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During Week 8 of Term 2 we listened
to two of Paul Jennings’ short stories on CD. Here is what
we thought.
Story One
- Lighthouse Blues
Lighthouse
Blues is an unreal story that is nicely written. It is set on
an island with a haunted lighthouse. The main character in the
story is Anton. Anton arrives at the island to be the assistant
to the lighthouse keeper Stan.
One night Anton wakes up to
hear a clarinet playing. He goes to the lighthouse music room
to investigate and sees something really spooky. Have a listen
to this story to see how the clarinet, the saxophone and the bulldozer
all fit together
We
especially liked the way the music added to the mood of the story.
Our group rated this CD 3 and a half stars.
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Story Two - Lucky Lips
Lucky
Lips is an entertaining story that is set in a small
town. The main character is Marcus who gets into a lot of trouble with
a magic lip stick. The lip stick causes females to smother him with
kisses. There is a great twist at the end of this story that is well
worth hearing.
The
main problem in the story occurs at the local carnival when the
show queen cannot help herself and has to kiss Marcus.
Have
a listen to this story and you’ll get a really good laugh.
We
liked this retelling of the story because Paul Jennings is such an
imaginative writer .
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