In first chapter five children are in the library. They change books and talk. Susan takes A very strange book, that she must retUrn after seven days. Children go out of the library. They walk home together, because they belong to two families and live in the same street. John is Susan's brother. They are classmates.Sister and brother are sporty, clever and they are good at chess. They have A very energetic and unexpected grandmother. Susan and John were glad, when last summer Barnaby, Abbie and Fredericka moved into the little house across the road. Barnaby is stubborn, impatient and he has a lot of different ideas. Fredericka is the baby of the family and her temper is just like Barnaby's. Abigail is another, she is A quite and frienly girl. Barnaby likes reading and he proffers his friends to go to the library. Since then children go to the library every Saturday morning.
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In THE second chapter five children are walking along the road home. They are reading books and talking about them. Susan is begining/BEGINS to read the strange book.+
That is incredible, but the book is about five friends: Barnaby, Susan, Abbie, John and Fredericka. The book is about all their's deeds.+
Children are talking. They are scared. Barnaby wants to see what will happen with friends then. But he can't to look in the back of the book.+
They understand, that the book is magic. THE Children are deciding/DECIDE to make a wish about their's adventure. Fredericka is snatching the book from Barnaby. She is wishing to have an adventure with wizards and witches. She is wishing to have it this minute. Nothing is happening. Children are keeping/KEEP on walking.
But after/IN a minute after Fredericka made her wish, a dragon is coming out.
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That is incredible, but the book is about five friends: Barnaby, Susan, Abbie, John and Fredericka. The book is about all their's deeds.+
Children are talking. They are scared. Barnaby wants to see what will happen with friends then. But he can't to look in the back of the book.+
They understand, that the book is magic. THE Children are deciding/DECIDE to make a wish about their's adventure. Fredericka is snatching the book from Barnaby. She is wishing to have an adventure with wizards and witches. She is wishing to have it this minute. Nothing is happening. Children are keeping/KEEP on walking.
But after/IN a minute after Fredericka made her wish, a dragon is coming out.
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In the third chapter a red dragon flies low over the driveway. The children are scared. Suddenly the dragon scoops Fredericka and flies away with her. The four friends find out, that a man from the first floor accidentally HAS made a dragon.+
The children talk with this round gentelman.
Later on they come to THE man's flat. There are a lot of cats and kittens in the flat. There is Mrs. Funk, THE man's landlady, too. The friends with а host go to the big untidy room with many tables and shelves in it. On every table and every shelve/SHELF there are cristal bo/Alls, unusual jugs and retorts, spirit lamps and other THINGS.
The round man tries to return Fredericka, but turns out nothing. But when Susan makes a wish, a house goES up into the air.+
It starts to fly in the same direction as the dragon flew. Ew/Veryone thinks, that THE MAN HAS MADE this/THAT maked a man. Only Barnaby sees as Susan gives the book a grateful pat. He understands all, but praises a/THE man.+
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The children talk with this round gentelman.
Later on they come to THE man's flat. There are a lot of cats and kittens in the flat. There is Mrs. Funk, THE man's landlady, too. The friends with а host go to the big untidy room with many tables and shelves in it. On every table and every shelve/SHELF there are cristal bo/Alls, unusual jugs and retorts, spirit lamps and other THINGS.
The round man tries to return Fredericka, but turns out nothing. But when Susan makes a wish, a house goES up into the air.+
It starts to fly in the same direction as the dragon flew. Ew/Veryone thinks, that THE MAN HAS MADE this/THAT maked a man. Only Barnaby sees as Susan gives the book a grateful pat. He understands all, but praises a/THE man.+
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In the fourth chapter the dragon flies with Fredericka. She is frightened and she thinks, that her last hour has come. Fredericka learns, that the dragon can talk. The girl talks with him.
Meanwhile, a few miles back, Mrs. Funk's house flies in the same direction. The people in the house talk among ourselves/THEMSELVES and look at the window. The house lands safely. Outside the people see a meadow full of yellow primroses, a village and a crowd of village people, that look at them. The village people are very happy to see saviors: four friends and the round man.
People tell them all about the dragon and Fredericka. The dragon hasn't eaten Fredericka yet, because he always carries away local girls and eats them up at noon.
Abbie runs to the dragon's cave and calls her sister. Fredericka hears sister's voice and begins to struggle in the dragon's claws. She starts to scream too.
It 's three minutes to twelve. The magician doesn't believe in his strength. Suddenly everybody hearS a new voice.+
It says that Mr. Oswaldo mustn't dare back out. It is Mrs. Funk.
