The Scruffy Sea Otter by Amelia Cobb

Author:Amelia Cobb [Amelia Cobb and Sophy Williams]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857638472
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2017-03-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Mr Pinch’s Plan

“But I don’t want to go to bed!”

It was Tuesday evening and Zoe was helping Auntie Carol to get Olivia ready for bed – but it was turning out to be more difficult than Zoe had imagined! Olivia had put on her spotty pyjamas, drunk her cup of warm milk and brushed her teeth, but she did not want to go up to bed – no matter how hard Auntie Carol and Zoe tried to persuade her.

“Zoe can stay up late! Why can’t I?” she complained, stamping her little feet on the kitchen floor. “I’m a big girl too!”

Zoe held out her hand and smiled at her little cousin. “Yes, you are! And when you’re even bigger, you’ll be able to stay up a bit later, like me. Come on, let’s go up to your bedroom together,” she suggested. “We can pick a story and I’ll read it to you! And Eddie can listen too,” she added, picking up Olivia’s tattered teddy from the floor, where Olivia had thrown him.

Olivia flung Eddie straight back down again, only just missing Meep. Zoe tried not to laugh as the little lemur scampered quickly to the kitchen window and hid behind the curtain, his cross little face peeping out. “I’m staying right here until Olivia goes to bed!” he squeaked firmly.

“I don’t want a story!” grumbled Olivia. “I want to stay up!”

Auntie Carol sighed, but Zoe suddenly had an idea. “OK, Olivia!” she replied, smiling. “You can stay up. In fact, you’re not allowed to go to bed! Not until you’ve played a special game with me. How does that sound?”

Olivia’s face lit up and she nodded.

“First of all, you’ve got to do ten star jumps!” Zoe told her. “I’ll count. Ready? One … two … three…”

Giggling, Olivia reached her hands up in the air and started jumping. “Next I want you to twirl around in a circle three times!” said Zoe. “Then tell me your ten favourite colours… And then do a roly-poly along the hallway carpet!”

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