Before Dotty could say “the roof”, there was a d__________g sound from above. CRASH!
deafening
15
“How do we get on to the roof from here?” asked the girl. “This is the only way. Follow me.” They scrambled up a f______t of steps.
flight
15
Elsie stood beside Woolly, and patted her side gently. “What are you looking at, my friend?” she whispered to the animal, but the mammoth just kept s_______g straight ahead. She lifted her trunk to the sky and let out a mournful cry.
staring
15
Elsie looked down over the edge of the roof. There was a whole s_________d of policemen looking up at them.
squad
15
Because of her undignified position, s___________d over the back of the animal with her face buried in Woolly’s fur, Dotty was struggling to keep up with what was going on.
slumped
15
The creature g___________d out of the grounds of the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, and charged down the road.
galloped
15
By t___________g on the mammoth’s fur, the girl just managed to make her swerve past him
tugging
15
Elsie steered the mammoth down a d________y backstreet. Just ahead was a laundry where a number of sheets were hanging up to dry.
dingy
15
From under the sheet, she raised her trunk. The sergeant major was becoming i_________y suspicious.
increasingly
15
“Oops, and again!” The sergeant major’s face turned a shade of b_______t. “Madam, do you have any control over your, for want of a more polite expression, rear gun?”
beetroot
15
“Just testing the brand-new w________y,” explained Elsie. “It’s a stink bomb,” added Dotty.
weaponry
15
This would prove to be a g________e mistake.
grave
15
Eventually, the mammoth managed to turn herself round, and ripped the cane out of the man’s hands with her trunk. With all her might, she h_______d the cane across the room.
hurled
15
“I’m starving, ” said Elsie. “Please may I have a tiny bit of jam?” The little girl’s eyes widened, and her lip quivered. How could the grown-ups possibly say no? “A little d_______p can’t hurt, can it?” said Dotty.
dollop
15
“But I am absolutely s______g. You hold her trunk while I have a tiny bit of treacle.”
starving
15
The force of the bottom blast was so strong it k_________d them off their feet.
