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1、TitleDateWords19364755637695108125134142159174193208222236251264268283296310329352354371374391407412429443453463464482499520525546564574Reading Journal Old baggy-pantsDerek and Janey were eating jam roly-poly in the hall and talking about Mr Such s trousers. Mr. Such was their teacher and he wore th

2、e same trousers to school, day in and day out.“They re so crumpled and baggy, Janey said.And grubby and thick, said Derek.Like a pair of old dish-cloths.,( I don1 t think he s got any others/,Old Baggy-Pants, that* s what he is/ Derek added, sticking his fork into his jam roly-poly. l wish he d get

3、some new ones/ Janey sighed.At that moment Old Baggy-Pants himself came into the hall. Janey1 s mouth fell open and Derek could see the mashed up jam roly-poly inside.What s up? he said.Janey blinked and pointed. There was Mr Such in a brand new suit. A spotless white suit without a crease in it. Ev

4、eryone in the hall stopped eating and stared at him.( Carry on, everyone/* Said Mr. Such, a bit red in the face,1 Carry on eating., Wow! said Derek, leaning across his plate. *He looks so different/ He looks smart/ said Janey firmly. And about time, too/Later that afternoon Janey s class trooped bac

5、k into the hall for P.E.l like this suit, sir/ Janey told Mr. Such as they filed in.Thank you, Janey. If s for Parents Evening, really/Parents Evening?1Yes, I have to look my best for that, don 11?1,But that* s not till Monday, Mr. Such/ Derek said.I know that, Derek. T m just getting used to it/Whi

6、le they were talking, Mrs Venn came out of the kitchen with a bowl of custard in her arms. She was so shocked to see Mr Such in his bright new suit he gave a little jump. Oh my gosh! she cried.She grabbed one of the hall curtains to steady herself. The custard looped into the air, straight for Mr. S

7、uch.Derek saw it coming and stepped smartly in the way. The custard wobbled through the air and flopped against Derek s vest. Everyone fell silent. Derek stood there, looking sad and stunned. And covered in cold custard.well done, Derek.1 Said Mr. Such. ,you ve saved my brand new suit./Derek tried t

8、o smile but by then the custard was oozing into his shorts.After break, Mr Such changed back into his dish-cloth trousers.Please keep clear of this/ he said, hanging his new suit on the cupboard door. *Keep well clear.”A lovely green colourThe last lesson of the day was art. They had to paint intere

9、sting faces. Janey was doing a monster. She put blood-shot bits in his eyes, a bolt through his neck and green stuff coming out of his nose. She was pleased with the green stuff, but she s mixed up too much. She asked Derek if he wanted some.I don t need any green stuff, Janey/ he said. T m doing a

10、footballer.Well, he could have green stuff coming out of his nose, couldn5 t he?* she said.,No/ said Derek. He couldn t/,You should use it for the background. Like grass/T m not having my footballer running around on green stuff from a monster5 s nose, thank you/ said Derek.583604606He nudged Janey5

11、 s elbow, and green stuff spilled over the desk.619628He tried to stop it trikcing onto the floor.Then he reached behind him and rubbed his hands on the towel. Except that it wasn5 t the 648 towel.Oh： He said quietly. What have I done/Janey could see what had happened. Derek had wiped his hands on M

12、r Such s new trousers.“You ve done it now,* she said. Old Baggy-Pants II go up the wall when he sees this/ Mr Such was on the other side of the room. He looked up and smiled at them.Are you getting on all right, you two? He asked.Yes, thank you, sir/ said Janey brightly.She didn t dare tell him the

13、truth.She grabbed some paper and started to rub at the green marks.You daft clod,1 said Derek, you re making them worse. They re twice as big now/ They were. Janey looked at Derek and thought hard.There s only one thing for it now/ she said.What s that?1Put them back on the hanger. Then we can clean

14、 them up after school/When Mr Such came over to look at their pictures, the suit was still swining slightly on the cupboard dooor.Oh, he said. 1 love that shade of green, Janey. Thaf s a lovely colour/At home time Mr Such pottered around for ages and would not leave them on their own. They stacked c

15、hairs as slowly as chairs have ever been stacked. Then, at last, he wandered off to the staff room.649660678700717728736745757778787799801815833835853871889890Deredk darted over to the sink and turned on the taps. Janey grabbed the trousers and flung 907 them across the room at him. He caught them a

16、nd plunged them into the sink. He grabbed a 925 plastic bottle and squirted it hard at the trousers.What are you doing?* Janey yelled.Washing-up liquid/ said Derek. Thaf II get stains out/ That s not washing-up liquid, Derek. That1 s glue/Almost at once they heard Mr Such outside the doo. He came in

17、 wearing his anorak and crycle clips. Derek and Janey stood side by side in front of the sink.OC , said Mr Such, Are you still here?Nearly finished, sir. Janey said, and tried to smile.Well, it looks tidy to me. I should run off home now/He went over to the jacket on the cupboard door.Don t, * said

