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CHAPTER THREE

Preparations

My alarm clock rings. I wake up. It is sunny and hot. I am happy. It is the first day of the summer holidays. I am free. I can swim or play football.

Suddenly I remember my sister and her silly husband. They want to have a pet giraffe. Today Bill is going to the grasslands. He wants to catch a nice baby giraffe. And I am going with him. I hope he can’t catch it.

I look at the clock. It is six o’clock. My parents are at work. I get up, put on my shorts and a T-shirt. They are bright red. I don’t often wear red, but today this colour can help me. Dad says giraffes can see some bright colours. I hope they can see the red colour. I put on a red cap, open the door and go out.

I run to Bill and Jill’s house. When I am at their door, Bill comes out. He is wearing a brown shirt and brown shorts. He has got a green cap on his head and green gloves on his hands. He has got a big green bag on his back. He thinks he looks like a small tree with four green leaves.

‘A nice tree!’ I say.

‘Where?’ Bill asks.

‘Opposite me, of course,’ I say.

‘Aha, I’m very clever!’ Bill says and smiles.

Suddenly Bill stops smiling. He is looking at my red costume.

‘Why are you wearing red?’ he asks. ‘You don’t look like a tree.’

‘But I’m not a tree,’ I say. ‘I’m the red light. What do you do when you see the red light in the street?’

‘I stop,’ Bill says.

‘I stop too,’ I say. ‘Everyone stops: men and women, boys and girls, cats and dogs, and, of course, giraffes.’

‘You are great!’ Bill cries and smiles at me again.