Summer Fun

Katy: In a minute! Just let me.....

Helen: OK, but hurry! I can already think of two questions.

Katy: All right. There. Message sent. But I need to keep my phone in my pocket. Have you got some paper?

Helen: Yes!

Katy: And some crayons?

Helen: No, mine are missing. I can't remember where I put them. Perhaps you could give ...

Katy: Yes, OK. You can borrow mine. Don't drop them. Look after them, please. Actually I'm going to carry them. Go on then. You go

first.

The girls are climbing up the tree, Helen first, Katy next. Katy is carrying the paper and crayons. Next to their large garden is lots of open land where a white horse is eating grass. A man on a quad bike is riding into view.

Helen: Come on! You're really slow.

Katy: I know. I'm trying, but I'm not as good as you at climbing.

Helen: Here, take my hand. There. We're at the top. It's amazing up here, isn't it? Now. Question number one. Why don't people let

children drive racing cars?

Katy: Racing cars? Well, only a few really brave and clever people do that. Anyway, they're really dangerous and difficult to drive. But you can drive one if you play Dan's new computer game!

Helen: Dan's fun, but he's too noisy.

Katy: Really?

Helen: Yes. OK. Second question. Why do kids have to go to school? I want to be an artist or a mechanic, the manager of an expensive shoe shop, a famous photographer or film star, a queen of, of anywhere or a wonderful clothes designer!

Katy: I know. But you have to study and practice for a long time to be all those things, Helen. Well, not to be a queen perhaps.....

Helen: Hmm. OK. Third thing. Why are mangoes more orange inside than oranges? And my fourth question — cats love mice. Right? We can only buy meat or fish food for our cat. Why can't you buy cat food that tastes like mice instead?

Katy: I don't know, Helen.

Helen: All right! Well, let's forget about the world's problems. Give me my paper and your crayons and let's start looking for iguanas, eagles, foxes and dinosaurs.

Katy: [laughing] You are funny! You know dinosaurs are extinct, [pointing] but THEY aren't!

Helen: What? Who?

Katy: Frank and Dan look! They're racing across Mr Whistle's [and. Mr Whistle's chasing them on his quad bike.

Helen: And that wild white horse is running after them, too.

Dan: [Calling to farmer] We're sorry!

Helen: What did they do? Perhaps they took some of his grapes, lemons or apples.

Dan: We said we're sorry!

Katy: [calling] Frank! We're up here. Are you OK?

Dan: [shouting] No, he's not! But we can run as fast as the wind, can't we, Frank?

Frank: Can we? Quick! There's the gate.

Katy: I'm worried about them. They might fall over. I'm going to climb down and run to meet them.

Helen: Well, I'm not. I'm going to stay up here. I'm sure there are dinosaurs here somewhere. Give me your phone before you go, Katy. Then if I see one, I can take a photo of it and send it to all the newspapers.

Katy: All right. But be careful with it.

Katy is talking to the two boys by the gate. The

horse is behind the gate watching them. Mr Whistle has got off his quad bike. There's a problem with it and he's trying to repair its engine.

Katy: Why were Mr Whistle and that horse chasing you?

Dan: Mr Whistle was angry because we took some of his grapes.

Frank: Because YOU took some grapes.

Dan: To give to that horse. The horse was running after us because......

Frank: Because it wanted the grapes!

Katy: Whose idea was that?

Dan: Frank's.

Frank: Dan's. [giving Katy some grapes] Would you like some?

Katy: Not now, Frank.

Frank: [quietly] Hey, thanks for keeping my secret.

Katy: That's OK.

Frank: And thanks for helping me. You're so kind and your idea was really great.

Katy: Sshhh.

Dan: Why are you two whispering?

Katy: We aren't whispering.

Dan: And where's Helen?

Katy: She's at the top of her tree. Look! She should come and join us. We could go to the stream. There might be frogs in some of the little ponds there, too. Helen! Come down as quickly as you can. We're going to the stream with you or without you! Oh look. She's coming. I hope she doesn't fall Helen, no! Don't jump! That's too high.

[Helen arrives.]

Dan: Hi, Helen. OK?

Helen: Sure.

Dan: Are you going to come with us, then? We're going to look for frogs.

Helen: That sounds so boring.

Dan: Aren't you interested in frogs?

Helen: No. I'm interested in racing cars, exciting jobs, mangoes, cat food, iguanas, foxes, eagles and dinosaurs at the moment.

Frank: Perhaps we could look for those in the stream too, then!

Helen: You mean racing cars?

Dan: No!

Katy: Mangoes?

Frank: No!

Helen: Cat food?

Dan: No!

Katy: Iguanas? Foxes? Eagles?

Frank: Perhaps!

Helen: Dinosaurs?

Dan: Yes!

[Everyone laughs.]