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Meanwhile, a few miles back, Mrs. Funk's house flies in the same direction. The people in the house talk among ourselves/THEMSELVES and look at the window. The house lands safely. Outside the people see a meadow full of yellow primroses, a village and a crowd of village people, that look at them. The village people are very happy to see saviors: four friends and the round man.
People tell them all about the dragon and Fredericka. The dragon hasn't eaten Fredericka yet, because he always carries away local girls and eats them up at noon.
Abbie runs to the dragon's cave and calls her sister. Fredericka hears sister's voice and begins to struggle in the dragon's claws. She starts to scream too.
It 's three minutes to twelve. The magician doesn't believe in his strength. Suddenly everybody hearS a new voice.+
It says that Mr. Oswaldo mustn't dare back out. It is Mrs. Funk.
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In the fifth chapter the children persuade Mr. Oswaldo to save Fredericka. Suddenly the village bells start to chime and the clock strikes noon time. The dragon appears from the cave with Fredericka in its claws.
Surprisingly, but the magic book is another for everyone. It is called «Wishful Ways for Wizards» for the round gentleman, «Helpful Hints for Housewives» for Mrs. Funk and «Dreadful Deeds for Dragons» for the dragon.
The dragon wants to take the book and he shoots out an angry tongue of flame and a cloud of smoke. Mrs. Funk shakes a salt box in the dragon’s face and his fire goes out. The dragon wants to bite Mrs. Funk and she empties the ammonia in the direction of the dragon. Surprisingly, but the dragon starts to shrink. He shrinks to a size of a mouse! Then Mrs. Funk’s cats come, starts to play with the dragon and the smallest kitten eats him. All village people praise Mr. Oswaldo and Mrs. Funk and ask them to stay. They agree.
Five children talk and understand that their adventure is a beginning of THE story about the Wizard of Oz. Mrs. Funk rubs a little of vanishingcream on the forehead of each child. A second later the children appear on the front steps of Barnaby and Abbie and Fredericka’s house in Connecticut.
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Surprisingly, but the magic book is another for everyone. It is called «Wishful Ways for Wizards» for the round gentleman, «Helpful Hints for Housewives» for Mrs. Funk and «Dreadful Deeds for Dragons» for the dragon.
The dragon wants to take the book and he shoots out an angry tongue of flame and a cloud of smoke. Mrs. Funk shakes a salt box in the dragon’s face and his fire goes out. The dragon wants to bite Mrs. Funk and she empties the ammonia in the direction of the dragon. Surprisingly, but the dragon starts to shrink. He shrinks to a size of a mouse! Then Mrs. Funk’s cats come, starts to play with the dragon and the smallest kitten eats him. All village people praise Mr. Oswaldo and Mrs. Funk and ask them to stay. They agree.
Five children talk and understand that their adventure is a beginning of THE story about the Wizard of Oz. Mrs. Funk rubs a little of vanishingcream on the forehead of each child. A second later the children appear on the front steps of Barnaby and Abbie and Fredericka’s house in Connecticut.
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In the sixth chapter the children are on John and Susan’s front porch. They discuss the next adventure. Then friends go to dust the house. They give the jigsaw puzzle to Grannie and go to walk.
Susan notices the strangeness first, they are in the past. Instead of short, friendly Cherry Street, with its white houses and big trees, blocks of apartment houses stretch far into the distance ahead. The children see a neat little girl that has a magic talisman in her hand. On the sidewalknearby sits a fat baby with his thumb in his mouth.
Five children talk with THE girl from the “Half Magic”. +
Then they all travel back to the future, to John and Susan’s front porch. THE Friends see that Grannie sits on the window-sill of John’s gable roomand they save her.
When the children return to the girl, they see a man that standS near her. +
He is Baby that becomes big, when his sister transfers him with the talisman from the past. The man that has a mind of a baby understands that he can talk and walk. He takes his sister and carries her away.
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Susan notices the strangeness first, they are in the past. Instead of short, friendly Cherry Street, with its white houses and big trees, blocks of apartment houses stretch far into the distance ahead. The children see a neat little girl that has a magic talisman in her hand. On the sidewalknearby sits a fat baby with his thumb in his mouth.
Five children talk with THE girl from the “Half Magic”. +
Then they all travel back to the future, to John and Susan’s front porch. THE Friends see that Grannie sits on the window-sill of John’s gable roomand they save her.
When the children return to the girl, they see a man that standS near her. +
He is Baby that becomes big, when his sister transfers him with the talisman from the past. The man that has a mind of a baby understands that he can talk and walk. He takes his sister and carries her away.
