Whizziwig and Whizziwig Returns by Malorie Blackman

Author:Malorie Blackman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781407049182
Publisher: RHCP

After ducking down in someone’s front garden and hiding behind a letter box and two trees to make sure she wasn’t seen, Mum finally made it to the nearest phone box. She dialled Daniel’s mobile, but it just kept ringing.

‘Come on, Daniel,’ Mum muttered.

There was no answer. And now an elderly woman was standing outside the phone box waiting to use it. And she was giving Mum a very peculiar look as she waited. Mum put the phone down and tried again, in case she’d dialled the wrong number. No luck. It still kept ringing. And now a young man and a teenage girl had joined the queue outside. Mum’s whole body was on fire with embarrassment. Heaven only knew what they thought of her, standing in the phone box in her dressing gown and slippers and muttering to herself.

Mum came out, doing her best not to catch anyone’s eye. What was she going to do now? There was only one answer. She’d have to get Ben’s front-door key – which meant walking all the way to his school. She didn’t fancy that idea at all, but she had no choice. At least she could cut through the park. That should be less embarrassing than walking along the main road.

Mum slunk along in the shadows, hiding behind cars and even behind a lamppost when she thought she spotted someone she knew. When at last she did reach the park, she breathed a huge sigh of relief. She ran in and darted from tree to tree like an overgrown squirrel. No way was she going to be seen. Now, if she could just make it around the pond and the children’s playground to the opposite exit, then she’d—

‘Gina? Gina, is that you?’

Mum recognized that voice at once. She didn’t need to turn around to know that it was her friend, Ramona. Instantly, she legged it in the opposite direction. If Ramona realized that it was definitely her, then Mum knew she’d never hear the end of it. And she’d never live it down! Minutes later, she was well hidden behind the broad trunk of an old oak tree. Panting for breath, she risked a quick peek out from behind the trunk. She immediately ducked back again. Ramona and her grey poodle were heading in her direction, and they were getting closer and closer. Mum looked around frantically. The bushes by the pond – they were her only hope! She ran for them, trying to use the tree trunks to keep her out of Ramona’s sight. Finally she made it, squatting down behind the bushes, hardly daring to breathe. A duck waddled up onto the narrow bank beside Mum and, fixing her with a ‘that’s my spot!’ stare, quacked and quacked.

‘Shush!’ Mum begged the duck.

‘Isn’t that bizarre, Gertie?’ Mum heard Ramona say to her poodle. ‘I could’ve sworn I saw Gina . . . But it couldn’t have been. I mean, what would she be doing in the park in her dressing gown.

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