18、Derek.Don t what?1Don t take the suit.1Why ever not?1 Because because.934941953965983996100710171029103910461049105110551057,Because you might get it dirty,1 Janey said. It II be safer if you leave it here. Won1 t it, 1083Derek?10981117Derek nodded. Mr Such looked puzzled. His hand was still half wa

19、y to the jacket.,It might fall off your bike/ Janey added. And land on a heap of rubbish or something/ Mr Such lowered his hand.Well； he said,1 you might be right. I don t want any more accidents/When he d gone, they put the trousers in a plastic bag and smuggled them off the Derek* s house.They thr

20、ew the trousers in the kitchen sink and covered them with hot water and washing powder. They scrubbed them with a stiff brush, a bar of soap and a wiry thing. The water foamed into a pile of bubbles as high as their elbows.(Is it working?1 Janey asked.Derek flapped the bubbles out of the way and loo

21、ked into the sink. Still green/ he grooned.They squirted washing-up liquid, polish and floor cleaner in the sink, but they didn t work either.,maybe we should bash them about like a washing machine/ said Derek.So they ran outside and bashed the trousers up and down on Derek s garden path. But that j

22、ust picked up more dirt. And Janey thought they were beginning to shrink.There s only one thing for it now/ she said. What s that?1We1 II have to take them to the dry-cleaners.1The heroNext day was Saturday. Derek and Janey caught the first bus into town. The trousers sat on the seat between them, s

23、crewed up tight in a plastic bag. Janey could hardly bear to look at them. They waited till the dry-cleaners was empty and then marched in. Janey smiled at the girl and the girl smiled back.The trousers, Derek； Janey said. What about them?) Hand them over, . l can5 f Why not? (Because you ve got the

24、m. (No I haven1 t. You have/For a moment or two they stood there staring at each other. Then Derek blinked and said in a quiet voice, Janey, they re still on the bus.Three hours later, tired and fed up, they arrived at the bus station. They walked up and down till they saw their bus. It was parked i

25、n a corner of the yard with two feet sticking out from under it.Excuse me/ Janey said to the feet, We left something on your bus this morning/ The feet wriggled out and a man stood up, blinking. He wiped his hands on an oily rag.(What was it?1 he said.A pair of trousers,* said Derek.No/ said the man

26、/ I haven1 t seen any trousers on this bus. Only the ones people were wearing.1He shook his head and tossed the oily rag into a box. As it sailed through thei air, a let unfolded from the grubby bundle. A leg with green stains on it.There they are!1 Janey cried.11221140116111621178119612071213122612

27、3012471248126112801293130513071317133513531370137413791382138513871389139313981417142814461466146814861504150915161528154815601566157915991600Well, well, well/ the man said. *1 never noticed that before/Derek fished the trousers out of the box on the end of a spanner. He held them up to examine them

28、.Oh dear/ he said, They re worse than ever. Janey sighed.There1 s only one thing for it now.* she said.What s that?1We II have to own up/On Monday Derek and Janey got to school early. They slipped into the classroom and took the trousers out of the bag.They sawy the oil from the bus and the dirt fro

29、m Derek1 s garden. They saw glue and the green paint. They looked at each other and sighed.*We have to do if said Janey. We have to tell the truth/Then they put the trousers back on the hanger and went off the look for Mr. Such.They found him in the hall.“Janey, Derek/ said Mr. Such with a smile. Wh

30、at s all this?1It s your suit, Mr Such, Janey said bravely. We ve got something to tell you/ But before she could say another word, Mrs Venn burst into the hall and grabbed Mr Such by his arm.Chips! Chips!1 she screamed.*No thank you. Mrs Venn/ said Mr Such. It s too early in the morning for chips.,

31、 (No, no. Mr. Such. The chips in the kitchen! They re on fire! “What?Mr Such hurried over to the kitchen doors and pushed them open. A cloud of blue smoke rolled into the hall.My word!, he said, and backed away again.Chuck some water on it, sir! squeaked Derek.You can* t do that/ said Mr. Such. Wate

32、r will make it worse. I need a cloth or something to smother the flames/Then he saw the suit dangling on its hanger from Janey s finger.(I think there s only one thing for it, Mr Such/ said Janey, and Mr Such grabbed the suit. Of course the suit was ruined. It turned into a mangled mess of smoke and

33、 grease. Janey tried to tell Mr Such about the green stains and how they tried to clean them off. But Mr Such didn, t really listen.Never mind/ he kept saying. Never mind about that/Mr Such was the hero of the hour so he was rather pleased with himself. The head promised him another brand new suit a

34、nd he was pleased with that, too.Jolly good/ said Mr Such. I can get a nice, bright white one/Oh, don* t do that/ said Janey quickly.Why ever not?1Well, we think green would suit you better, don1 t we, Derek?,Much better/ Dereck nodded. We think green1 s a lovely colour.116151627162916341651165616771685169217091715173217531771177317771798181218131830183418431854187718801894191519331955195719681986199820132023202620392054Self-reflection