Max and Giovanni bring their new cockatoo, Polly, to school and ask Gladys to look after her. Before the EFL class starts, a man called Sheikh El Hamid arrives in Miss Courtney’s office while Mr Brown is submitting his absentee list. The sheikh can speak English fluently but can’t understand what his Scottish chauffeur says, so he wants Mr. Brown to teach the chauffeur along with the rest of the class. Students can’t join halfway through a course, but the sheikh offers Miss Courtney £2,000 to bend the rules. Initially, Mr Brown is against the idea. He even suggests that Sheikh El Hamid hire a …