George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy Hawking & Stephen Hawking

George's Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy Hawking & Stephen Hawking

Author:Lucy Hawking & Stephen Hawking [Hawking, Lucy & Hawking, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science & Nature, Nature & the Natural World, Juvenile Nonfiction, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Juvenile Fiction, General
ISBN: 9781407047843
Google: BxbZZDlpVrIC
Amazon: B005H0CCSQ
Publisher: RHCP Digital
Published: 2014-02-26T16:00:00+00:00


He had bounced up as George filled out the form. ‘Jolly good stuff, George! That’s the spirit! We’ll show them, won’t we?’ He beamed at George. ‘We can’t just let Manor Park walk away with every trophy in the area, can we now?’ Manor Park was the local posh school which hogged all the prizes and won all the sports matches with boring regularity.

‘Yes, sir,’ said George, trying to stuff his outer space rock back into his pocket. But the sharp-eyed head spotted it.

‘Oh dear, a handful of dirt,’ he said, grabbing a nearby waste-paper bin. ‘Chuck it in here, George. We can’t have you going off to lunch with a pocket full of dust.’ When George just stood there, rooted to the spot, the head rattled the bin impatiently under his nose. ‘I was just the same as a boy,’ he said, a claim George doubted. As far as he was concerned, the head had never been a boy; he’d been born wearing a suit and making enthusiastic comments about the Under-12 Football League. ‘Pockets full of nonsense. Pop it in and off you go.’

Reluctantly George dropped the grey, crumbly remains of his most treasured possession into the bin. He promised himself he would come back later and try and save it.



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