The Spy Who Loved Ice Cream by Sam Hay

Author:Sam Hay
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Heads down, flippers waggling, Jackson and Quigley hurtled down the rest of the corridor. But before they could reach the doors at the end—

SLAM! The doors burst open in front of them and a bossy voice shouted: “Freeze, busters! You’re in BIG trouble!”

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Thelma, the bossy tour guide, glared at them. “What do you think you’re doing?”

A tidal wave of sweat passed through Jackson’s feathers. It felt a lot like being called into the principal’s office. “Um—sorry,” he squeaked. “We got lost.”

“You betcha you did!” Thelma put her muscly flippers on her hips. “I warned you!” she said, leaning in so close that Jackson could smell her breakfast: peanut butter and smoked sardines! “I told you to STAY ON THE BLUE FOOTPRINTS!”

“We’re sorry. We were just looking for the—um—bathroom.” Jackson hung his head. Is now the time to try out my fake crying skills? he wondered. He’d been practicing the technique for weeks—secret-agent survival skill number forty-seven: how to look really sorry to elicit sympathy from your enemy. Not that this worked all the time, Jackson had discovered. He’d tried the technique on his mom two days before, when he’d used her favorite china cup in a balancing experiment that hadn’t gone quite as well as he’d hoped. The fake tears had been an epic fail.

“We won’t do it again,” Quigley added, shuffling his feet.

“Well, all right, then,” Thelma said. “I forgive you!”

“You do?” Jackson gave Quigley a sideways glance. Surely this couldn’t be that easy? “No punishment?”

“Ha! Who do you think I am? Your mom?” Thelma laughed.

Jackson laughed nervously. Maybe she actually did know his mom!

“Follow me,” Thelma said. “We’re about to do the fun bit—make ice cream sundaes. But STAY ON THE BLUE FOOTPRINTS!”

They followed Thelma through the doors, down the hall, and into a large visitors’ area where groups of penguins making ice cream sundaes sat around circular tables. Lily from school waved to them. Her little cousin and her cousin’s friends seemed to have more ice cream on their faces, flippers, and the table than in their dishes. Come and sit with us, she mouthed, PLEASE!

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