Belly Flop by Morris Gleitzman

Author:Morris Gleitzman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781742620190
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia
Published: 2013-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Sorry to disturb you so late, Doug, but I’ve thought of something.

I’m not sure if you’re going to like it.

Or even if it’s possible.

Oh well, here goes.

What I’m hoping, Doug, is that angels can stop being invisible for a bit and appear to kids.

You know, if there’s a really really important reason for them to do it, like saving a town and a dad.

I’ve been thinking about it for hours since I went to bed and I reckon it is possible.

I read in the paper once about some kids in Peru who said they saw an angel, and I reckon they were telling the truth. I reckon Dad was wrong about them having fried their brains from sitting too close to their computer screens.

If their angel could appear to them, I reckon you could appear to a group of kids in this town standing on your head.

Not actually standing on your head but, though you can if you want.

In a blaze of light would be better.

With fireworks in the background.

And maybe some laser beams or something.

If I arrange things this end, could you do it tomorrow night?

Please?

It’s all set, Doug.

Wasn’t easy, but.

None of the kids believed me at first.

‘Bull,’ said Matthew Conn.

‘As if,’ said Jacquie Chaplin.

‘Jeez, you’re a pin brain,’ said Danielle Wicks.

‘It’s true,’ I said.

‘Yeah, right,’ sneered Andy Howard. ‘What’s this angel gunna do after he’s appeared, drop into the Gas ‘N’ Gobble for some hot chips and a grease and oil change on his wings?’

The others all laughed, which just shows how desperate kids in this town are for real entertainment.

I frantically tried to think of something to take their minds off being pikers.

‘It’ll be pretty spectacular,’ I said. ‘Fireworks, probably.’

‘I doubt it,’ said Cathy Saxby. ‘Seeing as there’s been a total fire ban for the last eight years.’

‘Pin brain,’ said Danielle Wicks.

They started to wander off.

I was losing them.

Then Carla saved me.

‘If Doug does show up,’ she said, ‘where’s he gunna show up at?’

Her eyes were glittering and I couldn’t tell if she was having a go at me or not.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Troy and Brent Malley walking towards me across the playground with mean faces and that was when I had the idea.

‘The Malleys’ place,’ I said loudly. ‘Doug’s gunna appear tonight down by the creek bed at the Malleys’ place.’

The other kids stopped and turned and looked at Troy and Brent.

My mouth was dryer than a garden tap, but I made it keep on talking.

‘And when the world hears about it,’ I said to Troy and Brent, ‘your place’ll probably become a top tourist attraction and you won’t have to move.’

Troy and Brent looked at each other.

Then they looked at me.

‘Fair dinkum?’ said Troy.

‘Yes,’ I said.

The other kids looked at me and then at Troy and Brent again and then at me again.

Brent put his face close to mine.

‘If you’re bulling, we’ll do you,’ he said.

‘I know,’ I said.

‘What time?’ asked Sean Howe.

I told them about eight.

Hope that’s OK with you, Doug.

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