A Big Book of Little Stories Book 3: Chapter 1 - Mandu’s Secret Diary

Listen Up: A Reading Adventure with John Maytham · 4 November 2025 · 2m

Speaker 1: A big Book of Little Stories. Book three, Chapter one, Mundo's Secret Diary. Mundu liked Speaker 1: to write in her diary every day. Each day, she wrote down what she did Speaker 1: during the day. She also wrote down her secrets that she did not want any Speaker 1: one else to see. She knew she needed to have a good hiding place for Speaker 1: her diary. She looked around her bedroom and wondered where she could hide it where Speaker 1: nobody else would find it. Eventually, she decided to hide it under her bed. One Speaker 1: afternoon, when Mundu and her friend Anna came back from school, Mundo found her diary Speaker 1: lying wide open on the floor of her bedroom. Oh look, Anna, some one has Speaker 1: been reading my diary, she yelled. Don't worry. Anna advised her just find a better Speaker 1: place to keep it in future. They examined the diary. Look at these dirty finger Speaker 1: prints, Anna said, this is a good clue. I bet it's my younger brother, Tabu. Speaker 1: Mando said, Tarbo always has dirty fingers. But then she remembered her brother was only Speaker 1: five and he couldn't read yet. Then she found a blond hair between the pages Speaker 1: of the diary. This is an important clue, she said. Someone with blond hair must Speaker 1: have read my diary. Everybody in my family has black hair, so who could it Speaker 1: be? Who do I know that has blonde hair? She asked, looking suspiciously at Anna's Speaker 1: blonde hair. The two girls decided to set a trap. Mandu put her diary back Speaker 1: under her bed. She sprinkled some flour on the…

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