The Treasure Chest

The Treasure Chest

Every week Mrs May took some of the children to the swimming pool. The children were good swimmers and they liked going with Mrs May.

The children were taking a swimming test. "It's time to begin," said Mrs May."Who wants to go first?" "We do," said Nadim. Biff, Chip, Wilma, and Nadim jumped into the pool. The water was warm. "Off you go." called Mrs May.

They had to swim up and down the pool. They had to swim ten lengths. Wilma was first to swim ten lengths and Biff and Nadim were next. It was hard for Chip to swim the ten lengths, "Come on, Chip," called Mrs May, "Don't stop. This is the last length." So Chip went on and everyone was pleased.

Next they had to swim to the bottom of the pool. They had to pick up a brick and swim with it to the top. All the children passed the swimming test. Mrs May was very pleased. "Well done, everyone," she said. The children were pleased too.

Biff and Chip told Mum and Dad about the swimming test. "We passed," they said. Mum and Dad were very pleased too. Mum and Dad had a surprise for them. Biff and Chip couldn't see what the surprise was. "What is it?" asked Biff.