Mr Majeika and the School Book Week by Humphrey Carpenter

Author:Humphrey Carpenter
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780141944449
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Published: 2009-08-28T04:00:00+00:00

“Hamish Bigmore!” roared Mr Majeika. “I know this is your doing!” Everyone looked round to see what Hamish would say. But he was nowhere to be seen. As Mr Majeika had shouted his name, there had been a flash of light, and Hamish had vanished.

“I didn’t mean to make him disappear,” said Mr Majeika, half an hour later, after Penelope Primrose had been soothed and sent away in a taxi (she said she would never go to another School Book Week again).

“You never mean to make him disappear, Mr Majeika,” said Pete. “But it keeps happening.”

This was true. During his first term at St Barty’s, Mr Majeika had accidentally turned Hamish Bigmore into a frog. Another time, losing his temper with Hamish, he had sent him magically into a television set.

“I’ll run and check the fish tank,” said Jody, “just in case he’s become a frog again. And Thomas, you turn on the TV and try that, just in case.” But there were no frogs in the fish tank, and no sign of Hamish in the television programmes.

“He’ll turn up,” said Pete. “He always does, more’s the pity. Let’s get these books tidied away, Mr Majeika, and I’m sure he’ll be back before the end of afternoon school.”

“All right,” said Mr Majeika, though he looked worried.

“I’ll try and wipe the felt pen off the covers of Penelope Primrose’s books,” said Thomas. “I wonder if Hamish has drawn things inside them too.” He opened one of the books. “No, it looks all right – no felt-pen scribbles. Hey, wait a minute, what’s this? I don’t believe it. Come and see.”

Class Three and Mr Majeika gathered round, and Thomas held up the book. It was We All Love Little Bluebell, and he had opened it at a page which had a picture of Little Bluebell talking to two other little rabbits. Except she wasn’t just talking to two other little rabbits. She was talking to two other little rabbits and Hamish Bigmore.

“That’s Hamish – I’d know him anywhere, even in a drawing by Penelope Primrose,” said Thomas.

“Try the rest of the book,” said Jody. “See if he’s in any of the other pictures.”

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