Oliver Fibbs and the Abominable Snow Penguin by Steve Hartley

Author:Steve Hartley [Hartley, Steve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: ebook
ISBN: 9781447220305
Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books

‘You need to read this,’ she said. ‘It has a happy thought for every day of the year. Yesterday’s was, “Butterflies are like little angels, sent to fill us full of joy.”’

I pulled a face. ‘Thanks, Pea. Now I feel sick as well.’

Peaches laughed as she flicked through the pages of the book. ‘Today’s happy thought is, “Cheer up! At least you’re not a bluebottle!”’

Actually, it was Miss Wilkins who made me feel better. She gave me the best news I’d had for ages. The half-term break was coming at the end of the week and, because we had to prepare for a big assembly show on Friday, that morning’s presentation would be the last until after the holidays.

‘I want you all to get your projects finished over the holidays,’ she announced, ‘for a final the first Monday back at school.’

I sighed with relief. After today, I wouldn’t have to suffer this for a while.

We’d still had no contact with my uncle. Even though he was a BOLD adventurer, and ‘Trouble’ was his middle name, we were all getting really worried about him. When I stood up in front of my class that morning, I was really worried about me, because I had absolutely nothing to say.

I thought about what Dad had said.

I thought about being a Bad Un.

Then I thought about being laughed at and called names again.

No contest.

I remembered the penguin-house plans spread out on Dad’s desk. . . . he was actually designing an ice palace?

. . . it’s the Palace of the Emperor of the Penguins?

‘I haven’t been able to tell you up to now,’ I said. ‘But my uncle isn’t just Ambling Across the Antarctic. No! He’s on a TOP SECRET mission to find the mythical Ice Palace of Emperor Penguin Eric III . . .’

Some of the class went, ‘Ooooooooo!’

‘. . . and on Friday night, he phoned to tell me that his wooden compass had found it!’

To add a bit of magic to my story, I thought about Jamie’s presentation on the Southern Lights. . . .

‘The palace is only visible when the Southern Lights are switched on,’ I told the class.

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