What Was It Like?

What Was It Like?

The children were excited. They were going totake part in a play. It was all about the historyof the town. The play was going to be held in thepark, and the children had to rehearse theirscene. “ I hope we don't forget what to do, ” said Chip.

Gran had come to watch the rehearsal. “ My goodness! " she said. “ I don't believe it! Biff is wearing a dress! ” “ That's because we're children from World WarTwo, " said Biff. “ Girls didn't wear trousers then. ” “ Our town was bombed in the war, ” said Chip“ The bombing was called the Blitz. ” Gran could remember it. “ I was only a girl, " she said, “ but I rememberthe Blitz well. ” “ You wore awful clothes like these?” said Biff.

“ We have to carry these boxes, ” said Wilma. “ But they are empty. “ They weren't empty in the war, ” said Gran. “ They had gas masks in them. We had to takethem to school every day. ” “ Gas masks?” gasped Wilf, “ Fantastic! ” The children rehearsed their parts. In the play, they were sent away to live in the country. It wasn't safe to stay in the town because of thebombing. “ We have to pretend to be upset, " said Wilma.

Chip tried to pull a sad face. “ I'm going to pretend to cry, ” said wilf. He made a loud noise blowing his nose. “ Stop it, ” said Biff. “ You're making me laugh. ” The others began to laugh too. “ We shouldn't laugh, ” said Wilma. Gran spoke to the children. “ The war was a terrible time for everyone, ” she said. “ It wasn’t funny. ” “ We're sorry, Gran, " said Chip, “ But it was along time ago. ”

After the rehearsal, Wilf and Wilma went homewith Biff and Chip. Chip thought about the war. “ It must have been a hard time for childrenthen, ” he said. “ It's hard to imagine what it was like, ” said wwilf. “ I can't wait to take these clothes off, ” saidBiff, “ I hate wearing this dress. ” Suddenly the magic key began to glow, The magictook the children off on another adventure. It tookthem back to a street in London.