By Annie Tsai

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Contents Chapter 1 Bad News 6 Chapter 2 A New Life Begins 11 Chapter 3 The Rainbow School 18 Chapter 4 Punishment 26 Chapter 5 The Campfire Party 38

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About the Author

I’m Annie Tsai from E4B. I like singing, listening to

pop music, and recently I like watching the world cup

football games. I live in Kaohsiung city with my

Dad and Mom now, just like the main character, Fay,

in the story. But, actually, I have an older sister who

lives in a dorm in Tainan now and I have lived in

Kaohsiung city since I was born. This is my first

time to write a story. Even though this is not a long

story, it spent a lot of time for me deciding what and

how to write! I hope everyone would like it!

Synopsis

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Fay, a ten-year old girl, lived in an

apartment in a city with her mother and father. One

day, she heard a bad news from her father that he was

going to be transferred to a country, the Rainbow

Town. She was very sad after hearing the news

because she didn’t want to leave her friends and her

home in the city. What was Fay going to experience

when she moved to the Rainbow Town？

Chapter 1 Bad News

“We are going to move to the Rainbow Town!”

“What? Daddy, what did you say? We are going to

move where?”

“I said we are going to move to the Rainbow Town!”

“No way…!”

Fay, a cute ten year-old girl, lived in an apartment in

the city with her father and mother. Her father, a

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forty year-old elementary school teacher, was quite

handsome and always had a smile on his face. Her

mother, a thirty-eight year-old housewife, was a

beautiful woman.

“Dad, why do we need to move to the Rainbow Town

which is located in the countryside?”

“The school principal said we do not have enough

teachers there, so I have been transferred to a school

in the Rainbow Town!” said Dad.

“So all of us are going to move there?” asked Fay.

“Sure!” said Mom.

Fay was unhappy and upset to learn this news because

she liked everything in this city and if she really left,

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she would miss all her friends very much. She didn’t

want to leave!

The next day, Fay went to school with an unhappy

face. Her best friend, Angel, saw this, and asked her,

“Fay, What happened to you? You look ill.”

Fay started to cry, and replied, “Angel, I’m going to

move away!” After she told her the news, both of

them started to wail. Angel said, “You know what,

my grandmother’s house is in the country. I have

stayed there over night once, and I think staying there

is so boring. I will never stay there again.”

Fay felt more miserable after having the conversation

with Angel and asked, “What should I do?”

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Angel said,” Don’t worry, I’ll write letters to you!”

wanting to cheer Fay up, but it seemed useless.

Fay was so sad that she couldn’t eat or sleep day

and day. Her mother was worried about this so she

asked her what was wrong. Fay cried and said,

“Mom, I’m unhappy because I don’t want to move to

the Rainbow Town! It must be boring to live there.”

“No, it isn’t. Who said that it must be boring?

Actually, Mommy lived in the country when I was a

child. Let me tell you the truth! There are a lot of

interesting things in the countryside. A lot of

adventures or explorations are waiting for you to

discover though. It’s not as boring as you think,”

said Mom, “and now, it’s time for you to go to bed!

Tomorrow, we are going to move to the Rainbow

Town.”

Fay was tired and fell asleep quickly as a result of

crying for such a long time.

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Chapter 2 A New Life Begins

The next morning, all of the members in this

family got up early in order to avoid the traffic jam

that they would have met if they had gone on their trip

late. Dad drove the car with mother, Fay and a lot of

furniture they carried with them to their

destination-the Rainbow Town. It was an austere

town that was located in the countryside. Finally,

they arrived at their destination after a long journey.

“What’s happening over there? So crowded!” asked

Fay.

“Nothing. It’s just a traditional market, a bustling

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one!” replied Dad.

They passed the market slowly because there were

huge crowds of people busy around bought their daily

commodities. Later, they arrived in a residential area

and father stopped the car in front of a classical house

which had two floors.

“This is our new home! Isn’t it beautiful?” said Dad,

with an exciting voice.

“This house seems pretty…pretty old!” Fay said.

“No, it’s not ‘old’. It’s ‘elegant’!” said Mom.

Dad drove toward the house. Fay and Mom got out

of the car before Dad parked the car in the garage.

Fay stood on the front courtyard of the house and

looked around the surrounding. She asked with a

depressed voice, “How can I live here?”

“Of course you can live here and you have no other

choice! This is a nice place, so don’t complain about

it!” replied Dad as he walked out of the garage.

“Now help your Mom move these furniture into our

new home!” said Dad who was carrying a chair into

the house.

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At night, even though they finished moving all of

the stuff they carried with them in the house, there

were still some wrapped boxes on the floor.

The first floor was furnished as a living room and

dinning room; and the second floor was furnished as

their bedrooms.

