The Bare Bum Gang Battles the Dogsnatchers by Anthony McGowan

Author:Anthony McGowan [Anthony McGowan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: RHCP
Published: 2013-05-16T04:00:00+00:00

I DIDN’T TALK about the mission any more then, because I knew that this was a job for an Elite Force, the best of the best, which probably wouldn’t include The Moan (because of the moaning) or Jamie (because of him being slightly thick).

So my Elite Force was going to be me, Noah, who always said that he wasn’t afraid of snakes, and Jenny, who wasn’t afraid of anything.

At tea time my mum and dad were talking about the mysterious disappearances again. There had been more of them, and it wasn’t only dogs now that had gone missing. A Persian cat called Fatty had vanished from a house on the new estate. And a parrot called Potty had gone too, leaving an empty cage behind.

It was obvious now what was happening. Ray Quasar was working his evil way through all the animals in town, and would soon move on to humans, probably beginning with the babies, before swallowing the children and finishing up with the adults, as a kind of dessert.

By my calculations, within three weeks there would be nothing left alive in town except for one bloated python. Or boa constrictor.

I telephoned Noah after tea.

‘There have been developments. We’re meeting at Declan’s house at nineteen hundred hours o’clock.’

I wouldn’t tell him any more. Then I phoned Jennifer and explained all about Ray Quasar. She was very pleased to have been selected for the mission, especially as her brother, The Moan, hadn’t been.

Declan answered the door.

‘Hello. What do you want?’

‘We’ve come to talk to you,’ I said, trying to sound like a detective or a secret agent. ‘And your snake.’

‘You want to talk to Ray Quasar? I thought it was only Harry Potter who could speak snake language.’

Then Jenny pushed past me. ‘Look,’ she said, ‘we just want to find out some things about your snake. It’s for a project. Can we come and see it?’

‘OK.’

Declan led the way upstairs. ‘Is this for school?’ he asked.

‘Sort of,’ I said.

Declan opened the door to his bedroom. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I thought there might be a giant python (or boa constrictor) coiled around his bed. But the only things on his bed were a duvet, a pillow, and a special display case with his best Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

Then I saw the fish tank. Well, I suppose you’d have to call it a snake tank, because that’s what was in it.

‘Come over to my vivarium.’

‘Is it safe?’ I asked.

I was worried in case Jennifer had a panic attack.

‘Of course it’s safe,’ said Jennifer.

We gathered round the snake tank – I mean, vivarium. It contained a dried-up branch from a tree, and there was a little wooden house in one corner. Oh, and there was a snake in there.

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