The Flying Machine

The Flying Machine

"I don't hate it," said Nadim. "I love it."

On the flight there was a surprise for Nadim.The steward asked him if he wanted to see the controls.

Nadim was excited. He had always wanted to see the flight deck of an aeroplane.

"Oh brilliant!" he said. "Yes, please!"

The steward took Nadim and his dad through the aeroplane.

"These planes are huge," said Nadim.

"They hold about four hundred people," said the steward.

"That's a lot of people in one plane," said Nadim.

Nadim and his dad went on to the flight deck.They met the captain. "We're flying on auto-pilot," said the captain."The plane is flying by itself."

Nadim looked at all the controls.

"I'd like to be a pilot," he said.

"It takes a long time to learn," said the Captain."But what's to stop you?"

"Don't let him take over the controls just yet," joked Nadim's dad."I'm a nervous passenger." "Oh Dad!" said Nadim.

After Nadim got home, he went to play at Biff and Chip's house.

Anneena was already there. Nadim told everyone about his holiday.

"I went on to the flight deck of the aeroplane," he said.

"I'd love to be a pilot," said Anneena.

Mum called Biff and Chip. They had to go downstairs to help wash up.

"We won't be long," said Chip.

Anneena picked up the magic key. Suddenly it began to glow.

It took Anneena and Nadim on an adventure.

The magic took Nadim and Anneena back in time.It took them to a place in America.

"Why has the magic key brought us here?" asked Anneena.

They heard the sound of an engine.The sound was coming out of a big cloud of dust.

A man was driving towards them in a Strange- looking car.

"What on earth is it?" asked Nadim. "It looks like a really old car."

"You can't stand there!" called the man."You'll be in the wag of the flying machine."

A strange-looking aeroplane was standing by a barn.Nadim and Anneena had never seen anything like it.

Another man was working on the aeroplane.

The first man got out of the car and went over to him.

Anneena gasped. The two men looked alike.

"They must be twins," she said to Nadim.

"Hello," said the second man. "I'm Henry and this is my twin brother, Harold. Who are you?"

"I'm Nadim. This is Anneena," said Nadim.

"You're not spying on us, are you?" asked Harold.

"Why would we do that?" asked Anneena.

"We're just about to try out the flying machine, said Henry, "but it's a secret."

"No one has ever made a flying machine before," said Harold."We will be the first people to do it."

"It's amazing," said Nadim. "We've not seen an aeroplane like this before."

The twins laughed. "A hairy plane," said Harold."That's a good name for it - a hairy plane!"

"But it will never fly," said Anneena. "Of course it will," said Henry.

Harold sat in the flying machine.

"I'm ready!" he shouted. Henry started the engine.

The propeller began to turn. It spun faster and faster.But the flying machine didn't move. "I told you so," said Anneena.

"It's the propeller," said Anneena. "It will never work. It's too flat."

She picked up two pieces of wood.

"It needs to be like this," she said. "It acts like a screw to pull the plane through the air."

"Well, we could try it," said Henry.

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