Shirley Hughesさんのイラストまとめ

‘Now we’re real explorers’ said Mum. The stream was shallow. Alfie and Mum took off their shoes and waded in.

They sat there without talking for quite a long while until it was time to go home. And neither Alfie nor Mum ever forgot that time and that place.

Alfie Weather

They climbed up steep mountain paths beside rushing waterfalls, hanging on to the rocky sides in case they fell in. And when they reached the top they pitched a tent and ate their supplies.

Alfie Weather

The lane outside Grandma’s gate had a stream running down the middle of it and plenty of mud. They held hands and slithered along together. It was fun at first, sloshing about. But soon Annie Rose’s boots were full of water.

Alfie Weather

Starting this week with Alfie’s Feet - whether you’re on half term or back at school it looks as though shiny yellow boots like Alfie’s will come in useful.

Lenny came to where the garden met the back drive. As he turned the bend he saw a figure coming towards the house from the opposite direction. A smallish person in a brown coat. A familiar walk.

‘Mum, oh Mum!’ he shouted.

The Lion and the Unicorn 2/2

Mum’s weekly letters stopped coming.

The bed wetting started again. In the end everything was just too terrible to be borne.

From The Lion and the Unicorn 1/2

That night long after the others had gone to sleep Lenny lay awake listening to the night noises outside. Far away in the dark he thought he heard a growling purring sound, then a shriek of an animal in pain.

From The Lion and the Unicorn

Lenny woke very early while the girls were still asleep. He got out of bed, pattered over to the windows and pulled the blackout curtain aside. His mouth fell open.

So this was the country! He had never seen anything like it.

Lions stood for being brave. Everybody had to be brave in wartime, not only soldiers but other people too. Children even.

Lenny joined a crowd of other children at the railway station. He knew he was supposed to be brave.

This week we’ll be looking at The Lion and the Unicorn, set during WW2 when Lenny is evacuated from his home to the country. This edition has stories from real-life evacuees taken from the archives of the @I_W_M