¥ Biff, Chip and Kipper Stories The Stolen crown Part 2 O—, Can Biff and Chip catch the thieves and get the crown back? For Sale Only in Mainland China rr OXFORD apis pcolou) hea emis Se eee foilWritten by Roderick Hunt Ilustrated by Alex Brychta BEFORE READING Talk together * Look at the cover and read the title together. Ask: What hoppened in Part I? + Remind your child that Lord Kent thinks the children have stolen the crown. * Look through the book and talk about the pictures. About the words in this book * Your child should be able to sound out and blend some words, which may include don't I'm time here saw these stole prison broken know window + Some words may be more challenging. Encourage or model blending, then read the words below to your child if necessary. called asked could through guards searching DURING READING Enjoy the story together. If your child needs support to read the story: + Remind your child to blend unfamiliar words from left to right. + Ifa word is still too tricky, simply say the whole word for your child. * Re-read sentences to focus on their meaning where necessary. cea et ers Have you read Part |? “These children stole the crown,” said Lord Kent. “Throw them in prison.” “Stop!” said Henry. “I don’t think they stole my crown.”Henry spoke to the guards. “Who has “Nobody could have taken it out of been in this room today?” he asked. this room,” said the other guard. “We “You and Lord Kent,” said a guard. } search everyone.” “The children took it,” said Lord Kent.“We didn’t take it,” said Biff, “and } Chip saw something on the floor. It was nobody else could get in from the outside.” a broken arrow. He asked Henry to lend him the magnifying glass.“Someone tied string to the window,” said Chip. “I think I know how the crown was stolen.” “Someone was in this room. Then someone outside the castle shot an arrow through the window. It had string tied to it.”“The person in the room put the string “The crown slid down the string. Then through the crown. Then they tied the the person in the room untied the string string round this bar in the window.” and left. It was easy.”“I know who stole the crown,” said ? “Ha!” he shouted. “You will not be Henry. “You, Lord Kent. You want to king. I will! You have lost the crown.” stop me being the king.” i “Catch him!” shouted Henry. “Don’t Suddenly, Lord Kent ran off. let him get away.”Biff and Chip grabbed Lord Kent’s cloak and pulled him over. “Throw him in prison!” shouted Henry. Henry ran out of the castle. “Come on!” he called to Biff and Chip. “We have to get my crown back.”Suddenly, Henry stopped running. Two “Keep down,” hissed Henry. “Don’t let men were searching for something in them see us.” the grass. “What are they looking for?” asked Biff.One man took the crown out of a bag. “This is bad news,” he said. “The biggest jewel in the crown is missing.” “We must find it,” said the other man. “Lord Kent will think we have stolen it.” “It must be here,” said the first man. “T hope it didn’t fall in the moat.”Chip had an idea. In his pocket was a “Give Biff the magnifying glass, Henry,” glass bead. said Chip, “and stay where you are.” “Is this the jewel?” he asked. Biff and Chip went up to the men. “No,” said Henry. “The jewel is much bigger.”Biff held the magnifying glass over Suddenly, Biff dropped the bead. The the bead. men bent down to get it. She grabbed “Are you looking for this big jewel?” the crown and Chip pushed the men into she said. “We have just found it.” the moat. Splash! 20 2Biff threw the crown to Henry. “T’m glad I’m not a king,” said Chip. “Don’t drop it!” yelled Chip. “Now run! “You just can’t trust anyone.” You can be king after all!” “But you can trust the magic key,” said Biff. “It’s glowing.” 2 23“Henry was just a boy,” said Chip. “I wonder if he was king for a long time?” “Who knows?” said Biff. “I wonder if he found that missing jewel?” AFTER READING * Ask your child to explain to you how the crown was stolen from the room at the top of the tower. + Tum to page 24. Ask: Was Henry right to suspect * Lord Kent? © Ask: Did you guess that Lord Kent was the thief? When did you realise? stration © Alex Byes 2007 ist pushed 2007 ‘Tus eon pubs 201 ‘Abii served Phoacopying os Does prone coos? ited in Hong Kong by Farrount Oxford OWL Sree tos aching For home epg uer eis ering’ wath hee book, esta Upsoné tn ates, www.oxfordowlL.co.uk