Blinky Bill by Dorothy Wall

Author:Dorothy Wall [Wall, Dorothy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-7304-9303-7
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

The mothers and fathers were dancing in the daintiest way.

Nearby was the playground. Here a wonderful collection of toys — in the shape of pretty leaves, pebbles, and bright feathers — were spread on the ground. The children and the parents played all kinds of games, until Blinky disturbed their peace and fun by stumbling over a stone.

“Hey! It’s only me,” he called as the birds ran for safety. But all his pleadings and promises to be friendly were useless. Being very timid, they vanished into the bushes and had no intention of coming out again.

“They’re very scared!” Blinky remarked, as he turned to Spikey. But Spikey had vanished too.

“Gosh! The place must be haunted,” Blinky muttered to himself, as he nervously glanced around. “A fellow’s all by himself.”

“Well, I’ll go home,” he decided. And he suddenly thought what a long time it was since he had left his mother and Mrs Grunty.

He looked at his bockers, and tried to pat them, or what remained of them, into shape. They were just hanging by threads, and a very sorry spectacle he looked.

“I s’pose old Mother Grunty will say all sorts of things when she sees me,” he growled. “I’m not going to stand it any longer. If she growls very hard at me, I’ll run away again — I’ll get married next time. Then they’ll be sorry, and want me home again.” And Blinky gave a savage kick at the grass.

“Spikes and scissors! Look where you’re going with your big feet!” a little voice cried.

“What’s up now?” Blinky said, as he came to a standstill. “As if there’s not enough growling without you starting, too!”

“Well, look what you’ve done to my web, and I’ve been hours and hours weaving it. Now it’s all spoilt, and I’ll never catch my supper, and I’m starving.”

“Are you another ant-eater?” Blinky asked rudely.

“No, I’m not!” snapped the spider, “I eat gnats and mosquitoes.”

“Gnats! I’ve never heard of them before,” Blinky said. “Do they taste good?”

“Not as good as you’ll taste if you don’t get your big feet out of my way,” the spider growled as he glared at Blinky.

“Oh! I see you’ve a red spot on your back, so I think I’ll be going.”

Blinky very quietly stepped aside and continued on his way. The moon was kind and showed him the pathway quite clearly and he thought by travelling all night he would reach home by daylight. But he had not considered what may be round the corner.

On he went, one minute feeling very brave as he thought of what he’d do to Mrs Grunty if she grunted, and the next, feeling rather frightened as he imagined her cross face round the gum-tree.

Pit-a-pat! Pit-a-pat! Someone was coming through the bush, and someone in a great hurry, too.

“Oh, dear! I’ll be late, I’ll be late,” said a voice that came nearer and nearer.

“What for?” Blinky called out from behind a tree where he had hidden.

“For the meeting,” came the reply. “But what’s it got to

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