Storm

C a st l e

Series created by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta

 Written by Roderick Hunt
Illustrated by Alex Brychta

BEFORE READING DURING READING

Talk t o g e t h e r Enjoy the story together.
• Look at the title and cover picture. Ask: If your child needs
Do you think this is a real place? support to read the
story:
• Talk about what kind of story this might
be and what might happen. • Break unfamiliar
words into chunks or
• Talk about why the castle might be
syllables to work them
called ‘Storm’.
out (e.g. e-nor-mous).
• Look through the book and talk about
• Remind your child
the pictures.
to blend unfamiliar
words from left
to right.
A b o u t t h e w o r d s in t h i s b o o k • If a word is still too
• Your child will probably be able to tricky, simply say
read most of the words in this book. the whole word for
Encourage your child to sound out and your child.
blend any challenging words, such as • Re-read sentences
those below. If necessary, model the to focus on their
blending or read the words for your child. meaning where
favourite laughed necessary.

square

See the inside back cover

for more ideas.
 Nadim’s mum and dad had to go awa , so
Nadim came to sta at Biff and Chip’s house.
Nadim had a bag with all his things, but he
had a big box, too.
“What’s in that big box?” asked Chip.
“Wait and see,” said Nadim.

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 The children went to Biff’s room. Nadim had
the big box. He opened it and took out his
computer.
“Brilliant!” said Chip.
“I’ve got some new computer games,” said
Nadim. “But we can pla with them later. I’ve got
something else to pla with.”
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 Nadim had some robots.
“These are great,” said Kipper. “I’m going to get
one like this. It’s m favourite.”
Biff and Chip had a robot, too. The went to
fetch it.
“We’re going to have a great time,” said Nadim.

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 Wilf came to pla . He had one of his new to s.
It was a space craft.
Biff, Wilf and Kipper pla ed with all the to s .
Kipper said he wanted to be a robot when he
grew up.
“You can’t,” said Biff. “People can’t be robots.”

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 Chip and Nadim pla ed on the computer.
One of Nadim’s new games was called “Storm
Castle”. It looked exciting.
“It’s quite hard,” said Nadim. “I’ll show ou
how to pla , then ou can have a go.”
“ I t looks great,” said Chip.

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 Ever one watched Nadim pla Storm Castle.
“You have to go through all the rooms,” he said.
“But there is a danger in ever room. Look.”
In the first room, the f loor opened. You could
fall through, but Nadim didn’t.
“That was clever,” said Chip.

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 Nadim was good on the computer. He got
through all the rooms safel .
“Chip can have a go next,” said Nadim. “You
can all have a go if ou like.”
“You’re brilliant at it,” said Chip. “ I won’t be
ver good when I have m go.”

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 Suddenl , the magic ke began to glow.
“Oh no!” said Biff. “ I don’t want the ke to
glow. I don’t want a magic adventure. I want to
pla on Nadim’s computer.”
“ I don’t want a magic adventure, either,” said
Chip. “ I think I know where it will be.”

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 “Where do ou think it will be?” asked Kipper.
“Storm Castle,” said Chip.
“Oh no!” said Wilf. “ I don’t think we’re going
to like this adventure. Storm Castle is full of
dangers.”
“It’s a good job Nadim is with us,” said Biff.

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 The magic didn’t take them inside the castle.
It took them to a desert. Storm Castle was in front
of them.
“Wh didn’t the magic take us inside the castle?”
said Wilf.
“And where’s Nadim?” asked Chip.

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 “Oh no! Giant robots,” said Wilf. “Run for it!”
The children ran as fast as the could. The
robots were not ver fast, but there were lots of
them.
“We’ll have to get into Storm Castle,” said Biff.
“Come on.”

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 The children saw a bridge. It was the onl
wa to the castle.
“This is the wa in,” said Wilf. “The robots
can’t get across this.”
“ I hope it’s safe,” said Chip. “It’s a long wa
to fall.”

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 Suddenl , the bridge began to open in the
middle.
“Jump for it!” called Chip. “ I f it opens too much,
ou won’t get across.”
Biff and Kipper ran as fast as the could. Then
the jumped across.

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 Wilf was still on the other side. The gap was
getting wider and wider.
“Come on, Wilf!” called Biff. “ You can do it.
Run as fast as ou can and jump. We’ll grab ou.”
Wilf ran and jumped.
“Hoora ! He’s made it,” shouted Kipper.

