Lynn was five years old. She had a lot of little friends. They 
were older, and they were at school. These children told Lynn 
nice stories about school, so Lynn wanted to go there too. 
Then one day her mother said, "You can go to school now, 
Lynn," and Lynn was very happy. 
She was the youngest child in the school, and on the first 
day, her mother stayed at school with her. But on the second 
day, Lynn said to her, "You can go home now, Mummy." 
Lynn's mother was happy, but she was sad too, because 
Lynn did not need her all the time now. 
Lynn was very happy at school, and she learnt a lot of things 
there. Her mother always said, "What have you learnt today, 
Lynn?" and Lynn told her. 
One day, Lynn came back from school and said to her 
mother, "Miss Richards (she was Lynn's teacher) told us some 
nice stories today, Mummy. The best was about Ulysses. He 
fought against the . . . the . . . er . . ." 
"The Trojans," her mother said. 
"Oh, yes, that's right," Lynn answered. "The Trojans. And 
then Ulysses went back in his ship with some other men. He 
went to see his wife .. . er .. . his wife . . ." 
"Penelope," Lynn's mother said. 
Lynn stopped and looked at her mother. "Mummy," she 
said, "has someone told you this story already?"