By Jeff Capel
Dizzy: Hello. I鈥檓 just back from a long walk in the park. My name鈥檚 Dizzy. I live with the Lucas family on Woodside Lane. I鈥檓 their favourite pet.
Rosie: I don鈥檛 think so! Their favourite pet would be me. Hello everyone. I鈥檓 Rosie. I also live with the Lucas family on Woodside Lane. But unlike Dizzy, I can go for a walk whenever I like.
Dizzy: Except she doesn鈥檛 walk very much. She sleeps most of the time.
Rosie: And he runs around chasing his tail or a stick or a tennis ball. He makes everyone dizzy 鈥 that鈥檚 how he got his name!
Dizzy: We鈥檙e good friends really aren鈥檛 we, Rosie?
Rosie: Oh yes. We鈥檙e a very happy family. There鈥檚 Dad, Mr Lucas.
Dizzy: And Mum, Mrs Lucas.
Rosie: And there are the twins - Molly and Noah Lucas. They're seven.
Dizzy: We used to call Noah 'Nervous Noah'.
Rosie: You called him Nervous Noah. I think that鈥檚 a little unkind. Noah is just a bit鈥ell鈥hy.
Dizzy: We haven鈥檛 lived on Woodside Lane for very long. It鈥檚 a new home. We moved here over the summer from a different house in a different town a long way away. Mr Lucas had a new job.
Rosie: So that meant for Molly and Noah, a new school too.
Dizzy: Poor Noah. He came home from school on the first day and burst into tears. He said that none of the other children had spoken to him and at playtime no one invited him to join in with their games.
Rosie: Oh dear, Noah was so sad that night. I curled up on his bed and he stroked me. Until he fell asleep.
Dizzy: The next morning, Noah didn鈥檛 want to get up. Mum had to call him five times to come down for breakfast. Mum took him to school and I went too - on my lead of course. We met Noah's teacher at the gate. Miss Fuller's her name. She said the first day of term was always very busy but that today she had an idea to make Noah feel more welcome. She asked every child in Class 2F to tell Noah something interesting about themselves. Then Noah told each of them something about him.
Dizzy: What a difference when Noah came home from school on his second day. There were no tears. Only smiles. He couldn鈥檛 stop talking. Molly didn鈥檛 get a word in as they tucked into shepherd鈥檚 pie and peas.
Dizzy: Without dropping any under the table. Hmmm. I love scraps!
Rosie: We always listen in on teatime conversations, don't we Dizzy? We learn so much!
Dizzy: And no one in the family knows we understand! Ha! Ha!
Rosie: Noah said he had been very nervous at first because he didn鈥檛 like all that attention. He had to sit at the front of the classroom facing everyone. He felt as though they were staring at him. As he was told things by the others he started to enjoy himself and discovered he had lots to say.
Dizzy: So he learned that Maya鈥檚 favourite colour was green while his was purple. Jimi supported Manchester United while he supported Aston Villa. Elly had two guinea pigs and a rabbit while he had a very clever dog!
Rosie: And a very pretty cat! Rageh liked fish fingers, he preferred sausages. Skye was learning to play the piano. Noah wants to learn saxophone.
Dizzy: Everyone in the class had something to share. By the time morning play came around, Noah found himself the centre of attention for a very different reason. All his new friends wanted him to join their game.
Dizzy: Noah loves his new school now. Friends come back for tea all the time. He鈥檚 definitely one of Class 2F now. Not such a 'Nervous Noah'.
Mrs Lucas: Dizzy鈥osie鈥
Dizzy: I think I can hear our tea, Rosie! Come on, race you! Bye everyone!
Rosie: I let her win every day! You鈥檒l hear another story about Noah and his school next time. Goodbye!
By Jeff Capel
Dizzy: Hello. I鈥檓 just back from a long walk in the park. My name鈥檚 Dizzy. I live with the Lucas family on Woodside Lane. I鈥檓 their favourite pet.
Rosie: I don鈥檛 think so! Their favourite pet would be me. Hello everyone. I鈥檓 Rosie. I also live with the Lucas family on Woodside Lane. But unlike Dizzy, I can go for a walk whenever I like.
Dizzy: Except she doesn鈥檛 walk very much. She sleeps most of the time.
Rosie: And he runs around chasing his tail or a stick or a tennis ball. He makes everyone dizzy 鈥 that鈥檚 how he got his name!
Dizzy: We鈥檙e good friends really aren鈥檛 we, Rosie?
Rosie: Oh yes. We鈥檙e a very happy family. There鈥檚 Dad, Mr Lucas.
Dizzy: And Mum, Mrs Lucas.
Rosie: And there are the twins - Molly and Noah Lucas. They're seven.
Dizzy: We used to call Noah 'Nervous Noah'.
Rosie: You called him Nervous Noah. I think that鈥檚 a little unkind. Noah is just a bit鈥ell鈥hy.
Dizzy: We haven鈥檛 lived on Woodside Lane for very long. It鈥檚 a new home. We moved here over the summer from a different house in a different town a long way away. Mr Lucas had a new job.
Rosie: So that meant for Molly and Noah, a new school too.
Dizzy: Poor Noah. He came home from school on the first day and burst into tears. He said that none of the other children had spoken to him and at playtime no one invited him to join in with their games.
Rosie: Oh dear, Noah was so sad that night. I curled up on his bed and he stroked me. Until he fell asleep.
Dizzy: The next morning, Noah didn鈥檛 want to get up. Mum had to call him five times to come down for breakfast. Mum took him to school and I went too - on my lead of course. We met Noah's teacher at the gate. Miss Fuller's her name. She said the first day of term was always very busy but that today she had an idea to make Noah feel more welcome. She asked every child in Class 2F to tell Noah something interesting about themselves. Then Noah told each of them something about him.
Dizzy: What a difference when Noah came home from school on his second day. There were no tears. Only smiles. He couldn鈥檛 stop talking. Molly didn鈥檛 get a word in as they tucked into shepherd鈥檚 pie and peas.
Dizzy: Without dropping any under the table. Hmmm. I love scraps!
Rosie: We always listen in on teatime conversations, don't we Dizzy? We learn so much!
Dizzy: And no one in the family knows we understand! Ha! Ha!
Rosie: Noah said he had been very nervous at first because he didn鈥檛 like all that attention. He had to sit at the front of the classroom facing everyone. He felt as though they were staring at him. As he was told things by the others he started to enjoy himself and discovered he had lots to say.
Dizzy: So he learned that Maya鈥檚 favourite colour was green while his was purple. Jimi supported Manchester United while he supported Aston Villa. Elly had two guinea pigs and a rabbit while he had a very clever dog!
Rosie: And a very pretty cat! Rageh liked fish fingers, he preferred sausages. Skye was learning to play the piano. Noah wants to learn saxophone.
Dizzy: Everyone in the class had something to share. By the time morning play came around, Noah found himself the centre of attention for a very different reason. All his new friends wanted him to join their game.
Dizzy: Noah loves his new school now. Friends come back for tea all the time. He鈥檚 definitely one of Class 2F now. Not such a 'Nervous Noah'.
Mrs Lucas: Dizzy鈥osie鈥
Dizzy: I think I can hear our tea, Rosie! Come on, race you! Bye everyone!
Rosie: I let her win every day! You鈥檒l hear another story about Noah and his school next time. Goodbye!
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From Africa with Love. audio
KS2. Rachel and her pen friend in Africa, Mosi, help each other with their problems,
