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ith schools everywhere.

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THE DAY TH

E WH

OLE CO

UNTRY

SHARED A STO

RY!

Clou

d Bu

stin

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orie

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m C

hapt

er 2

- ‘W

hat’s

In A

Nam

e?’

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pe

nc

er,

th

e h

ea

d,

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g o

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d o

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d o

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as s

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h m

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en

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ap

pe

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Wh

en

it h

ap

pe

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d.

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kin

g u

s a

ll u

p.

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ve

y j

um

pe

d u

p.

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ll s

ide

wa

ys.

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d s

ta

rte

d r

ub

bin

g h

is l

eg

s

Sa

yin

g,

‘Fiz

zy

fe

et!

I’v

e g

ot fi

zzy

fe

et!’

We

did

n’t

ha

ve

a c

lue

Wh

at h

e w

as t

alk

ing

ab

ou

t.

Wh

at h

e w

as t

alk

ing

ab

ou

t.

Mr M

ac

kie

ra

n o

ve

r

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so

rt h

im o

ut.

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ve

, w

ha

t’s

th

e m

atte

r?

Wh

at’s

wro

ng

?

Wh

at’s

go

ing

on

?’

Mr M

ac

kie

wa

s a

ll c

on

ce

rn

.

‘Fiz

zy

‘F

izzy

fe

et!

I’v

e g

ot fi

zzy

fe

et!’

Da

ve

y p

ull

ed

off

his

sh

oe

s

An

d r

ub

be

d h

is t

oe

s.

(Wh

at a

po

ng

!)

‘Wh

at’r

e y

ou

ta

lkin

g a

bo

ut?

’

Mr M

ac

kie

be

ga

n t

o f

ro

wn

.

‘D’y

ou

me

an

yo

u’v

e g

ot

Pin

s a

nd

ne

ed

les?

’P

ins a

nd

ne

ed

les?

’

‘Ow

! Y

es,

th

at’s

wh

at I

sa

id,

sir

!

Fiz

zy

fe

et!’

A m

om

en

t’s

stu

nn

ed

sil

en

ce

.

Th

en

we

all

ro

are

d l

ike

we

ha

d t

oo

th

ac

he

.

Mr M

ac

kie

ra

nte

d

Mr M

ac

kie

ra

ve

d

Mr M

ac

kie

wa

s n

ot h

ap

py

As h

e e

sc

orte

d D

av

ey

fro

m t

he

ha

ll.

Fiz

zy

fe

et,

Diz

zy,

fizzy

fe

et

Bu

sB

usy,

diz

zy,

fizzy

fe

et

Wh

at a

do

rk

!

Da

ve

y h

ate

d t

he

na

me

Fiz

zy

Fe

et

Bu

t w

ha

t c

ou

ld h

e d

o a

bo

ut i

t?

No

t m

uc

h.

No

th

ing

.

Th

e c

lass b

ull

y w

ou

ldn

’t l

et h

im.

Wha

t m

agic

al w

izar

d po

wer

do y

ou t

hink

he’

ll n

eed

whe

n

he g

ets

ther

e?

Wha

t da

nger

cou

ld X

ar b

e

lead

ing

his

foll

ower

s in

to?

Pa

ge

2P

ag

e 7

Th

e W

iza

rds

of O

nc

e by Cressida Cowell

Extract from Chapter 1

Xa

r w

as t

he

mo

st d

iso

be

die

nt b

oy

in t

he

Wiz

ard

kin

gd

om

in a

bo

ut

fou

r g

en

era

tio

ns, a

nd

forb

idd

ing

th

ing

s o

nly

en

co

ura

ge

d h

im.

