The Borrowing Competition

THE BORROWING COMPETITION

Alan, Carol, Ann, Maureen and Kenneth were members of a Book Borrowing Competition in a Library. Whoever borrowed more than the other was to get a trophy and other presents from the Library staff.

‘Let’s find out!’ Kenneth suggested. ‘Find out what?’ asked Maureen. ‘About the Wild, supplied Ann. Yes, about Wild things, particularly the Elephant trail, Baboon rock, Rhino fire and the Zebra storm, Kenneth confirmed. ‘The wild makes me develop Goosebumps all over the body. It will be my hairiest adventure’, said Ann.

‘Don’t be afraid’, Allan told Ann. ‘We are out for an adventure, and who knows, we might be like the famous five. Do you know Famous Five have plenty of fun? Allan had to ask Ann to assure her they will be fine in their adventure.

‘I think we should look out for the secret seven. I understand they had adventures too. We will get to know what they went through’, said Ann at last. They did not settle down to doing one thing together, so they decided to compete in the borrowing of books and know who would borrow more.

In the competition, Ann read, Shock for the secret seven, Good work secret seven and all things concerning the secret seven. Carol always dreamt of being an Air-hostess so she went for Ann the Air-hostess and every book that talked about Airplanes and flying. With Maureen and Alan’s Love for animals and birds, they read, Treasury of horse and Pony stories. Alan’s grandfather had a horse. They also read Owl in garden, Pony on the porch and more animal stories.

Having read each a reasonable bunch of books, they were able to discover that they had read most of the book series in the Library. They also learned that reading is power.