Class Six and the Eel of Fortune by Sally Prue

Author:Sally Prue
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2016-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

Serise gave him a glare, but she hurled the cup of hot liquid over the nearest bit of the sea serpent.

There was a huge spurt of steam that blinded everyone, and then a giant cough – and then another – and then, quite suddenly, the air went completely clear.

The classroom went clear, too: instead of a huge, furious, stinking sea serpent there was just a lot of tumbled furniture and frightened children.

Two of the children were dripping wet and smelling of rotten fish and cabbage.

‘It’s Rodney and Anil!’ shouted Jack. ‘They’re alive!’

Serise stepped back.

‘They smell of serpent sick,’ she said.

‘It’s worse than that,’ said Slacker, backing away, too. ‘They are serpent sick!’

Winsome picked up a long piece of tissue from the floor.

‘The sea serpent’s turned back into paper again,’ she said, in amazement.

‘Of course,’ said Mr Hazel. ‘Well, you know what happens if you put things in too-hot water, don’t you.’

‘You shrunk it,’ said Slacker, admiringly. ‘Brilliant!’

Winsome folded the sea serpent back into its plastic envelope and she’d just sealed it with seven layers of tape when sharp heels came clacking along the corridor.

Class Six stared round in horror. Anil and Rodney stunk of serpent sick, there were overturned chairs everywhere, and the magic-cupboard door was wide open.

Before they could move, a sharp nose appeared round the classroom door.

Then it recoiled.

‘What’s that disgusting smell?’ demanded Mrs Knowall.

Mr Hazel went to the door.

‘It’s the dear sweaty children,’ he told her. ‘They’ve been taking some exercise.’

A hand came up to hold the nose.

‘Um. Excellent,’ said the voice, rather honkily. ‘Good. Um... I’ll leave you to it, then.’ And the footsteps went away again.

‘Phew. I thought I was dead, that time,’ said Anil, weakly.

‘We nearly all were,’ said Winsome.

‘Ah well,’ said Mr Hazel, yawning. ‘It turned out all right in the end. It’s just one more turn of the wheel of fortune, my dears.’

Serise snorted.

‘Yeah, right,’ she said. ‘And I wish someone could put a brake on the thing, because it’s making me dizzy!’

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