In t

he

pa

st w

ee

k, fo

r in

sta

nc

e, X

ar h

ad

tie

d t

he

be

ard

s o

f t

wo

of

th

e E

lde

st a

nd

mo

st r

esp

ec

ta

ble

Wiz

ard

s t

og

eth

er w

he

n t

he

y

we

re

sle

ep

ing

at a

ba

nq

ue

t. H

e h

ad

po

ure

d a

Lo

ve

Po

tio

n in

to

th

e

pig

s’ fe

ed

ing

tro

ug

h, s

o t

he

pig

s d

ev

elo

pe

d m

ad

pa

ssio

na

te

cru

sh

es o

n X

ar’s

lea

st-fa

vo

urit

e t

ea

ch

er, a

nd

follo

we

d h

im a

ro

un

d

wh

ere

ve

r h

e w

en

t, m

ak

ing

lou

d e

nth

usia

stic

sq

ue

alin

g a

nd

kis

sin

g

no

ise

s.

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ha

d a

cc

ide

nta

lly b

urn

ed

do

wn

th

e W

est w

ing

of t

he

Ca

stle

.

Mo

st o

f t

he

se

th

ing

s h

ad

n’t

be

en

en

tir

ely

inte

ntio

na

l ex

ac

tly

. Xa

r

ha

d ju

st g

ot c

arrie

d a

wa

y in

th

e h

ea

t o

f t

he

mo

me

nt.

An

d y

et n

on

e o

f t

he

se

dis

ob

ed

ien

t t

hin

gs w

as h

alf

as b

ad

as w

ha

t

Xa

r w

as d

oin

g r

igh

t n

ow

.

Th

ere

wa

s a

larg

e b

lac

k r

av

en

, fly

ing

ab

ov

e X

ar’s

he

ad

.

‘Th

is is

a

‘Th

is is

a V

ery

Ba

d Id

ea

Ind

ee

d, X

ar,’ s

aid

th

e r

av

en

. Th

e t

alk

ing

ra

ve

n

wa

s c

alle

d C

alib

urn

, an

d h

e w

ou

ld h

av

e b

ee

n a

ha

nd

so

me

bir

d, b

ut

un

fortu

na

te

ly it

wa

s h

is jo

b t

o k

ee

p X

ar o

ut o

f t

ro

ub

le, a

nd

th

e w

orry

of t

his

imp

ossib

le m

issio

n m

ea

nt h

is fe

ath

ers k

ep

t fa

lling

ou

t. ‘It

isn

’t

re

ally

fair

to

lea

d y

ou

r a

nim

als

an

d s

prit

es a

nd

yo

un

g fe

llow

Wiz

ard

s

into

all t

his

da

ng

er . . .’

As t

he

so

n o

f t

he

Kin

g E

nc

ha

nte

r, an

d a

bo

y w

ith

a g

re

at d

ea

l of

pe

rso

na

l ch

aris

ma

, Xa

r h

ad

a lo

t o

f fo

llow

ers. A

pa

ck

of fi

ve

wo

lve

s, t

hre

e S

no

wc

ats, a

Be

ar, e

igh

t s

prit

es, a

n e

no

rm

ou

s G

ian

t

ca

lled

Cru

sh

er, a

nd

a s

ma

ll cro

wd

of o

th

er W

iza

rd

yo

un

gste

rs, a

ll

follo

win

g X

ar a

s if

hy

pn

otis

ed

, all s

hiv

erin

g a

nd

sc

are

d, a

nd

pre

te

nd

ing

no

t t

o b

e.

Pa

ge

6P

ag

e 3

Imagine you are D

avey. Write a text to your m

um

telling her about the ‘Fizzy Feet’ incident.

Imagine you are one of the children doing the

name-calling. W

rite a text to a friend telling them

about the incident.

Ho

w is

it g

oin

g t

od

ay, D

av

ey

?

So

wh

at h

ap

pe

ne

d?

Give

Pea

s A C

hanc

e by

Rob

Bid

dulp

hEx

trac

t

Pag

e 4

Pag

e 5

Wha

t do

you

thi

nk a

din

osau

r w

ould

be

havi

ng fo

r di

nner

?