Second Edition

Stories 1

Caroline Nixon
& Michael Tomlinson
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1 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Walk and talk,
Maskmam
On the count of five.
Monty One, two, three, four, five.

Hello, Marie. Eeeek! A blue monster!

Hello, Maskman. Close Goodbye, Marie.
the door, please.
Sit down here. Goodbye, Maskman.
Close the door, please,
Listen to my chant, Maskman.
Marie. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Thank you.
8, 9 and 10.
Very good, Maskman. Hello, Marie.
Yes, good. Hello, Monty.
Look, a blue pencil.
Listen! Look! Yes, a blue pencil.
What …? Aaaagghh!
A blue monster!
No, Maskman.
It’s a …
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2 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Walk and talk,
Maskmam
On the count of five.
Monty One, two, three, four, five.

OK, sit down please Here’s another book,

everybody. Open your Maskman.
activity books, please
and pick up your No, not another book,
pencils. Listen to the CD Monty. Here’s an
and draw the monster. eraser.

Ugh! Er, no, Marie. Another

activity book, please.
Oops! Oh, my activity
book!
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3 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Walk and talk,
Maskmam
On the count of five.
Monty One, two, three, four, five.

Hello, Marie. What’s Is it in the toy box?

that? No, it isn’t.
It’s my computer. It’s
my favourite toy. Is it under the table?
Oh … No, it isn’t under the
What’s your favourite table. Ooohh, where’s
toy, Maskman? my car?
My car. It’s blue I don’t know, Maskman.
and black. It’s … ‘the Is it on the chair?
Maskman Car’.
Oh, that’s nice. Noooo, it isn’t!
Where is it?
It’s there, next to the Look Maskman, it’s OK.
toy box. It’s here in the bag.

No, it isn’t next to the Oh, thank you Monty.

toy box, Maskman. My Maskman Car.
Oh no, where’s my car?
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4 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Walk and talk,
Maskmam
On the count of five.
Monty One, two, three, four, five.

Look at this! Are you my brother,

What is it? Maskman?
It’s a picture of my No, I’m not.
family. Are you my sister,
Marie?
Who’s this? No, I’m not.
She’s
She’smymysister, Maskgirl.
sister, Maskgirl. Where’s my family?
And is this your young
brother?
Look Monty. Here’s your
Yes,
Yes,that’s Maskboy.
that’s Maskboy. family. It’s the mouse
Wow. family.
Oohh! Look, my mum
And look, here’s my
and dad. Marvin Mouse
family.
and Maxi Mouse.
Wow. She’s beautiful.
Is she your mother? Are you happy now,
Monty?
Yes, she is. She’s my
mum, Babs. Yes, I am.
And is this your father?
Yes, that’s Ben, my dad.
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5 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Walk and talk,
Maskmam
On the count of five.
Monty One, two, three, four, five.

Look Marie, the pet Pardon? Mice are small,

show. but we aren’t dirty …
Oh, yes. and we’re happy.
Oops, sorry Monty.
What’s your favourite
pet, Marie? Mice aren’t dirty and
Cats are my favourite they’re good pets. But
pets. They’re beautiful my favourite pets are
and clean. big dogs.
Yes, but they aren’t But they’re ugly and …
big. Big dogs are my
favourite pets. Look at the puppet!
Hmmm, but big dogs Oh no!
are ugly. Eeeek!

Mice are good pets. No, dogs aren’t my

Yes, but they’re small favourite pets. My
and dirty. favourite pets are fish
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8 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Maskmam Walk and talk,
Monty On the count of five.
Trevor One, two, three, four, five.
Simon

Here, Stella. Catch. Well, Maskman, Stella’s

got trousers too. Has
Look at Stella’s clothes. Simon got a skirt?
She’s got a yellow Huh! No, he hasn’t!
T-shirt, she’s got a blue Oooohh! Hee, hee.
skirt, she’s got pink
socks and she’s got
Suzy’s got a skirt, and
brown shoes.
she’s got a beautiful
orange T-shirt, with a
But she hasn’t got a mouse on it!
jacket. Look at these.
Ha, ha, ha!
Simon’s got a red
jacket, he’s got green
trousers and he’s got
black shoes.
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9 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Maskmam Walk and talk,
Monty On the count of five.
Trevor One, two, three, four, five.

Do the Maskman song, Hello, Marie.

Do the Maskman
song, Let’s all do the
Maskman song.
Oooh! Look! There’s
Maskman. He can ride
a bike and play tennis!
I know, and he can
play basketball.
Ride a bike, play
tennis, basketball. Play,
play, play.
Hello, Marie!
Marie! Listen to the
Maskman song. He can
swim and he can play
football!
What? Pardon? Oh!
Sorry Trevor.
Yes, Trevor. Maskman
can swim and he can
ride a bike and he can
play football, but … he
can’t play the guitar
and he can’t sing.
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10 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Maskmam Walk and talk,
Monty On the count of five.
Trevor One, two, three, four, five.
Boy

Help! Help! I can’t Maskman … a green

swim.
I’m flying my helicopter.
Look! I can see a boy.
Oh! He can’t swim.
I can pick the boy up.
Stand next to me, Sam.
You can fly in my
helicopter again.
Thanks, Maskman.
Wow! You’re my hero!
lorry! Stop! You can’t
cross the street now.
Look, the man’s red!
Ooh! Er! Thank you,
Monty. Wow! You’re
my hero.
That’s OK, Maskman.
Do the Monty song,
Do the Monty song,
Let’s all do the Monty
song.
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11 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Maskmam Walk and talk,
Monty On the count of five.
Trevor One, two, three, four, five.

Where are my pencils? Trevor! What have you

I’ve only got ten. I haven’t
got orange, pink, yellow
or black. Can you help me?
Are they under the table?
No, they aren’t and they
aren’t in the box.
Sorry, Suzy. I can’t find
your pencils. Are they in
your bedroom?
Hello, Trevor. What are
you doing?
Mmmm, er…, mmmm…,
I’m not… doing…
Where are Maskman and
Monty? Are they in the
kitchen?
They’re,
They’re,mmm...
mmm...
Pardon? Trevor! What are
you eating?
I’m not … eating.
got in your mouth? Can
you open your mouth,
please?
Er, no.
Trevor! Open your mouth.
Now!
Er, pencils! Pencils are
my favourite food.
Oh, Trevor! You can’t eat
pencils!
No, Stella. My pencils
aren’t in my bedroom, and
they aren’t in the kitchen
or the dining room.
Sshh! Be quiet. They’re
coming!
Look, Suzy! Your pencils
are here on the floor.
What? Hmmmmm…
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12 Story

Characters Toys in the toy box,

Marie Come alive.
Maskmam Walk and talk,
Monty On the count of five.
Trevor One, two, three, four, five.

Apple, apple. Banana, But I don’t like ice

banana.
Orange and cake.
Orange and cake.
Marie! Come and do the
food train with us!
OK!
Ice cream and chocolate.
Ice cream and chocolate.
BURGER!
STOP, EVERYBODY!
Oooops!
Ooooh, er!
Eeeek! Help!
But I don’t like burgers.
And I don’t like apples or
bananas. Monty’s got my
ice cream and chocolate.
cream and chocolate. My
favourite food’s cake.
Yuk! I like apples and
bananas.
Listen! I know! Can we
chant
chant our
ourfavourite
favouritefood?
food?
Yes! OK! Let’s chant
our favourite food.
Hah! Now I’ve got the ice
cream and chocolate.
Apple, apple. Banana,
banana.
Orange and cake.
Orange and cake.
Ice cream and chocolate.
Ice cream and chocolate.
PENCILS!