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 The gate of the castle was closing. It was
getting lower and lower. The children ran as fast
as the could.
Chip ran to the gate and rolled under it.
“Come on!” he shouted. “We don’t want to be
shut out of the castle.”

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 T h e got under the gate just in time. Then it
shut with a loud clang.
Biff didn’t like the adventure much. It was hard
work.
“It’s not fair,” she said. “This is Nadim’s
adventure and he’s not even here.”

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 The children came to three doors. T h e didn’t
know which one to open.
“ I think we should go through this one,” said
Wilf. “ I t looks like a ke hole.”
He pushed the door and it began to open.
“Come on, let’s go through,” he said.

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 The door shut and the found themselves in a
room full of mirrors. Each mirror made them look
a funn shape.
In one mirror the looked fat and round. In
another the looked long and thin. In another
the had funn -shaped heads.

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 The mirrors made them look so funn that the
all laughed and laughed.
“I’ve got an enormous head and a little, thin
bod ,” laughed Wilf.
“ I hope we don’t go on looking like this,” said
Chip. “Think what Mum and Dad would sa .”

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 Kipper looked in one mirror but he couldn’t
see an thing.
“That’s funn ,” he said. “Come and look at
this mirror, ever one. It doesn’t work.”
“ I t isn’t a mirror,” laughed Chip. “It’s a
doorwa .”

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 In the doorwa was a monster. Biff, Chip and
Wilf were frightened. T h e ran awa , but Kipper
didn’t. He wasn’t frightened at all.
He had alwa s wanted to have an adventure
with a monster in it, and this monster didn’t look
ver frightening.

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 The monster tried to frighten Kipper. It jumped
up and down and elled, “Aaaarrrgh!”
“Aaaarrrgh!” Kipper elled back.
“Aren’t ou frightened?” asked the monster.
“Not at all,” said Kipper. “I’ve alwa s wanted
to meet a monster like ou.”

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 The monster was friendl . He told the children
that the had to go through a maze.
“What’s a maze?” asked Kipper.
The monster showed them a map of the maze.
He showed them how to go through it.
“Don’t get lost,” said the monster.

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 The children went into the maze. Soon the
came to a dead end.
“ I think we went wrong at the last turning,”
said Biff. “We’ll have to go back.”
Wilf remembered the monster’s map.
“ I think I know which wa to go,” he said.
“Follow me.”
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 The children came to a hall with squares on the
floor. Some of the squares had numbers on them.
There was a doorwa at the end of the hall,
but it was high up in the wall.
“How do we get up to that door?” asked Kipper.
“ I wish Nadim was here,” said Biff. “He’d know.”

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 The children had to cross the numbers and
stand on an empt square. The right one would
take them up to the door. The wrong one would
drop them through the floor.
“How do we know the right square?” asked
Chip.
Suddenl , Biff said, “ I know which one it is.”
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 Biff began to cross the floor. “It’s this wa ,”
she said. “This wa the squares add up to six.”
“ I don’t get it,” said Chip. “How do ou know
this wa leads to the right square?”
“All the rest add up to fifteen,” said Biff.
“ I still don’t get it,” said Chip.

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 Biff was right. The square lifted the children
up to the door in the wall.
Chip looked at the floor.
“ I see,” he said. “All the squares add up to
fifteen whichever wa ou cross them. O n l one
wa adds up to six.”
“Mind ou don’t fall,” said Biff.
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 T h e came to a new room. A nast -looking
robot began to come towards them.
“Help,” called Kipper. “It’s going to get us.”
The robot came closer.
“That’s funn ,” said Chip. “It’s just like one
of Nadim’s to s .”

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 Suddenl , Chip began to laugh.
“I’m not frightened of this robot,” he said.
“Come on, ever one,” he called. “Help me to push.”
He ran up to the robot and gave it a push. The
others helped. The top of the robot began to open.
“Look who’s inside,” shouted Kipper.

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 Nadim was sitting inside the robot.
“That was clever of ou, Chip,” he said. “How
did ou know I was inside here?”
“Because ou wrote a stor about this robot
at school,” said Chip.
“Well done, Chip,” said ever one.

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 The magic ke glowed and the adventure was
over. Nadim was sorr . “ I t was fun being the
Master of Storm Castle,” he said.
“We had to go through the castle and ou
didn’t,” said Biff. “You can put our computer
awa , and we’ll have a game of football.”

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