La Bonga and the Boomerzoomer Iris
Story by Margaret Illustrations
Mahy
by Mike Wilkin
Iris
©
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La Bonga and the Boomerzoomer Iris
Story by Margaret Illustrations
Mahy
by Mike Wilkin
Iris
©
La Bonga and
Boomerzoomer
Written by Margaret Illustrations by
©
the
Mahy
Mike Wilkin
Publisher: Appiecross Ltd,
Hong Kong
ISBN 962-29I-43I-4 Created and designed by the
Wendy Pye Team, New Zealand.
First published 1990.
All rights reserved.
No
part of this publication
may be reproduced or
transmitted in any form or
by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.
Distributed in
New
Zealand by Heinemann Education, Publishing Group (NZ) Ltd, 39 Rawene Road. Birkenhead, Auckland.
A division of Octopus New Zealand.
10,
Distributed in Australia by Rigby Education, Melbourne. Sydney, Brisbane. Adelaide. Perth.
Distributed in
Ontario
MIW
Canada by Ginn Publishing Canada 2P9. Canada.
Printed by Colorcraft.
Hong Kong.
Inc.. 3771
Victoria Park Avenue. Scarborough.
Iris
and the
La Bonga Boomerzoomer
Iris La Bonga the famous spy was listening at General Filljug's window with her special spy's listening trumpet. "Horrokapotchkin!" cried General Filljug, putting down the is terrible. Captain Barnstorm. My wicked Havemore, has dressed himself as me. He has cut the telephone wires between our headquarters and town, and he is going to get the secret documents from the bank!" "But, sir!" cried Captain Barnstorm. "They will know that he is not you. You have a noble red face and a fierce
phone. "This
brother,
moustache." "So has Havemore," moaned General Filljug.
-
"We
look
Havemore has sticking-out ears. We must get in our fastest car and get down to the bank at once - though I fear we will be much too late. I will give a great big reward to anyone who stops Havemore and saves exactly alike
except that
the secret documents.'
r
"Sir," said
Captain Barnstorm, standing to attention.
"I will
take the world's first supersonic motorbike transformer, the
Boomerzoomer. I
I
will
be bound to get there
first
don't touch the transformer button, that
.
.
.
providing
is."
Barnstorm!" said General Filljug. "But no! The Boomerzoomer may be very fast, but it is too dangerous. People
"Brave
lad.
get caught
up
in the
machinery when
it
transforms."
LH
"The Boomerzoomer, eh?" thought
Iris
La Bonga. "I am knew just where
not frightened of a mere Boomerzoomer." She the
Boomerzoomer was
kept. (Spies
know
a lot
of things they
are not supposed to know.)
bank first," she thought. "Then I will Havemore, catch red-faced and red-handed. I will steal the secret papers myself and demand the great big reward." "I shall get to the
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La Bonga did not even bother
change her slinky spy*s away to the shed where the army inventors were trying out the Boomerzoomer. The Boomerzoomer looked like an ordinary supersonic motorbike, except for one strange thing. It had a big red button on the front of it. Iris La Bonga was not frightened of red buttons. (After all, she had red buttons all the way down the back of her slinky dress.) Leaping onto the Boomerzoomer, she gave it a good kick. The mighty engine leapt to life, and there she was - Iris La Bonga, the famous spy - booming and zooming out of the gate. A lot of inventors ran after her calling, "Stop! Stop!" but a spy like Iris La Bonga takes no notice of mere inventors. Iris
to
dress and high-heeled shoes. She ran straight
Iris
La Bonga zoomed down
the
motorway
at
tremendous speed,
singing to herself from the sheer joy of being a spy. Several traffic policemen saw her flashing past and began to follow her
was
with their sirens wailing, but the Boomerzoomer
far too fast for
she wanted to go
them
all.
still faster.
"I expect this red
Though
Iris
was going so
(All spies love to
button here will help
me
go very to
go
fast, fast.)
faster,"
she muttered, and she pressed the red button on the front
of the motorbike.
