Guys listen to this She read aloud The adventure park and all the rides were designed by eccentric billionaire Wilfred Waldo Wellington Jr Wow A billionaire Jake said Nora carried on Mr Wellington prefers to be called Wilf Class 5B students It is rude to gossip They looked up Mrs Blunt the principal was swaying in the aisle on dangerously high heels glaring at them Jake tried to look invisible but it was surprisingly difficult Yesterday Mrs Blunt had given him two Sad Faces the first for fidgeting in assembly the second for groaning when she gave him the first One more Sad Face and he’d have to work on the Rockery tomorrow hauling horribly heavy rocks Jake Jones Mrs Blunt started to speak but the singing drowned her out IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT The principal stalked further down the aisle and clapped her hands sharply The singing died away And you reeeally want to show it sang Mr Hyde with gusto eyes closed on his own He had not seen Mrs Blunt MIS-TER HYDE The ukulele made one last chord and fell silent Attention everyone the principal barked It’s very generous of Mr Wilfred Waldo Wellington Jr to invite us to the opening day of his new Adventure Park Mrs Blunt walked down the aisle with her hands clasped behind her back She
continued Mr Wellington is a very important person If he’s impressed with you he may contribute some money toward the principal statues I’m having placed in the school entrance So I want you all on your best behavior She gave Mr Hyde a look That goes for you too Mr Hyde No experimental teaching today No horseplay monkey business or tomfoolery Understand No Mrs Blunt Um I mean yes Mrs Blunt Mr Hyde said Hmph We’ll see sighed Mrs Blunt Mrs Blunt stomped back to the front of the bus through an uneasy silence But Mr Hyde was too excited to stay quiet for long Hey who knows this one Aga-doo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree Aga-doo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee Jake started to join in but then stopped Woodstock’s face had gone red and he looked like he was about to explode What’s up with Woodstock Jake whispered to Nora Mrs Blunt promised funding for a new art studio Nora whispered back The old one is falling to pieces Woodstock and some other students have been raising money for it But now she says she’s putting all the money toward statues of all the school’s principals Says they’re for posterity whatever that means Woodstock fumed It’s just a way of getting a statue of herself Nora muttered Jake was she can’t do that She can She’s the principal Woodstock said staring out of the window from beneath his long bangs It’s totally uncool But I don’t want to talk about it Nora tried to cheer him up She pointed to the adventure park leaflet
Woodstock there are crocodiles in the Wildlife Zone she said I can speak crocodile you know Aa-a-r-r-r-rahhhh-ah-ah-ah-ahhhh Barnaby looked up and snickered How rude You can’t say that Nora glared at him That was actually crocodile for Nice to meet you Nice to eat you is more like it Jake joked Woodstock almost smiled Nora went red It’s true I’ve researched it Crocodiles talk in grunts and croaks And sometimes they even roar Like this HURRRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHH A cheer had erupted at the back of the bus LOOK A sign for Wilfy Wildo’s Wacky Whatsit Park Mr Hyde said too quickly Jake turned His teacher was bouncing up and down and pointing excitedly out of the window We’re nearly there Oh I can’t wait to go on Ziggy’s Zip Line and the Rushing Rocky Rapids and the Wild West Zone looks cool but I’m not going on the Ghost Train and the roller coaster looks mega-scary and and Mr Hyde jumped to his feet and burst into song AGA-DOO DOO OOH There’s another sign we’ll be there in two shakes of a jeeper jeeperrrr An alarm bell rang in Jake’s head Mr Hyde had gone very red Too red His ears weren’t pink any more they were starting to glow Alexis and Karl were too busy looking out of the window to notice
