Sue Ellis -Gorgeous Gwendolen Goose and Other Stories

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About the Author

Sue Ellis has been working in the world of educationfor over 30 years as a teacher and adviser. She has a

wide experience of children’s issues, views and

frustrations fro the pupils she has taught and her

own two children. Sue was born in !iverpool and

spent her early years in "rosby. She has lived in #ork

with her husband and faily for over 30 years.

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%edication

&hese books are dedicated to'( All the )ehaviour &ea past and present at *orth

#orkshire fro who + have learnt so uch.

( uinn and Alex Scott, Albert and -aes Snow,

!ouise "ole, rank "ottrell )oyce, Sylvia /lays and

pupils at St. Aelred’s School in #ork who all gave e

iportant advice and feedback on y books.

( !ast, but ost definitely not least, y wonderfulhusband, %avid, y arvellous children /atie and

obert and y inspirational parents Anita and 1eoff

arrell all of who continue to be the wind beneath

y wings.

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Gorgeous Gwendolen Goose

Once upon a time,

there was a goose called Gwendolen.

She lived in the little town of Coniston on the

shores of Coniston Water in the Lake District,

in the wonderful county of Cumria,

in the eautiful country called !ngland.

1wendolen lived with other geese and ducks in a

yard next to a little cottage near the steel blue waters

of "oniston. &he faily, who lived in the cottage,were very kind to all the ducks and geese and they laid

eggs for the faily every day. A little girl called /atie

lived in the cottage and she fed the ducks and geese

every day before she went to school.

1orgeous 1wendolen had lived with the ever

since she was a little fluffy gosling. She was a bossy,

sassy goose with attitude. She always chattered awaywith her fellow geese when they were roaing the

yard or going down to the lakeside looking for food.

As she grew up she always seeed to be the leader of

the gaggle of geese.

Every afternoon when /atie cae hoe fro

school she would check on the geese and ducks andwould always have a kind word to say to 1wendolen,

her favourite.

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1wendolen grew up to be a gorgeous snow white

goose with a bright orange bill, big orange webbed

feet and ocean blue eyes. Every day /atie would chat

away to her.1wendolen would honk back to her.

‘#ou’re y 1orgeous 1wendolen 1oose’ /atie

would exclai to her every day and hug her round her

long graceful neck.

1wendolen would give /atie a big wink with her

gorgeous blue eyes and waddle off to Boin the other geese.

Cne Saturday, /atie and her uy decided to

go for a walk up the ountain nearby, called the Cld

>an of "oniston. &he whole faily often went for

walks up this ountain and /atie knew the track well.

She put on her blue coat and her best red boots and

they started the ascent to the top. &he sun was high inthe diaond blue sky. &he different colours of green

and brown of the grass and the trees, bushes and ferns

shiered in the sunlight and sunbeas bounced off

the white cottages and slate grey roofs of "oniston.

@isps of soke fro the wood burners drifted fro

the chineys. ;retty soon, as they clibed up high,they started to see the sea and @inderere

shiering in the distance.

/atie and her uy were tipDtoeing across the

stepping stones in a tiny river when, suddenly, /atie’s

uy slipped and fell. She screaed in agony as

she landed at the side of the river.‘>uy, >uy Are you alright’ shouted

/atie.

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/atie’s >uy was crying in pain ‘+ think + have

broken y leg’, she whipered.

/atie’s >uy patted her pockets to find her

obile phone and realised she had left it on the

window ledge at hoe. @hat were they going to do

/atie shouted for help but there was noDone

around. She needed to get a essage to the >ountain

escue.

Suddenly she had an idea. She cupped her hands toher outh and in the biggest voice she could uster

she shouted in the direction of "oniston ‘Felp Felp

Felp’

%own in the town in /atie’s backyard, 1orgeous

1wendolen 1oose heard her cries carried on the wind.She listened very closely and she could hear the fear

and urgency in her voice.

‘Ch dear’ she thought. ‘/atie’s in trouble. + ust

repay her for all the kind things she does for e’

She called her goose friends together and ?uickly

they soared into the sky in the direction of /atie’s

voice.

@ithin inutes they arrived at /atie’s side out of

the blue sky. ‘1orgeous 1wendolen 1oose’ cried

/atie,‘ please help y >uy She has hurt her leg

really badly. @e need the >ountain escue’

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1wendolen understood the proble iediately

as she was a very clever goose. &ogether with her

friends, she set off for "oniston to raise the alar.

&he tea of geese flew in a GDforation with1wendolen leading fro the front. /atie knew fro

her lessons in school that flying in a GDforation

eant that the geese could fly ?uicker fro the uplift

caused by the flapping of the goose in front.

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‘;lease be ?uick’ shouted /atie, ‘>uy isn’t

well at all’ /atie watched the as they flew into the

distance.&he geese at the back honked their encourageent

to the geese at the front to keep going. @hen

1wendolen got tired she took her place further back in

the GDshape until she got her energy back. +f any of the

geese flew out of line they realised how uch harder

it was to fly on alone and they ?uickly got back into

foration.

All of a sudden, one of the geese flew down to the

ground. &wo other geese dropped back to help their

friend. /atie knew that the geese who stopped to help

would stay with the inBured goose until she was well

enough to fly again.

1wendolen and her friends flew onwards downinto town.