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In the seventh chapter the man (or baby) walks down the road in the opposite direction from town, toward the little country railroad station. Five children run after him. When they turn round a bend and the station comes into view, a train arrives at the station. The man, the little girl and five children get on the train. AN engineer gives a whistle and the train continues on its way to join the main line.+
The man starts to comport himself as a child: he sings and runs in the train. He doesn’t give a ticket to conductor and plays with paper cups from a water cooler too.
Suddenly the man says that he wantS to drive the train. +
He vanishes, because the magic talisman is in his pocket and the driver of the train appears in man’s place. But the baby doesn’t realize talisman’s magic power and doesn’t know how to handle it.
The train stops and starts, buckles and bumps, halts and hopes, gets up speed and rushes past the next station without stopping.
The controller, the driver and six children come to the man. The talisman flies forth from the pocket of the baby-man and John picks it up. He makes all us before. On the front porch THE children say good-bye and go to their homes.+
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The man starts to comport himself as a child: he sings and runs in the train. He doesn’t give a ticket to conductor and plays with paper cups from a water cooler too.
Suddenly the man says that he wantS to drive the train. +
He vanishes, because the magic talisman is in his pocket and the driver of the train appears in man’s place. But the baby doesn’t realize talisman’s magic power and doesn’t know how to handle it.
The train stops and starts, buckles and bumps, halts and hopes, gets up speed and rushes past the next station without stopping.
The controller, the driver and six children come to the man. The talisman flies forth from the pocket of the baby-man and John picks it up. He makes all us before. On the front porch THE children say good-bye and go to their homes.+
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In the eighth chapter the children help Grannie with knitting and listen to her stories about her life on Dakota plains.
On the next day the children can’t find the magic book. In the evening Grannie reads one book. Susan notices that it is the familiar red book.
In the next moment John and Susan appear near a school, where pupils play games with young Grannie-teacher. A lesson starts and Susan is daydreaming. She wishes that Barnaby, Abbie and Fredericka would find their way into this adventure somehow and they come to the class. During recess Clarence Oleson hit Barnaby. Grannie punishes them.
It becomes very dark outside and the sound of the wind roses to a howl. It is one of the terrible sudden prairie blizzards coming. Class and teacher go out from the school, walk in the dark and find an old sod house. Susan swings a hand bell that Barnaby has taken from the school.
Carl Ingoldsby (Grannie’s husband) saves them and delivers all THE children to their homes, except five friends and Grannie. Susan wishes and they appear in their houses too. Barnaby telephones to Susan, he tells her that IS Abbie’s turn next.
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On the next day the children can’t find the magic book. In the evening Grannie reads one book. Susan notices that it is the familiar red book.
In the next moment John and Susan appear near a school, where pupils play games with young Grannie-teacher. A lesson starts and Susan is daydreaming. She wishes that Barnaby, Abbie and Fredericka would find their way into this adventure somehow and they come to the class. During recess Clarence Oleson hit Barnaby. Grannie punishes them.
It becomes very dark outside and the sound of the wind roses to a howl. It is one of the terrible sudden prairie blizzards coming. Class and teacher go out from the school, walk in the dark and find an old sod house. Susan swings a hand bell that Barnaby has taken from the school.
Carl Ingoldsby (Grannie’s husband) saves them and delivers all THE children to their homes, except five friends and Grannie. Susan wishes and they appear in their houses too. Barnaby telephones to Susan, he tells her that IS Abbie’s turn next.
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In the ninth chapter Abbie can’t sleep. She thinks what kind of wish she should have, to make the adventure even better. On Wednesday morning Abbie makes a breakfast for her parents and thinks about her father that is a singer. She conducts father to a station and goes home. John and Susan arrive to Abbie, Fredericka and Barnaby’s house. The friends dispute and offer Abbie different books for travel in them.
Abbie makes a wish and the five children appear in New York, in a middle of a rehearsal. They set with some child actors (that wait to rehearse in one of the sketches) and try to look like the child actors, too.
Then Abbie’s father appears on the stage with some of other singers and they sing. According to the sketch the child actors are expected to crowd around the rock’n’roll star and ask him for his autograph. But five friends try to hide behind each other, but as the result only bump into the other child actors and get in their way. The magic book makes them invisible when everyone in the studio turns to look at the five children
The invisible friends walk on the streets of New York City and enter the studio when the grand super-spectacular transcontinental variety show begins. When Abbie’s father’s group starts to sing, she makes a wish and only her father’s voice rings out over the country. The five other singers open and close their mouths, but no sound comes from them. The studio audience laughs and applauds and Abbie runs straight toward her father.
