Alice Dent and the Incredible Germs by Gwen Lowe

Author:Gwen Lowe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chicken House

‘Nice pyjamas!’ grinned Kevin when they met up at midnight. They were all wearing identical shapeless outfits, and Alice had to admit that Jago was right. Their baggy brown school pyjamas were more like badly made tracksuits than nightclothes.

Much to their amazement, Jago’s plan had worked perfectly.

‘How on earth did you work out Mrs Peasley’s password?’ Alice asked him in awe.

Jago shrugged. ‘Easy, for a Genius like me,’ he replied. ‘It was obviously Miss-Grammaticus-Is-Perfect.’

This made Alice want to giggle quite badly, but the others soon shut her up.

‘I’m scared!’ whispered Chloe, as they crept nervously through the dark corridors.

‘Yer fine, no one’s gonna be up,’ Kevin told her, but he was wrong. At the entrance hall, Jago abruptly halted them.

‘Look!’ he hissed, pointing.

Alice’s heart almost exploded – Mrs Peasley’s office door was slightly ajar, with yellow light spilling outwards.

‘Oh no! She’s still awake! What’s she doing?’

‘Probably thinking of new ways to torture us,’ Kevin whispered.

They crept forward very gingerly. As they drew level with the open door, Alice felt sick. She could see Mrs Peasley inside, humming happily as she polished her dusting trophies.

Chloe gulped in terror.

Mrs Peasley paused, lifting her head suspiciously. Terrified, they all dived back into the shadows, just as Mrs Peasley strode to her door and peered out.

Hurriedly, Kevin pulled something from his pocket and tossed it upwards. It landed with a click in the corridor opposite and Mrs Peasley immediately scuttled off to investigate.

And as soon as she disappeared out of the hall, they dashed for the front door.

‘What was that?’ hissed Jago.

‘Rat treat from Pest Control – knew it would come in handy.’

Alice felt giggles rising up.

‘Don’t start!’ warned Chloe as she slid back the huge door bolts. ‘I’ll wait here and cover up for you if there’s trouble,’ she promised, just as they had planned earlier.

‘I calculate we’ll be back in exactly four hours,’ instructed Jago. ‘Be here then – we need you to let us back in.’

Chloe nodded.

‘Good luck,’ she whispered, closing the door behind them.

‘How do we get over that?’ asked Alice, when they reached the boundary wall.

‘Use these to catch that tree branch and swing over,’ said Jago, plucking something out of a nearby bush.

Alice stared.

‘No way!’ she protested.

Jago was holding several pairs of trainers with enormous springs attached to their soles.

‘I made them in my Advanced Engineering class,’ he said proudly.

‘Yer off your rocker if yer think we’re wearing them,’ said Kevin.

‘Theoretically, they work!’ Jago protested, sounding hurt. ‘I’ve done all the calculations!’

Kevin swore loudly. ‘All right, show us. If we’re not picking bits of yer splattered over the wall, we’ll ’ave a go.’

Jago laced up the trainers, stood up and began to run.

‘Wow, that’s amazing!’ said Alice, as Jago rose higher with each bound. He sprung up into the air, caught the tree branch easily and swung over the wall.

Kevin swore again. ‘That’s a blinking miracle!’

Alice had three goes before she managed to scramble over. As she lay gasping on the grass, Kevin landed lightly at her feet.

He hauled Alice upright.

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