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20.04.11 FUN FACT When you sleep, you grow by about 8mm (0.3in).

The next day you shrink back to your former height!

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Across
1 Popular pet with long ears (6)
5 6 7
5 Tennis shot hit high in the air (3) YOUR JOKE
7 Small green vegetable (3)
What do you call a wobbly
8 School science subject (9)
flying machine?
9 Christmas ___ : 24 December (3)
A jellycopter!
10 Long flat runner used on snow (3)
8 Tom Gilmore, 7

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11 Opposite of opened (6)

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1 Processed an item for reuse (8)
2 Thought to be true (8) Swallows and Amazons
9 10
3 On an upper floor of the house (8) by Arthur Ransome
4 Brightly coloured type of beetle Not only do I like the
(8) idea of four children (the
6 Total joy (5) Swallows) going away to
8 One plus one (3) 11 camp on an island in the
Lake District; not only
do I like the fact that

Crack Can you work out each of the words that have been
two sisters (the Amazon
Pirates) meet them and they share

the
entered into a mobile phone to create the series of ­adventures; not only do I like that they
numbers below? The image to the left shows the layout wage (and win) a war with Captain
of the keypad. All the words are the names of birds: Flint (the Amazons’ ­uncle) – but I also

code 1) 744366
2) 624743
3) 76246 For answers see
love the illustrations, ­description,
chapter length, and the fact that the
chapters are marked with Roman
tomorrow’s G2 numerals.
Swallows and Amazons is my favour-
ite book because you get excited along
How to... water. Line them
up and see how
through the
hoop. Start at
with the characters. When the Swallows
pulled off their plan I actually found
have fun many you can
knock down with
the stick nearest
the hoop and
my heart thumping against my ribcage,
as if I was there in the “Amazon” too.
outdoors a ball. Take it in
turns.
then gradually
get further and
And when they jump into a lake I felt
cold because I could really picture the
further away. If icy-cold water. My favourite character
Bored indoors, Mum confiscated Hoop ball you miss, you are is Titty (giggle!) because she is brave
your DS? Grab your mates and head Hang a hula eliminated. The order. If a player and quite clever. When you read Swal-
outside to play these fab games: hoop from a winner is the last misses the ball, lows and Amazons, you really get lost
tree branch. player left. doesn’t hit the on Wild Cat Island and their world.
French cricket Use sticks wall or hits it ­after ­Swallows and Amazons for ever!
Grab a tennis ball and a bat. The to mark the EGGy two bounces, Gracie Dahl, 12
­batsman stands with the bat in front of ground at regular You need to be he’s out of the
his legs. Everyone else stands around distances from near an outside game. The ­winner WE NEED YOU!
them in a circle. The aim is to get the the hoop. Each wall suitable for is the last one
batsman out by catching them out or player takes it bouncing a ­tennis remaining. Keep sending your
hitting them below the knee with the in turns to try to ball on. Each ­reviews of ­museums,
ball. To start, someone bowls to the throw a football player is given a For more great books and films, as
batsman, aiming for their legs. If the number from one ideas, check out well as your jokes and
batsman hits it or not, wherever the and up (you could Run Wild! Out- all about your pet to:
ball ends up, anyone can pick it up and draw numbers). door Games and g2kids@guardian.co.uk.
quickly throw it from that spot. Take it Using a hand as Adventures by Everyday this week we’re giving away an amazing
in turns to bat. a racket, each Fiona Danks and Moshi Monsters goodie bag – to the lucky reader whose
player hits the Jo Schofield, pub- review is published on these pages. Well done Gracie –
Skittles ball against the lished by Frances your bag is on its way!
puzzles by clarity media

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