The Sleepover Club Sleep Out by Narinder Dhami

Author:Narinder Dhami [Dhami, Narinder]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780007400492
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1997-12-03T13:00:00+00:00

I opened my eyes, and blinked. For a minute, I couldn’t remember where I was. Then, through the darkness I saw the shadows of the mummy cases all lined up on the platform. I wasn’t scared, though. I mean, I have to look at Molly-the-Monster’s ugly face every morning. So why should I be scared of a load of old mummies?

I didn’t know how long I’d been asleep, but Lyndz hadn’t woken us up yet, so it couldn’t have been very long. I looked round at the others. They were all asleep, curled up in their sleeping bags. We were all lying in a row next to the platform which had the mummy cases on. Guess who was the furthest away? Yeah, go to the top of the class. Flissy Baby wasn’t taking any chances, just in case one of the mummies fancied a midnight feast.

I raised myself on my elbow, and looked cautiously across the room. Frankie’s mum was over the other side of the platform, and it looked like she was fast asleep, too. She’d been a bit surprised last night that we were so keen to go to bed, and that we didn’t want to stay awake for ages chatting, like everyone else was doing. Still, I don’t think she suspected anything was going on!

The museum was dead quiet now, though. Everyone had to be asleep, even Ryan Scott’s group, who were in the Roman Room next door. They’d kept trying to frighten us after lights out by tapping on the wall. Boys. They’re s-o-o-o-o pathetic.

I rolled over, and picked up my watch, and my eyes nearly popped right out of my head. Half past four!!! What had happened to Lyndz’s ‘brilliant’ system to wake everybody up? I leaned over and shook Frankie, who was lying next to me. When she opened her eyes, I waved my watch in front of her face.

“It’s half-past four!” I mouthed silently, pointing at the door.

Frankie nodded, and shook Rosie, who was next to her. Rosie woke Lyndz up, and Lyndz sat up, yawning and looking puzzled.

“It’s not two o’clock, is it?” she whispered.

“No, it’s half-past four!” I whispered back. “Great waking-up system, Lyndz!”

“We’d better go,” Frankie said, sliding out of her sleeping bag. “It’ll be getting light soon.”

Lyndz rolled over, and poked Fliss. Fliss opened her eyes, took one look at the mummy cases, and let out a little scream. Lyndz lunged across and tried to stop her, but it was too late.

We all froze, waiting for Frankie’s mum to sit up and ask us what was going on. But she didn’t. We heard her roll over in her sleeping bag, and then there was silence.

We didn’t even dare sigh with relief. Instead we just got to our feet, and tiptoed over to the door, which was so heavy, Frankie and I had to hold it open to let everyone slip silently out. When we were all safely outside in the corridor, we sighed with relief.

“Sorry,” Fliss said shakily. “The mummies nearly scared me to death.

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