After they had dinner, Dad and Mom took Fay with

them to visit their new neighbors.

“Good evening, my name is George Berry. This is

my wife, Mary and this is my daughter, Fay. We just

moved in here this morning. How do you do?” said

Dad.

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“Oh! How do you do! I’m Susan Walter,” said Mrs.

Walter. “Please wait a minute, Tom! Tom!”

She called someone in the house. A boy came up.

“And this is my son, Tom. My husband is on a

business trip. He will come back next Monday!

Oh, your daughter is so cute! How old is she?”

asked Mrs. Walter.

“I’m ten years old!” replied Fay by herself.

Mrs. Walter said, “Really? Tom is ten years old, too!

Maybe that two of you will become good friends!”

Tom glanced at Fay; a blush came into his face.

Then he ran into the house immediately.

“Ha, ha, ha…,” laughed Mrs. Walter.

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Later, they visited all of the neighbors and went

back to their house. Fay started to feel bored.

“You can watch TV,” said Mom.

“There are no interesting channels that I can watch.

I want to go shopping, Mom.”

Mom said, “Fay, don’t be an annoying girl, OK?

You know we don’t have a shopping mall here!”

“All right, Mom, I’m sorry,” said Fay.

“Tomorrow you’ll need to go to the Rainbow School.

We had a busy day from morning to evening today, so

why don’t you go to bed a little bit earlier today?”

said Mom.

Fay knew that she must not irritate her mother

anymore, so she said, “All right, Mom. Good

night!”

“Good night, honey,” replied Mom.

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Chapter 3 The Rainbow School

Today was the first day for Fay attended the

Rainbow School. She got up early and had breakfast

with her family.

“Fay, are you OK? You didn’t have a good sleep last

night, did you?” asked Mom.

“Yes, I had a pretty good sleep last night,” replied Fay.

“Then, why do you have black shadows under your

eyes?” asked Mom.

“Well, it’s because I…I…” hesitated Fay.

Dad said, “You’re worried about going to a new

school, so you didn’t have a good sleep. Am I

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right?”

“Well, yes, you are. You’re right, Dad.”

“Don’t worry about that, Fay. You’re so great that

everybody will like you!” said Mom with an

encouraging voice.

After they finished their breakfast, Dad drove the

car with Fay to the Rainbow School. Fay was still

tired so she fell asleep in the car. About thirty

minutes later, they arrived at their destination.

“Honey, get up! We have arrived!” said Dad patting

Fay on her shoulder.

Fay jumped up, got out of the car quickly and looked

around about the surroundings. The Rainbow

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School was surrounded by grassland. There was a

sheep farm at the back of the school.

“Now, let’s go!” said Dad, holding Fay’s hand and

walking toward the school together.

Dad was a geography teacher for the fifth grade.

He went to his class after he took Fay to her

classroom. Fay was in the third grade, and now, she

was alone standing in front of her classroom. She

was too nervous to go into the classroom because she

didn’t know whether or not the classmates and the

teachers were good or bad.

“Will they accept me? Or maybe they will make fun

of me because I’m a new student!” thought Fay. She

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was getting more and more nervous thinking about

these things.

Fortunately, the teacher in the classroom noticed her

and took her into the class.

“Would you like to introduce yourself to everyone?”

asked Ms. White, the teacher.

Fay stood at the front stage and looked at everyone.

She noticed that everybody was smiling at her with

friendly faces. Now she felt relieved! After Fay

introduced herself to everybody, Ms. White instructed

her to sit next to a girl whose name was Sally.

“OK, now, take out your music books and turn to page

nine!” said Ms. White.

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While Ms. White let the students take a break,

Sally started to chat with Fay.

“Fay, you are Fay, right? I am Sally! It’s very nice

to meet you!” said Sally.

“Yes, I’m Fay and nice to meet you, too, Sally!”

replied Fay.

“So, which street do you live on?” asked Sally.

“I live on First Avenue. How about you?” said Fay.

“I live on the Third. Well, Tom lives on the same

street as you,” said Sally, “Tom! Tom! Fay and you

live on the same street!”

Tom looked at Sally and glanced at Fay, and again a

blush came into his face. He quickly ran away

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without saying a word.

Fay said, “I know him! He’s my neighbor. I have

visited his family with my Mom and Dad.”

“Well, that’s good. By the way, what are you going

to do after school? Do you have any plans?” asked

Sally.

“I have no idea. Maybe I’ll just go home and clean

up my room,” replied Fay.

Sally slanted her head and thought for a while.

Suddenly, she clapped her hands and said, “How

about we go to the river beside the grassland together

after school? You haven’t been there, have you?”

“No, I have not. It is an excellent idea!” replied Fay

with a happy, and an exciting voice.

