The Cat on the Mat is Flat (10 page)

One day while visiting

at the zoo, 

Lou found a hole

in the sole of her shoe.

‘Boo-hoo!'

cried Lou,

‘what

will

I do?

If only

I had

some

Superglue!'

‘Don't cry, Lou,'

‘said a kind kangaroo.

‘You can borrow

some of my

super-roo-glue!

It's even more super

than Superglue

AND it's extra-super-fast-sticking too!'

‘Oh, thank you, thank you!'

said Lou to the roo.

‘Thanks to you

and your super-roo-glue

now I can fix

the hole in my shoe.'

But while super-roo-gluing

the hole in her shoe,

Lou slipped and spilt

almost all of the glue,

and then she tripped

and fell in it, too.

‘Boo-hoo!' cried Lou,

‘now what

will I

do?

I've fixed the hole

in the sole

of my shoe,

but now I'm stuck

in all this goo!'

But the kangaroo

knew just what to do.

It jumped over the fence

and kicked poor Lou,

as hard as only a roo can do.

Out of the glue

flew Unlucky Lou.

Up into the air

she flew and flew!

She flew right over

the walls of the zoo

and landed head-first

where a prickle-bush grew.

Poor old prickle-headed

Superglued Lou:

the unluckiest girl

that the world ever knew!

BILL
AND PHIL
AND
THE
VERY
BIG HILL

There was a man.

His name was Bill.

Bill had a friend.

His name was Phil.