&hey arrived at the >ountain escue stationH the

staff knew fro 1wendolen’s frantic honking that

their help was needed.

1wendolen and her friends set off and the

>ountain escue followed their path until theyarrived at the river where /atie and her uy sat

waiting patiently. &he >ountain escue tea knew

they had to get >uy to hospital in /endal as soon

as possible. /atie got to sit in the !and over all the

way to the hospital with >uy and everybody

arvelled at how fantastic 1orgeous 1wendolen

1oose and her friends had been in raising the alar.

&he good news of 1orgeous 1wendolen’s brave

deed spread through the town. Cn >onday when /atie

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was back at school, she told the class about her

exciting adventures and all that 1orgeous 1wendolen

1oose and her friends had done.

‘&he geese did what it says in the books to help e

and y uy' they stuck together to get the Bob

done ore ?uicklyH they stayed together and helped

each otherH they took it in turns to do the ost difficult

tasksH they honked encouragingly to keep going and

they looked after each other in good ties and in bad.

Every tie you see geese flying in the sky, think aboutwhat difficulties they are about to face and how well

they are going to work together ’, explained /atie.

@hen /atie got hoe fro school she went out to

feed the geese. She gave 1orgeous 1wendolen 1oose

an extra hug for the wonderful deed she had done. ‘+

a so glad you helped save y uy, 1orgeous

1wendolen,’ she whispered. ‘&ea work really does

ake the drea work, doesn’t it’

1orgeous 1wendolen 1oose pushed out her chest

with pride, shook her tail feathers, fluttered her ocean

blue eyes and siled her gorgeous goosy grin.%idn’t it feel fantastic to be 1orgeous 1wendolen

1oose

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You’re My Hero, Dougal Eagle!

Once upon a time,

there was a young eagle called Dougal.

"e lived at the top of a ig mountain,

on the wonderful #sle of $rran,in the eautiful country called Scotland.

%ougal Eagle was a golden eagle with roasted nut

brown feathers and a regal golden head. +ndeed he was

a regal eagle Every day as he hunted for prey, other

saller birds would coe and ob hi, s?uawkingloudly at hi and trying to bite hi to warn hi off

their young. &his upset %ougal Eagle as he could not

help the way he was born to hunt for food.

Cne evening he returned to the big sturdy nest sat

on a rocky ledge at the top of the ountain. Fis

other >abel and father ergal were both there. Fe

snuggled next to >uy >abel and she covered hiover with her big feathery wing.

‘@hy do other birds hate e, >uy’ asked

%ougal. ‘@hy can’t + be like other saller birds and

feed on nuts and seeds’

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‘#ou aren’t like other birds %ougal,’ replied

>uy >abel, ‘#ou are the king of the birds D a regal

eagle #ou fly over the land looking far and wide at all below. #ou see the people belowH the children, like

little tiny ants, going to schoolH the carsH the anialsH

the wonderful sceneryH the sun rising in the east in the

orning and setting in the west at night. Every bird

and anial on earth has their role to play and you are

big enough and strong enough to have a view over all

you survey. #ou always see the bigger picture’.

‘)ut how a + going to ake friends @hat ’s

going to becoe of e all on y own’ asked %ougal.

‘#ou aren’t alone %ougal,’ coforted >uy

>abel, ‘ because you will always have your faily and

other eagle friends. Always try to do the right and

honest thing and you will never go wrong. !ook at all

the good things about you, learn to use the well and

be proud of who you are. -ust be the best version of

yourself and learn to fly higher and faster than the

other birds and you will be very happy.’

%ougal Eagle fell asleep under >uy >abel ’s

wing and dreaed of soaring high in a diaond blue

sky watching the world span far into the distance.

&he next day %ougal was flying over the

ountains, hills and dales of the island. Fe glided on

the wind, enBoying the ride while he looked ateverything and everybody below going about their

business.

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Fe noticed a little boy called obert getting on and

off the school bus every day. Fe noticed hi because

he always dawdled hoe and to the bus in his own

little world, huing his own little tunes. Cne day ashe saw obert getting off the school bus, he noticed a

sart, red sports car driving far too fast round the

country roads.

‘+ hope he has got good brakes’ thought %ougal.

‘#ou never know what is round the next bend.’

%ougal spotted obert start to cross the road very

slowly in his own little world. Fe also saw the sports

car =ooing round the corner. Fe knew he had to act

fast otherwise there would be a very nasty accident.

‘+ can’t be a feeble eagle’ thought %ougal. ‘+ have

to be brave and clever ’. So he plucked up all his

courage and swooped down in front of the red sports

car. &he driver was forced to brake Bust as he cae

round the corner to where obert was still crossing the

road.

obert looked up suddenly and was relieved to see

the car coe to a stop Bust in front of hi. &he driver

rushed out of the car to check that obert was safe.)oth obert and the driver saw %ougal and siled.

%ougal had averted a terrible disaster by keeping his

eagle eye on the world below.

‘&hank you so uch >r. Eagle’ stuttered a shaken

but relieved obert.

‘"all e %ougal’ stated %ougal Eagle, proud that

soebody thought he was an able eagle, not a feeble

eagle.

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‘#ou saved y life #ou’re y hero, %ougal

Eagle’ exclaied obert.

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