Winnie Takes The Plunge

Hoo-bloomingray! sang Winnie. Its the fancy dress party today!
Winnie and Wilbur were taking a basket of food to the school ready for the party. They had pickle buns and sandwiches with real sand in them. Weve all got to dress up, said Winnie. You can be Puss in Boots, Wilbur, and Ill be . . . But Winnie wasnt looking where she was going.
Trip-crash!
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What in the whoopsy-world is up with you? said Winnie.
Its justsniffthat theres a party . . . !

I know! said Winnie. Everyones invited!
. . . except me! said Jerry.

Whys that, then? said Winnie. Oi! said Winnie. Whats that blooming log . . . er . . . leg . . . doing across the path? A muffled sound of deep sobbing came from the bushes beside the path.
Sob!
Jerry? said Winnie. Is that you?
Sniff! Yes, missus, said Jerry.

Winnie pushed through the bush. 8 9
Cos I is a giant! said Jerry. Everybodys read giant stories in books, and now they think all giants is orrible. Thats why Im not invited!
Rubbish bins! said Winnie. There are some lovely stories about giants. Theres that nice one about Jack climbing up the beansprout where he meets a giant who . . . ooer. Well, theres that one about the Shellfish Giant who doesnt let the children . . . oh. I do see what you mean, Jerry! said Winnie. But thats just blooming stories, not real life and people like us! Wilbur and I will! said Winnie. Come on, lets play hide and sneak. Go and hide, Jerry. Ill count to a hundred, then Ill come and find you. 11
Then how come nobody ever wants to play with me? said Jerry.
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Goody! smiled Jerry, and off he wentthump, thump, thump!

Winnie began to count. One nitty-gnat, two nitty-gnat, three nitty-gnat . . .
Thump, thump, thump!

Go quietly! shouted Winnie. I can hear where you are! Twenty-two nittygnat, twenty- . . . Winnie opened her eyes . . . and saw Jerrys bottom sticking right out of the smelly-berry bush . . . just at the same moment as a little girl saw it, and . . . Shriek! Whereth my Mumumummy? shouted the little girl. Er, found you, Jerry! said Winnie.
Tiptoe-crash! Tiptoe-crack!
Ninety-eight nitty-gnat, ninety-nine nitty gnat, one hundred! shouted Winnie. Coming, ready-steady or not!
See, missus! said Jerry. See? I aint no good at playing! And I frighten people!
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Youve turned hide and sneak into hide and shriek! said Winnie. Lets try leapfrog instead!
See? said Jerry. See? Yes, I do see, said Winnie. But dont you worry, Jerry! You shall go to the party! Wilbur found an idea in a book of photos. It showed a street party from the olden days. Perfect! said Winnie. Quick! I must phone Mrs Parmar!
Thump-bump! went Winnie as she

tried to leap over Jerry but leapt into him instead. Splat! went Wilbur. Jerry was just too big for them to get over.
Oo, Im as puffed as popcorn and as bruised as a boomerang banana! said Winnie. I give up! 14 15
Down on the High Street, Winnie waved her wand.
onto her broom and flew up onto the roof tops, stopping to poke flowers into all the chimney pots. As pretty as a pink cockroach! she said. Then Winnie flew around, scooping up washing lines from back gardens to drape them from the lamp posts. Big bloomers bunting! she said.
A bracadabra!
Instantly there was a ring road to take all the cars away from the village. We need party decorations, said Winnie. She waved her wand.
A bracadabra!
And there were flowers. Ill just put them in pots, said Winnie. She jumped
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Down below, Mrs Parmar was sorting the tables and chairs and food and drink. Where can we put Jerry? said Mrs Parmar. Hed break any of these ordinary chairs! Leave it to me, Mrs P! said Winnie.
Well done, Winnie! said Mrs Parmar. She laid Jerry a place with a dustbin lid plate and a bucket cup.
A bracadabra!
Instantly there was a giant throne of a chair. And there was a hole in the road so that Jerrys chair could be sunk down and be at the right height for him to use the same table as everyone else. Here they all come! said Mrs Parmar. Well have party games first, then tea. Oh, but were not dressed-up, Winnie! Easy-peasy tight pants squeezy! said Winnie. She waved her wand.
A bradacabra!
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I like it up here! said one child. So do I, said another, Did you know that Jerry the giant is coming to the Dont Winnie and Mrs Parmar look lovely? Mrs Parmar announced the first party game. Hide and Seek! Dear, oh dear, Wilbur! said Winnie. Hows Jerry going to get on? Where is he, anyway? Wilbur shrugged. The children hid here and there, and just about everywhere. Some of them chose to hide in a tree. They climbed up into its branches, then they sat and waited to be found. 20 21 party? The tree quivered.
Is he? said a third child. Oh, good! I like Jerry. So do I! said both the other children. Thensplash!Whats that? said the first one. Its raining inside this tree! But it wasnt rain. It was Jerry.
Jerrys costume wins the fancy dress competition! said Mrs Parmar. Hes a wonderful tree! He gets a book for his prize. Oo, just a moment, Mrs P, said Winnie when she saw the book in Mrs Parmars hand. She waved her wand.
Sniff! went the tree.

Jerry? said Winnie. Is that you?
A bracadabra!
It is, missus! said Jerry. I is crying because I is so happy!
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Instantly the book changed.
Then, Shall we play leapfrog? said Winnie.
Is it a book about giants? asked

Jerry, looking worried. Yes, but NICE giants! said Winnie.
But . . . ! began Jerry.

Dont worry! said Winnie. She waved her wand.
Ooo, said Jerry, and he hugged the

book hard. Jerry let the children climb all over him, and he swung them round.
A bracadabra!
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And instantly all the children had froggy legs and froggy feet. They could leap over Jerry with no trouble at all.
Time for tea! said Mrs Parmar. They ate and they talked. Then they filled the hole in the road with water, and the children went swimming with their froggy legs which made them swim extra fast!
Leap! Leap! Leap!

But when it was Jerrys turn to leap over the children, they all collapsed!
And guess what? When Jerry got home he found an invitation stuck in his letter box. Hed been invited to the party all along, but just didnt know it! You silly great lummox! said Winnie.
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Hoo-bloomingray! sang Winnie. Its the fancy dress party today!

What in the whoopsy-world is up with you? said Winnie.

Its justsniffthat theres a party . . . !

. . . except me! said Jerry.

Sniff! Yes, missus, said Jerry.

Goody! smiled Jerry, and off he wentthump, thump, thump!

Thump, thump, thump!

Thump-bump! went Winnie as she

Down on the High Street, Winnie waved her wand.

Sniff! went the tree.

It is, missus! said Jerry. I is crying because I is so happy!

Instantly the book changed.

Then, Shall we play leapfrog? said Winnie.

Is it a book about giants? asked

But . . . ! began Jerry.

Ooo, said Jerry, and he hugged the

Leap! Leap! Leap!

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