawfish had a swordfight with the swordfish, neither wanted to end up as fish and chips in a dish. A dog fight with a dogfish over a worm broke out. When a pearl was pinched by one of King Prawn’s Earls, King Prawn blamed the trout and a freak storm came about. The sunken treasure ship still lies on the sea shore, below sea level two hundred and twenty feet somewhere off Cape Horn. The King Prawn had a whole army of sea - horses, of course, who sometimes navigated off course. He awarded his cavalry with special awards for galantry - goldfish and starfish medals galore. Naturally, the King Prawn was fabulous at swimming. He took a dip almost every day, with the mermaids in the bay. North, South, East, West … the King Prawn’s breast stroke was better than the rest. His pink bathing suit could be seen from inside the crow’s nest. One time, the King Prawn who wanted to be a king decided he wanted to learn how to sing with a royal swing. He wanted an anthem to be sung by the whelks, but all they did was clatter their shells. As the sea bass played the bass, the cockles practised the words to “God Save King Prawn !”. The white bait was so off key, a ships’ bells rang just off the quay and two shrimps fell into the sea. Although the herring’s hearing wasn’t as good as when he was younger, he joined in anyway, as the tuna tune played stronger. Anchovies danced with the piranha and the stickleback waltzed swimmingly with the cod to the music. Very soon, everyone was sea - sick. The King Prawn who wanted to be a king threw a Prince’s ball, where he danced all night with a sea bass lass underneath the moonlight. The white bait was late, the skate almost forgot the date, but all the seashells thought the party was great. The fish packed like sardines on the dancefloor. A haddock in the dock saluted the King once more. King Prawn danced the conga with the conger eel, and the electric eel’s lights flashed as the pair crashed into the ship’s wheel. On the deck, Princess Salmon gave King Prawn a peck on the cheek. The two of them fell in love within a week. Cardinal Monkfish married the pair in a ceremony fit for a King Prawn - so royal, in fact, that millions of limpets, clams and shellfish clammered to watch it on turbot television. To commemorate the royal wedding, the plaice set off on a round - the globe yacht race. The mackerel asked the king, if he would grant him one wish … he said he was one of the few animals swimming in the sea who wasn’t named after a fish. So King Prawn gave him a royal title : Prince Mackerel of Saltwater, which he liked quite a lot. It was considerably better than being named after a lobsterpot.

 Fishing For King Prawns

Some of the fish got their names muddled up on the rocks … put can you help the fisherman to put their names back in order …

ROTTU
CHOVIESAN
ANTU
SELCOCK
HSIRMPS
WSODRFSIH
BOTRUT
SWFHAIH
ITAB
TICKLESBACK
ANHARIP
WRNAP
RINGHER
MACELKER
HARKS
MONKFHIS
STERLOB
LAPICE
BASSSEA
EASHELLS
LEE
HAOCKDD
FISHGOLD
CALM
LIMPET
DOC

Each one of these fish has a letter name, but they got jumbled up in the fisherman’s fishing net. Can you help the fisherman to catch these fish in the right alphabetical order ?

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© Jacqueline Richards 2007

Answers - trout ; anchovies ; tuna ; cockles ; shrimps ; swordfish ; sawfish ; bait ; stickleback ; piranha ; prawn ; herring ; mackerel ; shark ; monkfish ; lobster ; plaice ; sea bass ; seashells ; eel ; haddock ; goldfish ; clam ; limpet ; cod