The Blue Eye

The Blue Eye

Mum was tidying up. Biff and Wilf were helping her. They found an old case. “ It's quite heavy, ” said Wilf. “ I wonder what's inside it. ” Mum opened the case and laughed. “ Some of Dad's old toys, ” she said.

They called Dad and showed him the toys. Dad laughed. " Well, ” he said. “ They're not much use. Most of them are broken. I don't know why I kept them. ” Biff pulled a bag out of the case. “ What's in this bag?” she asked. “ It's quite heavy.

The bag was full of marbles. Biff tipped them out on a tray. “ They're all different, ” she said. “ Some of them are beautiful. ” Dad told Mum to throw the old toys away, but he said Biff could keep the marbles.

Biff and Wilf went up to Biff's room. They looked at the marbles. “ What a collection, ” said Wilf. “ There are all sorts - big ones and small ones. ” Biff picked up the biggest marble of all. “ See this blue one, ” she said. “ It's a beauty. ”

Wilf put the marbles back in the bag. “ Let's play with them outside, ” he said. Suddenly the magic key began to glow. “ Oh no! ” said Biff. “ I don't want the key to glow. I don't want a magic adventure. I want to play with the marbles. ”