Later, as the students were leaving the classroom for their morning break, Jack said to David, Follow me. Where? asked David. It s a secret. Jack took David behind the school kitchen. He quickly took out his cans and started spraying a picture on the wall. Is this a good idea? asked David. Jack nodded and smiled. In Jack s picture, Mr Fish was walking along a gangplank. A pirate was holding a sword and gently sticking it into Moby Dick s back. One more step, and he was going to fall. And in the sea, Jack drew hungry sharks with their wide open mouths and long sharp teeth. David laughed. That s amazing! 22
Jack and the Westbourne Fair At lunchtime, Jack was playing football in the school yard when Mr Fish said, The headmaster wants to see you. The headmaster was sitting behind his huge desk. He said: You must always do your homework. Jack nodded. He knew it was true, really. Then the headmaster gave him lots of extra homework and Jack promised to do it over the weekend. But while Jack was in the headmaster s office, Jason saw Jack s bag lying on the grass. He saw the spray cans sticking out. He checked that nobody was looking and quickly took the spray cans out and walked away. Ten minutes later, he returned and put them back. When Jack ran back to the playing field, he saw Jason. Jason smiled at him but Jack didn t know why. 23
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Jack and the Westbourne Fair At five to three, there was a knock at the classroom door and the headmaster entered. It was an art lesson, and Mr Hockney was showing the students how to make a sculpture out of old tin cans. The headmaster looked very serious. Jack, David, he said. David turned white. Jack gulped. Come to my office. Now! They stood up nervously and followed the headmaster out of the room. As soon as the door closed behind them, the class burst into conversation. What s going on? What did Jack do? And what about David? What did he do?! Be quiet, said Mr Hockney loudly. The room fell silent. They stopped talking, but they didn t stop thinking. Jack was in the headmaster s office for the second time that day. And this time was definitely worse. The two boys were standing on the other side of his desk. So you two drew graffiti on the kitchen wall, said the headmaster. No, sir, said Jack. The headmaster couldn t believe his ears. What did you say? We didn t draw it. The cook saw you and David behind the kitchen! said the headmaster. Of course you drew the cartoon of Mr Fish! Jack said, I mean, we didn t do it, sir. He looked at David, then back to the headmaster. I did it. David tried to stop me. He knew it was wrong. But I didn t listen. 25
Is this true? asked the headmaster. David nodded. Well, in that case, David, the headmaster said, I think you can go. Thank you, sir, said David. But before David could leave, Mrs Rich rushed in. She looked extremely hot. Headmaster, she said, you must come and look at this. Mrs Rich led the headmaster and the two boys to the teachers car park. On the wall next to the headmaster s car they read four words sprayed in red paint. Jack was more surprised than the headmaster. I didn t do that! he protested. But the headmaster wasn t listening. He was furious. You re in big trouble, my boy! I m phoning your parents. 26
Jack and the Westbourne Fair So they went back into the school. Once he was sitting behind his desk again, the headmaster looked up in surprise at David. Why are you still here? he asked. Erm I don t know. Go home, David. I can wait for Jack, said David. Go home! the headmaster said firmly. David looked one last time at his friend, then walked slowly out of the room. The headmaster called Jack s mother. He didn t take long to explain the situation. Next week, Jack s going to be taken out of his class. He s going to have his lessons on his own, and he s going to stay behind after school for an hour every day. Jack looked miserable. This was the worst day of his whole life! 27
6 But when Jack arrived home, the situation got even worse. Where do you think you re going? Come in here! Jack s mum was so angry, she didn t know what to say. So she said Go to your room. I was going to my room when you made me come in here. Well, you can go to your room now! OK. 28 And you can stay there all night.
Jack and the Westbourne Fair Jack was horrified. But it s the fair tonight! What? The fair? The fair?! You re not going to the fair! YOU RE NOT GOING TO THE FAIR! You re grounded! That s not fair! Not fair? NOT FAIR?! You can stay in your room all night and do your homework! 29
After Reading Vocabulary 1 Match the pictures with the words. Then complete the sentences with the words. a) mugs b) stains c) knot d) moustache 1 There were all over Jack s uniform. 2 While Jack was climbing down, the came apart. 3 The policemen brought Jack and Tom two of tea. 4 One of the policemen had a big. 3 Complete the adjectives from the story. Then them match with their synonyms. a) f _ r i _ u s 1 sure b) m _ s _ r _ b l e 2 still c) h _ r _ i f _ e _ 3 angry d) con _ i _ e _ t 4 unhappy e) m o _ i o _ l _ s s 5 shocked 56
After Reading 3 Complete the speech bubbles with the correct adjectives. I felt really when the headmaster called David and me to his office. b) a) upset fair nervous surprised c) It s not.. I didn t graffiti the wall in the car park. I was just as as the headmaster when I saw the graffiti in the car park. d) My mates were when Jason and his mates took their ball. 4 Match the sentences and create dialogues. a) Go on then. Hit the ball. b) You re not going to the fair this year, Jack. c) I m going away for the whole summer. d) Where s Tom? 1 We ll miss you. 2 I don t know. He s gone missing. 3 I don t believe it. I missed it again. 4 I am. I m not going to miss it. 5 Below are the 4 meanings of the verb to miss. Match them with the examples 1 to 4 above. a) Not at home, nowhere to be found b) Not go to something c) Not hit something d) Want to see someone again 57