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Abbie makes a wish and the five children appear in New York, in a middle of a rehearsal. They set with some child actors (that wait to rehearse in one of the sketches) and try to look like the child actors, too.
Then Abbie’s father appears on the stage with some of other singers and they sing. According to the sketch the child actors are expected to crowd around the rock’n’roll star and ask him for his autograph. But five friends try to hide behind each other, but as the result only bump into the other child actors and get in their way. The magic book makes them invisible when everyone in the studio turns to look at the five children
The invisible friends walk on the streets of New York City and enter the studio when the grand super-spectacular transcontinental variety show begins. When Abbie’s father’s group starts to sing, she makes a wish and only her father’s voice rings out over the country. The five other singers open and close their mouths, but no sound comes from them. The studio audience laughs and applauds and Abbie runs straight toward her father.
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In the tenth chapter Abbie runs straight toward her father. Suddenly she stops, because the director, the star and all other people aren’t congratulating him. They are angry and they cry at the father. Abbie calls him and suddenly five friends are invisible no longer. The director firesAbbie’s father. The other actors depart, shaking their heads and looking sorry.
The father talks with the children kindly. They go to the train. During the journey home Abbie’s father smiles and makes jokes and tries to entertain the friends.
Abbie goes to her room and talks with Barnaby there. Then she sits on the top step to listen TO her mum’s and dad’s conversation.++
Next morning Barnaby and Fredericka bring a newspaper to Abbie and to their father so that they can read it. They read that a critic likes yesterday’s charming moment. The mum stays home from the office. The family, John, Susan and Grannie set off for a picnic at Candlewood Lake.
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The father talks with the children kindly. They go to the train. During the journey home Abbie’s father smiles and makes jokes and tries to entertain the friends.
Abbie goes to her room and talks with Barnaby there. Then she sits on the top step to listen TO her mum’s and dad’s conversation.++
Next morning Barnaby and Fredericka bring a newspaper to Abbie and to their father so that they can read it. They read that a critic likes yesterday’s charming moment. The mum stays home from the office. The family, John, Susan and Grannie set off for a picnic at Candlewood Lake.
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In the eleventh chapter the happy voyagers arrive home and the phone rings. The father answers and when he finally hangs up, he seemsincapable of speech. He talks with the family and tells them, that the director offers him to return to the company. The father is a star and the telephone rings all day.
Abbie talks with her father, because he isn’t very happy. The telephone rings again, a songwriter says, that he has written a new funny song for the father.
Abbie wants to write a poem to her father and she goes to her particular place. There is a sunny clearing at the near end of the wood and a rocky glen beyond. When Abbie approaches to a big rock, she sees that a man is already sitting there. It turns out, that the man is a poet too, and he writes an opera that is about human dignity, like Abbie’s poem. The man wants somebody who’s good, but people don’t know about him yet, to play a/the main part in his opera.
Abbie and the poet goes/GO to Abbie’s house, she acquaints the man with her father. Then Abbie goes to her four friends and talks with them. When the poet walks away, Abbie’s father asks her how she found the greatest living poet in their country. Abbie winks and says that she made a wish.
Abbie talks with her father, because he isn’t very happy. The telephone rings again, a songwriter says, that he has written a new funny song for the father.
Abbie wants to write a poem to her father and she goes to her particular place. There is a sunny clearing at the near end of the wood and a rocky glen beyond. When Abbie approaches to a big rock, she sees that a man is already sitting there. It turns out, that the man is a poet too, and he writes an opera that is about human dignity, like Abbie’s poem. The man wants somebody who’s good, but people don’t know about him yet, to play a/the main part in his opera.
Abbie and the poet goes/GO to Abbie’s house, she acquaints the man with her father. Then Abbie goes to her four friends and talks with them. When the poet walks away, Abbie’s father asks her how she found the greatest living poet in their country. Abbie winks and says that she made a wish.
In the twelfth chapter Abbie’s father reads the play out loud to the whole family and to John and Susan because they ask to be included. They discuss about the character that the father plays.
Next morning John and Susan run to their friends and help them to weed the flower-bed. Then the children talk about the magic book. John and Barnaby quarrel. Abbie calmS them, because when they fight all their regard for each other seems to sour and turn to spite and meanness. +
Barnaby and John tear the book. Barnaby farewells and disappears.
