8-12 Cool Clive
Written by Michaela Morgan and illustrated by Dee Shulman
Chapter 1
Look at the other kids in my class. They have the right haircuts.
They have the right clothes-the jeans,the t-shirts,the caps and the trainers. These are my friends.
They may think I'm not all that big.
They may think I'm not all that bright.But I know I'm really cool.The trouble is my clothes are just not cool at all. "So what.I don't care,"I say to myself-but I do care.
"You can wear my cap for today,"says my best friend-but it's not the same. My mum says,
Just be yourself What you wear doesn't matter.
My friend agrees with her.And I know she's right too.It doesn't matter.It shouldn't matter to me. I want to be like my friends.
I want to be cool. In my mind I can see exactly what I could look like.
So I say,"Can I have some t-shirts like those?"
But she says,"You've got plenty of your cousins' old shirts that you haven't grown into yet." And when I say,"Look at those trainers,Mum. I don'" She says,"I'm sorry,love.We just can't afford them."
It seems that almost everything I have belonged to someone else before me.
And the fashions have changed a bit since my cousins were kids. At school we all had to make up a rap about ourselves.This is mine: Don't have the right sort of trainers Don't have the right sort of hair Don't have the right sort of labels Pretend that I don't care.
BUT Oh WOW!Look at them now!All the style,All the know-how-Puma,Hi-tech and Reebok,Cool as Cool,They've got the lot! And Oh WOW!I'm feeling green,They've the coolest kids I've ever seen.They've cool in school and cool in the street ,Cool as cool from head to feet.
My friend says,It's a good rap. But it's not such a good feeling.
She is right you know
And I say, Mum,Can I have jeans like those?
But she always says, Oh,wow, I remember this Ooh! I used to love this shirt I can get you a pair from the market for half the price.
Chapter 2
I know exactly what I want.I've them in a shop window.
And I know exactly what my mum will say:
Money doesn't grow on trees you know. We don't have money to burn!
Maybe
I dream about those trainers.
Maybe I could find some long lost treasure and buy them.
Maybe I could earn a reward and buy them.
Maybe I could get a
This ￡100cheque is a small token of our gratitude That's what I'll do!
I'll earn lots of money and buy my trainers.It's not easy finding a job,especially when you're my age. First I looked at
newspaper.
SITUATIONS VACANT
WANTED hairdresse'rs assistant suit school-leaver phone:FAY16841 Secretary mature lady preferred tel 42136⋯⋯一大堆招聘信息
They were all jobs for grown-ups or older kids.No good for me.What could I do I could look at the cards in the window of the corner shop
There were plenty of cards:
For Sale
Table tennis table by family moving house with slightly wobbly legs Tel 33451
3 adorable baby rabbit for sale. Only ￥5 each Phone 42213 aliu 6
Typewriter for sale . Perfect working order. No good offers refused. Phone 23%79＄
Newspaper Delivery
BOYS AND GIRLS WANTED
APPLY WITHIN
That's the one for me!
I'll get a job,save the money,and
I'll be Cool Clive
The Coolest Kid Alive.
But when I asked,the man said,
You're not Come back when you're older.
Outside the shop I met Rick Hamley from Mr Jacob's class.He had a newspaper round.He was dragging
the bag behind him,and he was looking hot and tried.
"I'm looking for a partner.Share the work,share the money,ok?
Tell your Mum I'll look after you.Start tomorrow 6.30
6.30? 6.30!
Surely he didn't mean 6.30 in the morning!!!!
He did!
That night I was so excited I could hardly sleep.I'd asked my mum if I could help Rick with his paper round and,after a bit,she had agreed.
She helped me set the alarm clock for half past five and she made me go to bed extra early.
It's hard to go to sleep when it's still light.All my plans were racing through my head.They made a sort
of song which went round and round
I'll deliver the news I'll earn money I'll buy shoes I'll buy trainers cool and snazzy Big and bold and bright and jazzy Imagine me when I get to school Looking so great Looking so cool Listen to the others Hear
them say Look at Clive Look at Clive He's the coo 了st kid alive!