After they got out of school, Sally led Fay to the

river. Fay was amazed by the view which

surrounded her.

Sally said, “See, this is a beautiful place, right?”

“Yes, this is amazing. I haven’t seen this kind of

view in the city before!” replied Fay.

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chased the squirrels and rabbits that came from the

woodland.

Fay hadn’t seen or experienced these kinds of things

before. Because of these, she felt having a lot of fun

and starting to like here little by little.

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Chapter 4 Punishment

Everyday Fay liked to go to school more and

more because there were a lot of adventures waiting

for her to explore. She was curious about all of the

things here.

Today was Tuesday. Fay was sitting in her

classroom, the math teacher, Mr. Kirby, was teaching

math now.

“Class, how much is eight plus seven?” asked Mr.

Kirby.

“…” no one answered.

Mr. Kirby noticed that Fay and Sally were whispering

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to each other. They didn’t concentrate in class.

“All right, Fay, tell us the answer, please,” he said.

Fay hesitated, and said, “Well, eight plus seven? Well,

is it eighty seven?”

“No,” said Mr. Kirby, “how about Sally. Tell us the

answer, please.”

“Oh, is it, is it…seventy eight?” replied Sally.

Mr. Kirby smiled and shook his head. Then he said,

“Tom, I know you know the answer. Tell them!”

Tom said with a calm voice, “It is fifteen.”

“Correct! Thank you very much, Tom!” said Mr.

Kirby, “now turn to page eleven.”

When the class was dismissed, Mr. Kirby asked Fay

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and Sally to come up to see him.

“You both didn’t concentrate in class, did you?” asked

Mr. Kirby.

Both of them didn’t dare to look at Mr. Kirby, so they

looked at the floor.

“Sorry, Mr. Kirby,” said Fay.

“Well, then, I must give you some punishment. Both

of you have to go to the sheep farm and feed the

lambs after school, OK?” said Mr. Kirby.

“OK, no problem, Mr. Kirby,” replied Sally.

“Don’t chat in class anymore. Go home and study

hard!” said Mr. Kirby.

“OK, Mr. Kirby,” replied both Fay and Sally.

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When Mr. Kirby walked further to the end of the

corridor, Sally cheered and said, “That’s great!”

Fay was confused and asked, “What? What did you

say? Didn’t we get punishment just a moment ago?

Why are you still so happy?”

“Let me tell you the truth. Teachers here usually

give that as a punishment, but, in fact, it is interesting

to feed these lambs! You will realize that later!”

replied Sally.

“Really?” asked Fay.

Sally replied, “Of course! I’ll meet you at one thirty

in the afternoon in front of the sheep farm. OK?”

“OK!” replied Fay.

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Fay went home on her bike. She put down her

schoolbag and ate her lunch quickly. When she

finished lunch, she looked at the clock; it was almost

one fifteen in the afternoon. So she rushed to ride

her bike back to the sheep farm. Sally had already

arrived and was waiting for her when Fay arrived

there.

“Sorry I’m late,” Fay soon apologize for her lateness.

Sally smiled and said, “Never mind. I have just

arrived, too. Come on, let’s go inside!”

They went into the sheep farm together and Fay was

so excited to see these cute animals.

“What should I do now? How do we feed them?”

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asked Fay.

Sally yelled out, “O-oh! I forgot something!”

“What?” asked Fay surprised.

“We should have gone to school first! We should

have taken the milk from the canteen in order to feed

them!” said Sally pointed at the lambs.

Fay laughed and said, “It’s not a big problem! Now

let’s go to the canteen and take the milk. We will

come back soon!”

“OK, let’s go!” said Sally.

They brought a big bucket which was contained

full of milk with them and rushed back to the sheep

farm.

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At the sheep farm, Sally demonstrated how to feed the

lambs.

“It’s very easy. You just have to put the milk in the

feeder and the lambs will scramble for the feeder!”

said Sally and demonstrated what she said at the same

time. Fay was stunned to see the behaviors of these

lambs.

“Wow, they look like that they haven’t eaten for a

week!” said Fay.

Sally said, “Yeah, but actually they are fed properly

everyday!”

When Fay raised the feeder, all of the lambs rushed to

eat. She was a little bit shocked at first, but she

enjoyed doing it soon.

“Well, do you think this is ‘punishment’?” asked

Sally.

Fay laughed. She touched the lambs, shook her head

and replied, “No, it’s not. It’s interesting. These

lambs are so cute!”

Sally was sweating all over her face. She said, “It is

hot today. Let’s go swimming, OK?”

Fay can’t swim so she refused. However, she was

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persuaded soon because Sally promised that she

would teach her. After they finished feeding the

lambs, they left the sheep farm and went to the river.

