Girl Wonder's Winter Adventures by Malorie Blackman

Author:Malorie Blackman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781448193011
Publisher: RHCP

We’re not too keen on our cousin. She gets on our nerves. She’s always showing off about her new dress, or new hat, or new bike, or new something or other. Every time we go to her house she’s always got something new. And she never shares anything.

She’s so wet!

Mum drove us to Aunt Joanne and Uncle Stan’s house because it was too cold to walk through the park (which was how we usually got there).

“Maxine, Edward, Anthony, I want you three on your very best behaviour,” Mum said just before we got out of the car. “Every time we come here, you three seem to look for trouble to get into.”

We don’t look for trouble – it just seems to find us!

Mum got out of the car and walked up the garden path. We dawdled behind her. I walked up the garden path last. I think I’d rather go to the dentist than see my cousin Jayne.

“Hello, everyone.” Aunt Joanne opened the door before Mum even rang the door bell.

“My goodness, Maxine, haven’t you grown!” Auntie bent down and kissed me on the cheek. She always says that. She always does that. And I hate it!

Yuk! In fact, double yuk!

“Hello, Maxine. Hi, Ed and Tony,” Drippy Jayne said to us. “Come and see my new toboggan.”

I looked at the twins. They looked at me. It hadn’t taken her long to show off this time. It must have been all of about five seconds.

“What’s a toboggan?” Anthony asked.

“Yeah, what’s that?” Edward added.

“It’s like a sledge that I can lie on or sit on. Then I can slide over the snow,” Jayne said with her nose in the air. “I can go really fast. It’s a really good toboggan.”

“Go on, you three,” Mum said. “Go into the garden and have a look at Jayne’s toboggan.”

We dragged our feet and walked slowly as we followed Jayne out into the garden. I did want to see the toboggan but I didn’t want to see Jayne show off.

“Isn’t it terrific?” Jayne said, dusting some snow off it.

I must admit it did look good, and Jayne’s garden was just perfect for tobogganing. It was huge and ever so slightly hilly, so that there was enough of a slope for the toboggan to whizz along but not too much of a mountain for the toboggan to get out of control. I was longing to try it out but I knew it was no use asking Jayne. She liked to show us all her new things but she never let us touch any of them.

“Watch me,” Jayne ordered, going to the far end of her enormous garden. As we watched, she lay down on her toboggan and kicked off with her feet.

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