In the end I fell asleep,and then BRRING!!
See you around!
Chapter 3
I went home and counted my money.
I made a special savings book and then I had a rest.
I was worn out and fed up and I still needed loads more money.
The next day I went back to the shop.I didn't go in,in case there were any more unhappy customers waiting for me,but I read the cards outside.
There were a few new ones.
For Sale
Set of Dining
Chairs by family moving house with solid wooden bottoms
TEL 33451
DOGWALKER WANTED
Give my dog one good walk a day,and earn extra pocket money. 34 Park Nack ,Barkwood YES!That's the job for me!
I wrote down the address,asked my mum,and went around to see the lady. "You're not very old,"she said."You're not but you are the only one who's asked for so I'll give you a try."
sort of英文Here's his lead and TOODLES!!!
"Now just take Toodles once around the park,then bring him straight back home.Don't get him tried.Don't get him dirty.Remember:once round the park and then straight "
She told me what to do over and over and over again.I wish she'd told the dog. Noodles had a mind of his own. We went once round the park. No problem.
But then Noodles decided to go round again and again. NO NODDLES!!!
SPLASH!
We visited the ducks.Noodles liked the water.
We visited the gardens.Noodles liked the mud and the manure. Oh,Get THAT DOG OUT OF HERE!
We visited the litter bins.Noodles liked the rubbish.
Then Noodles decided to go home-the short way. The lady was not pleased.
Not pleased at all.
I went home,counted my money,filled in my book,Then had a bath and a rest. From time to time I went back to the shop.Sometimes there were new notice: FOR SALE 47 Hutch Walk
Baby 's cot by family moving house with a screw loose Tel 33451
DUCKLINAS AND CHICKS GOING CHEAP Tel 89136 But there was only one job:
WANTED
CIRCUS PERFORMER Can you walk the high wire? Can you swallow fire? Can you juggle with knives?
and that was NOT the job for me. So I decided to started my own business.
10
baby rabbits ￡ 3 each, for quick sale. Phone 42213 after 6
She gave me the money for one day but,This is not the job for you 。 Don't come back tomorrow!
25Rbbbits FREE
To a good home . Phone or call ANYTIME AT ALL 422113 47 Hutch Walk
NOT the job for for you
Don 't come back tomorrow
He put his hand into his soggy ...I held my breath and wished.
and leaflets:
If your car is splashed with mud and rain
If there are loads of leaves lying in your drain Don 't just sot there and complain
CALL FOR CLIVE! Clive cleans till it gleams phone 64120
Your car was flashy but now it 's splashy ,what do you do? CALL FOR CLIVE
CLIVE 'S CAR CLEANING AND ODD JOBS Phone 64120
I borrowed some equipment-a bucket,a sponge and a cloth-and off I went. I was doing very well,very well ... I had ... ...A bit I was quite lucky really. I didn't damage the car. I didn't fall in the
I did break a few things. I said "I'm It was I'll pay for the damage." And I did. Now all I had left was my soggy sponge,my cloth,and my bucket with a hole in it. Can you imagine how I left?
I was trudging home by the park when I heard:
A crowd of people were gathered by the duck pond.I went to have a look and got there just in time to see a man crawling
Chapter 4
There in the middle of the pond was his bag.It was bobbing about slowly and drifting around in circles.
"It's full of very important papers,"said the man."Oh no!It's going to sink!Get a fishing net quick!"he yelled.
But no.The bag was sinking and no one had a fishing net. But I did have an idea.
I used my cloth,my bucket with a hole in,and a long
the man."You've saved my bag and all my papers and money.I would like to reward you."
CAR C LEANING
And odd Jobs call for clive 64120
If the birds keep messing on your windscreen Don 't get mad .
Don 't get mean
Just CALL for CLIVE !
64120
Has anybody got a fishing net?
"Thank you.Thank you.THANK YOU!"said
I made posters:
odles!come back! Then:ow!keep that dog under control! And then: Splosh!
out of the water.He was wet and covered in weeds.He didn't look happy at all.
Gaz and Rick were trying to pull Noodles away and apologize to the man at the same time.

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