About five minutes later, they arrived and noticed

that some of their classmates were swimming in the

river.

“Isn’t that Tom? Hello, Tom!” said Fay. Tom

noticed them and said hello to them. Sally

immediately jumped into the water, but Fay was

standing at the side of the river. She was hesitating

and scared.

“Come on, Fay!” said Sally getting out of the water to

encourage her. Sally showed a elfish expression on

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her face. Suddenly, she pushed Fay into the water.

“Help! Help!” Fay yelled out for help and also

swallowed a lot of water in her stomach. Tom saw

this so he quickly rescued Fay and helped her to get

out of the water. Sally was laughing and saying,

“You won’t drown, Fay. The water is very shallow!”

She went into the river to show the water’s depth just

reached her knees. Fay was angry and glared at

Sally. She went away without saying a word. Sally

followed her.

“Fay, Fay! Are you angry at me? Oh, I am so sorry!

I just… I just…I am sorry! I won’t do that again,”

said Sally. She begged Fay to forgive her.

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Fay turned round her head and said, “Well, I’ll forgive

you if you promise me one thing.”

“OK, OK. I promise,” said Sally.

“Teach me how to swim!” said Fay.

“No problem!” Sally said without hesitation. Fay

went toward Tom and said to him, “Tom, thank you

very much!” Tom blushed and said, “You’re

welcome.” After saying that, he immediately ran

away.

At night, Fay was lying on her bed. She

couldn’t sleep because she was thinking about

something. She noticed that she had great times

everyday since she moved to the Rainbow Town.

Living here wasn’t boring. Even though sometimes

she missed her friends who lived far from her in the

city, she discovered that she liked living here more

and more!

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Chapter 5 The Campfire Party

The anniversary of the founding of Rainbow

School would be held this weekend. Fay was

looking forward to it because there would be a

campfire party.

On Saturday evening, every student would go to

school at six o’clock. Now it is five forty. Mom

said, “Fay, hurry up! You are going to be late!”

Fay put on her dress quickly, picked up her bag and

rushed out of the house.

“Dad, Mom, See you later!” said Fay.

“Have a good time!” said Dad.

Fay met Tom on her way to school so they went to

attend the festival together. Tom was so shy, but

because of Fay’s open-mind, they have become good

friends now. When they arrived, the barbecue had

already been started. The sweet smell made Fay feel

hungry! She quickly went toward the barbecue and

picked up one sausage to eat. Then, she saw Sally

standing beside the campfire drinking something.

She went toward her.

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“Hey, what are you drinking?” asked Fay.

“Orange juice,” replied Sally.

Suddenly, the fireworks began. All of the people

were amazed and gazed steadily at the shining

performance. After the end of the fireworks, some

continued to roast and eat the barbecue, while some

started to dance around the campfire singing together.

“It’s so interesting! Let’s stop eating for a while and

go dancing with them!” asked Fay.

“It sounds great. Let’s go!” replied Sally.

They danced, sang, and played until ten o’clock at

night. Fay went home exhausted and immediately

fell asleep.

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It was Sunday afternoon. The phone was

ringing in the house.

“Who is this? Oh, Sally! OK, wait a minute! Fay!

Fay!” said Dad. Fay ran down the stairs to answer

the phone.

“Hi, Sally! What? You want to come and visit us?

That’s great! OK. I’ll wait for you,” said Fay.

About twenty minutes later, Sally arrived. Fay

opened the door for her. “Sally, come on in! Oh,

my goodness! Is that a squirrel? It’s so cute!” said

Fay. There was a squirrel standing on Sally’s

shoulder and it was eating a chestnut! Sally

explained that her Dad have found it hurt in the

woodland. “So my Dad took it home and treated it,”

said Sally. “When it was cured, it didn’t want to go

back to the woodland. We didn’t know why! So, it

stayed with us. Its name is Sweety!”

Fay asked, “Can I play with Sweety? Will it bite

me?”

“Don’t worry! It won’t bite you! Here you are! ”

replied Sally and gave it to Fay. Mom prepared

many delicious snacks for them and she was shocked

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to see the squirrel. This was not only a new

experience for Fay but also for her Mom and Dad.

All of them had a good time with Sally and Sweety.

Mom gave Fay a letter which was from Angel

after Sally went home.

“So what did she say in the letter?” asked Mom.

“She asked me whether or not I’ve adapted to life

here,” replied Fay.

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“Well, have you?” asked Mom.

“Of course! I’ve adapted to the life here very well!”

“Then, let me ask you another question. Do you

want to go back to the city anyway?” asked Mom.

Fay laughed and replied, “No way! I like living here

very much! I don’t want to leave here anyway!”