Oh,Otto!
1.Somethingimportant
ThechildreninClassFourwerebusyworking
Thentheirteacher,MissUnderwood,said:‘Ihavesomethingveryimportanttotellyou.’
Shesmiledandsaid:‘Anewboyiscomingtoourclass.HisnameisOttoandhecomesfromfar,faraway.Infact,hecomesfromouterspace…’
(ThisisOtto’sfirstdayatearthschool.Hereheis…)
Thedooropenedandaboycamein.helookedjustliketheotherchildren-buthewasadifferentcolor.Hewasgreen.
MissUnderwoodtoldOttotositwithJoandCharlieandJosh.ThenshelookedatJoandadded,‘Iwantyoutotakecareofournewboyandgivehimahandifheneedsit.’
‘Please,Miss,’saidOtto.‘I’mnotNEW.I’msevenandahalf.AndIdon’talready.Look!’
‘Oh,Otto!’MissUnderwoodsmiled.‘Justsitdownandbeadear.’
Ottosatdown.
Thenhesaid,‘Idon’tthinkIcanbeadeer…butIcanquacklikeaduck.’
Heflappedhisarms,likewings,andwent:‘Quack!Quack!Quack!’
Charliejoinedin:‘Quack!QUACK!QUACK!’
MissUnderwoodsmiledatOtto.‘Noquackingnclass!’shesaid.
ThenshefrownedatCharlie.‘Charlie!’shesaid.‘Youknowbetterthanthat!Getonwithyourwork.’
‘It’snotfair!’Charliegrumbled.‘Igetintotroubleandthatnewboydoesn’t!’
That’swhenCharliedecidedhedidn’tlikeOtto.Hedidn’tlikehimonebit.
2.Charlieiscross
Ottomadealotofmistakes.
Charlieleanedbackonhischair.Ottotriedtodothesamething.Buthefelldown…
…andsodidallthepaints.
NowCharliewasgreentoo-andhewasn’thappyaboutit.
Charliegotcrosserandcrosserandcrosser.
Atplaytime,whenOttowasintheplayground,Charliedecidedtoscarehim.
‘Ifyoustandthere,you’llgeteatenbyabear,’saidCharlie.
‘Abear!Where?’Ottoscreamed.
Charliegoggled.‘Wekeepthebearinthehead’soffice.AllEarthschoolshaveabear,’hewenton.‘Sometimesthebeargetsout…andsometimesit’shungry!’
Ottolookedveryscared.
3.TreasureHunt
ThatafternoontheclasswashavingaTreasureHunt.Allthechildrenwerelookingforwardtoit.
MissUnderwoodgaveeachpairofchildrenthesameclue.
‘IwantyoutoworkinapairwithOtto,’shesaidtoJo.
‘Workinapear?’saidOtto‘How?Itwillhavetobeabigpear.Nottoojuicy.Wecouldallgetsticky.’
Jolaughed.‘Oh,Otto!Youdon’tunderstandanything!’
TheTreasureHuntbegan.
CharlieworkedwithJosh.JoworkedwithOtto.
Thiswasthecluethattheyhadtofollow:
(Startattheclassroomdoor.
Thenwalkalong.
Don’tgoright.
Thenyouwon’tgowrong.)
‘Whatdoesthatmean?’saidCharlie.
‘Idon’tknow,’saidJosh.‘ButwhenMissUnderwoodhidthetreasurelasttime,itwasintheplayground.’
‘Let’sgothere!’CharliesaidtoJosh.‘Quick!We’llbefirst.’
Ottojumpeduptofollowthem-butCharliehadaplan.HestuckouthisfootandtrippedOttoup.
‘Enjoyyourtrip!’Charlielaughed,andranoffwithJosh.
JohelpedOttoup.
AlltheotherchildrenranoutoftheclassroomandfollowedCharlieandJosh.Theyturnedright,towardstheplayground.
Josighed.‘Noww
