Oh, otto! 1. Something important The children in Class Four were busy working Then their teacher, Miss Underwood, said: ‘I have something very important to tell you.’ She smiled and said: ‘A new boy is coming to our class. His name is Otto and he comes from far, far away. In fact, he comes from outer space… ’ ( this is Otto’s first day at earth school. Here he is… ) The door opened and a boy came in. he looked just like the other children-but he was a different colour. he was green. Miss Underwood told Otto to sit with Jo and Charlie and Josh. Then she looked at Jo and added, ‘I want you to take care of our new boy and give him a hand if he needs it.’ ‘please, Miss,’ said Otto. ‘I’m not NEW. I’m seven and a half. And I don’t already. Look!’ ‘Oh, Otto!’ Miss Underwood smiled. ‘just sit down and be a dear.’ Otto sat down. Then he said, ‘I don’t think I can be a deer… but I can quack like a duck.’ He flapped his arms, like wings, and went: ‘Quack! Quack! Quack!’ Charlie joined in: ‘Quack! QUACK! QUACK!’ Miss Underwood smiled at Otto. ‘No quacking n class!’ she said. Then she frowned at Charlie. ‘Charlie!’ she said. ‘you know better than that! Get on with your work.’ ‘It’s not fair!’ Charlie grumbled. ‘I get into trouble and that new boy doesn’t!’ That’s when Charlie decided he didn’t like Otto. He didn’t like him one bit. 2. Charlie is cross Otto made a lot of mistakes. Charlie leaned back on his chair. Otto tried to do the same thing. But he fell down… … and so did all the paints. Now Charlie was green too-and he wasn’t happy about it. Charlie got crosser and crosser and crosser. At playtime, when Otto was in the...
