My Uncle Gus the Garden Gnome by Jackie French

Author:Jackie French
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 14

SOMETHING GOES WRONG

It was a simple plan.

‘Me grab Grizella’s genie,’ rumbled Mog. ‘No genie, magic carpet no fly. You say to Grizella, me walk you home. Me dump genie, grab Grizella as you walk, you do ransom note. Okay?’

‘Okay,’ said Tom reluctantly. He couldn’t get rid of the feeling that this wasn’t a good idea. But he had to do something! The bad luck spell was spreading!

The afternoon dragged along. Finally, two minutes before the bell, Mog put up his hand. ‘Me need to go dunny, sir,’ he said.

Dr Maniac nodded impatiently. ‘Off you go then. And take the mouse with you!’

‘Yes, sir,’ said Mog.

‘Eeek!’ said the tyrannosaurus mouse. It stopped chewing the leg off Dr Maniac’s desk and scampered after Mog.

‘So,’ said Dr Maniac, ‘we have three dead cats. You take the tail off one, the head off another and the body off the third,’ he wriggled his eyebrows in the accepted evil genius fashion. ‘We sew them together but we need a lightning strike to make the body come alive. Will this lightning come up from the ground or down from the sky?’

Grizella’s hand shot up. ‘It depends, sir! Sometimes…’ Tom counted down under his breath. Five, four, three, two, one…the bell rang!

‘Now for homework tonight,’ gurgled Dr Maniac. ‘I want an essay on the beauties of a dark and stormy night! Class dismissed!’

Tom ran out of the room and grabbed his school bag. Yes, there was Grizella’s magic carpet, lying forlorn by the side of the road. Mog had done it!

Tom lurked by the classroom till he saw Grizella look around for her genie, then sigh and sit on the carpet to wait.

‘Hey, Grizella!’ called Tom.

Grizella glared at him. ‘What do you want?’ She smiled nastily. ‘Had any good accidents lately?’ she added.

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