The children think where Barnaby can to go. +
They go to Robinson Crusoe’s island, but Barnaby isn’t there. Then they appear in Dickens’ story, where is Christmas Eve. Inside the window of the nearest house a poor but happy family is finishing Christmas’ dinner. But Barnaby is not among that family and he isn’t in the Old Curiosity. Abbie remembers the book that calls/IS CALLED “Barnaby the Wanderer”. The children talk about this book. John makes a wish ant/D the magic book takes them to Barnaby the Wanderer.
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Next morning John and Susan run to their friends and help them to weed the flower-bed. Then the children talk about the magic book. John and Barnaby quarrel. Abbie calmS them, because when they fight all their regard for each other seems to sour and turn to spite and meanness. +
Barnaby and John tear the book. Barnaby farewells and disappears.
The children think where Barnaby can to go. +
They go to Robinson Crusoe’s island, but Barnaby isn’t there. Then they appear in Dickens’ story, where is Christmas Eve. Inside the window of the nearest house a poor but happy family is finishing Christmas’ dinner. But Barnaby is not among that family and he isn’t in the Old Curiosity. Abbie remembers the book that calls/IS CALLED “Barnaby the Wanderer”. The children talk about this book. John makes a wish ant/D the magic book takes them to Barnaby the Wanderer.
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In the thirteenth chapter Barnaby the Wanderer wanders along the road. The road is good because it wanders all over the map and in and out of the centuries. Barnaby reaches to Old Roman and into the Age of Chivalry.
Then he sees a lady galloping toward him on a white horse, she tries to escape from a giant. Barnaby the Wanderer pulls out his sword and cuts off the giant’s head. He rides away and thinks about his friends he used to have in another time and country.
Suddenly a mist rises from the earth. Barnaby dismounts and ties the horse’s reins to a bush because the horse would go no farther. Barnaby the Wanderer hears a whispering, hissing voice of the mist a witchlike laughter.
He enters some gate and comes up to the pool in the garden. Barnaby sees himself and can’t look away. He forgets everything, even his name. Barnaby slips the magic from his fingers. The magic brings the four children to the pool just in time and John snatches the book up and puts his few last pages into it. The friends talk about John’s plans for magic journey.
John makes a wish and they go home.
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Then he sees a lady galloping toward him on a white horse, she tries to escape from a giant. Barnaby the Wanderer pulls out his sword and cuts off the giant’s head. He rides away and thinks about his friends he used to have in another time and country.
Suddenly a mist rises from the earth. Barnaby dismounts and ties the horse’s reins to a bush because the horse would go no farther. Barnaby the Wanderer hears a whispering, hissing voice of the mist a witchlike laughter.
He enters some gate and comes up to the pool in the garden. Barnaby sees himself and can’t look away. He forgets everything, even his name. Barnaby slips the magic from his fingers. The magic brings the four children to the pool just in time and John snatches the book up and puts his few last pages into it. The friends talk about John’s plans for magic journey.
John makes a wish and they go home.
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In the fourteenth chapter the children sit on the steps of the big white house. The friends dispute about the magic book. Susan runs to fetch glue, a Scotch tape, a needle and a thread. She and Abbie mend the damage the boys had/HAVE done.
Then John makes a wish and the five children find themselves flying through the air with the ease of birds. All of them have wonderful strong wings. After a while John perches in an oak tree, and the other four friends flock to nearby branches. Their wings disappear and their particular magic carpet arrives. All the five children have to do is sit and look around while the carpet moves swiftly in the air.
They land safely on the library roof. The children go down a staircase to the children’s reading room. There they stand hesitating. Susan gives the magic book to Miss Dowitcher. The librarian lays the book aside on a pile of other books. The friends notice that the magic book already has THE name ‘Seven-Day Magic’.
Then they go out of the library and walk along the village street that turns into the road home.
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Then John makes a wish and the five children find themselves flying through the air with the ease of birds. All of them have wonderful strong wings. After a while John perches in an oak tree, and the other four friends flock to nearby branches. Their wings disappear and their particular magic carpet arrives. All the five children have to do is sit and look around while the carpet moves swiftly in the air.
They land safely on the library roof. The children go down a staircase to the children’s reading room. There they stand hesitating. Susan gives the magic book to Miss Dowitcher. The librarian lays the book aside on a pile of other books. The friends notice that the magic book already has THE name ‘Seven-Day Magic’.
Then they go out of the library and walk along the village street that turns into the road home.
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WELL DONE!
GREETINGS ON FINISHING READING THE BOOK!!!
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