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Vhm
1
There was
a
curious groaning and flapping. In a
moment,
the whole motorbike folded out and folded
being folded up inside struggling. But
it
it.
in. Iris found herself "What's going on!" cried Iris,
was no use. The Boomerzoomer was
was changing into a great big supersonic pram. Iris found herself lying on her back unable to move. The red buttons on her slinky spy's dress had caught in the machinery. She could not even steer the pram. transforming.
It
The
pram shot off the motorway and bounded down towards the town. (It was going very fast because was going straight down hill.) The pram bounced over a supersonic
straight it
hedge and shot across
Then
it
hedges.
a
paddock, terrifying several wild bulls.
^
and raced through three more
Vm
leapt across a stream
me
Iris La Bonga furiously. From windows and STOP signs. She was speeding down the main street of town. But by now, the supersonic pram was running out of fuel. By the time it got to the post office, it was going quite slowly. It trundled past the post office and stopped outside the bank. Iris still could not move. She was filled with despair. (No spy likes to get jammed in a great big pram - even if it is a supersonic one.) Suddenly, she saw a man walking past her.
"Get
out of this!" yelled
the pram, she saw shop
He
looked just
out ears.
He
like
General Filljug, but
this
man had
sticking-
was carrying a big envelope covered with stamps.
SECRET DOCUMENTS front of the envelope.
General Filljug.
It
it
said in great big print
was Havemore dressed
on the
as his brother,
Iris
acted at once. "Havemore!" she wailed. "Havemore,
darling daddy, don't leave me!"
a guilty expression. Several women who were going bank stopped and stared at Havemore sternly. "Daddy!" cried Iris. "Don't leave me here!"
"Don't leave your
little girl
my
Havemore looked around with
behind you!" said a
into the
woman crossly.
"Poor little thing!" "She is not my little girl," Havemore retorted crossly. But one of the women grabbed Havemore's arms tightly.
He
could not get away.
"Don't leave your baby! You'll regret
woman
cried.
it all
your
life!"
the
Two other mothers and a grandmother gathered around them, "Don't leave your Uttle
"What
girl
behind you!" they said sternly. is, too," said the grandmother,
a pretty little thing she
peering into the pram.
"Daddy!" wailed Iris quickly, pretending to cry. "What's this?" said the traffic policemen coming up.
"Why main
A
.
.
.
that's the
street at a
policeman
very
pram
that
came racing down the
dangerous speed!"
who
heard
all
the fuss joined them.
behind him," the "This man is mothers and the grandmother cried together. leaving his dear little girl
.^
"Daddy!" wailed
Iris.
"Don't
let
them catch you! Throw
those secret documents into the rubbish tin and run away!"
"Oh, the dear
little
thing!" said the first
woman. "See how
she cares for her father, even though he has been so cruel to her."
"What
secret
documents?" said
a traffic policeman,
grabbing
the envelope out of Havemore's trembling hand.
"Why!"
said the other. "It
is
addressed to General Filljug."
am
General Filljug!" lied Havemore boldly. be General Filljug," said one of the traffic policemen. "General Filljug has no little girls. In fact, he has "I
"You
can't
no children
at all.
Everyone knows
that."
There came the sound of
horn tooting melodiously. is General Filljug now! Look what neat ears he has! Whereas this man, here, has sticking-out ears. He must be Filljug's wicked brother, Havemore!" "A real general would not let his little girl wear high-heeled shoes," said one of the women. "I knew when I saw this man that he was up to no good!" General Filljug came bouncing up. "Havemore! Havemore!" he cried (while Captain Barnstorm anxiously checked the Boomerzoomer). "How could you sink "Ah!" cried a
traffic
a car
policeman. "There
so low?" "It
was
a traffic
this little girl
policeman.
who
saved the secret documents," said
I::^
>/
"What a pity about the Boomerzoomer," said Captain Barnstorm gloomily. "Unfortunately, it will not change back into a Boomerzoomer once it has been changed into a pram." He and General Filljug peered into the pram. "Why it's Iris La Bonga!" they cried together. "I demand that big reward you mentioned," Iris cried back at them. "I have saved the secret documents." General Filljug's face brightened. "I have an idea," he shouted. "This is a great big pram, you may and you fit into it very well. Iris La Bonga big reward." have this great big pram for your great And Iris had to be content with the great big pram and with the adventure of it all. .
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