A Morris Gleitzman Collection by Morris Gleitzman

Author:Morris Gleitzman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2013-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

10

The first half-litre was the hardest.

Keith knocked on the door of the first caravan and a man in off-white underpants appeared. He looked like he’d just woken up.

‘Sorry to disturb you so early,’ said Keith, ‘but have you got any old paint to spare? I’m painting Curly’s store.’

The man stared at him.

‘Not a picture,’ Keith added, ‘the store itself.’ He thought he’d better get that straight as it could be a bit confusing.

‘Why doesn’t Curly supply the paint?’ growled the man.

‘He’s supplying the stepladder and the drip sheets,’ said Keith, ‘and I’m supplying the paint.’

‘Why?’ growled the man.

‘It’s a long story,’ said Keith, ‘but it involves raising money for a very worthy cause.’

‘What worthy cause?’ growled the man.

‘Well,’ said Keith, ‘my Mum and Dad have got this fish-and-chip shop way over on the coast and the hotel has just started up a snack bar and the new resort round on the headland has got three restaurants and . . .’

‘Hang on,’ grunted the man.

He went inside the van and Keith heard him clattering about. He came back with a litre tin of paint, handed it to Keith and closed the door.

‘Thanks,’ Keith called out.

He opened the tin with the claw end of Dad’s hammer. The tin was half full of dull red antirust paint.

Nice one, thought Keith. Only nineteen and a half litres to go.

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