Reading

Ollie is a big red double-decker bus. He lives in a garage in the middle of the town. Every year Ollie takes a lot of children to the seaside for a day, and today is that special day.

Yesterday, when Ollie finished his work in the town, Sam and Molly cleaned him and his windows and even his big wheels were shining.

It was nine o`clock and Fred, Ollie`s driver, got into his seat, and Bill, the conductor, jumped onto the platform. Ting, went Ollie`s bell, and Fred started the engine.

Down the road went Ollie towards the school. Beep, beep went Ollie`s horn, telling the children that he was on his way.

All the children were in a long line near the school, with their teacher standing at the front. She had a paper with all the chidren`s names on it. as she read them out, one by one, Bill helped the children get on the bus.

When all the kids sat down , Bill rang the bell, and Ollie ran past the fields, through the woods and through the villages.

The happy children sang songs on the bus. On the way to the seaside, Fred turned Ollie into a little cafe, and all the children jumped out to buy cool drinks, salty crisps and ice cream.

As they were near the seaside, Ollie could smell the cool air blowing from the sea. Up and down the hills they went, until at last, Ollie saw the blue sea water in the distance.

The children were happy. They thought about all the sand castles that they were going to build, and all the games that they could play on the golden beach.