Moone Boy 2: The Fish Detective by Chris O’Dowd & Nick V. Murphy

Author:Chris O’Dowd & Nick V. Murphy [Murphy, Chris O’Dowd and Nick V.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books

‘Hold on a minute!’ Martin started, thrusting his hand in the air. ‘You’re saying there are secret passageways under the town, sir?’

‘First of all - yes! There’s a tunnel right under this very school in fact. Not that I want you to worry that the whole school might suddenly get swallowed up into some kind of massive sinkhole with us all trapped inside it. Hahaha. But that is definitely a possibility.’

The class looked at each other, concerned.

‘And second of all,’ Mr Jackson continued, looking at Martin’s raised hand, ‘why are you wearing nail varnish, Moone?’

Every eye in the room turned to Martin’s paw. His nails were indeed painted a sparkly red. As the class erupted with glee, Martin let out a small shriek and desperately tried to scrape the varnish off.

‘All right, all right, all right,’ Jackson said, trying to regain some calm.

Padraic leaned over to Martin. ‘I see you’re still going with the lady look. That’s brave.’

‘Bloody sisters,’ grumbled Martin, scratching at his nails. ‘I never have time to wash properly in the morning and those flippin’ females keep plastering me with their womanly warpaint in me sleep.’

‘What shade would you call that?’

‘I don’t know, Padraic.’

‘Crimson Blush, I’d say,’ mused Padraic, admiring the shiny colour.

‘Boys, boys, boys, calm and ciúnas*!’ hollered the teacher.

‘I need to step out for a second, boys. Please control yourselves in my short absence,’ Mr Jackson muttered, as he hastily left the classroom.

Their teacher would often leave the classroom abruptly like this. The boys used to think it was because his patience was being tested and he needed a short break to stop him from battering someone. But it turned out that the real reason he went into the corridor was to do a little fart in peace.

*CIÚNAS - the Irish word for quiet. It’s usually shouted at children very loudly, which is confusing.

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