Clarice Bean by Lauren Child
Author:Lauren Child
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
SIX
Merrily on High
At breakfast it is just me and grandad listening to the Christmas radio songs, eating our Sugar Puffs. Iâm not sure where everyone else has gone but it is very quiet except for the tree branch outside, which keeps tapping at the window.
Grandad says heâs had an idea.
He says,
âI asked Peggy about it and she said
she thought it was a good one.â
And I wait for him to tell me what the idea is.
Grandad says, âI ALWAYS trust Peggy.
She always knows whatâs right,â
and then he starts talking about something else Peggy once said when he lost his keys in the park.
It is quite a long story, which is rambling on
and making me fidget.
So I say, âGrandad, WHAT is your idea that
Peggy agrees is a good one?â
He says,
âHelp walk the dogs.â
I am not sure what he is talking about but then Mum comes out of the larder and says,
âHe means Karlâs dogs
and Karlâs motherâs dogs â
if you help walk them,
then Karl can earn his Christmas money
and Mrs Wrenbury can stay home
with Karlâs brother and this can be
your Christmas present to Karl.â
I say, âBut two of us isnât enough,â
and Grandad says,
âBut me and Peggy will help
and together we would be able to manage
his two dog customers as well as
his motherâs five dog customers
and Cement.â
It is a very remarkable idea and I agree with it.
So Grandad calls Karlâs mum and she says,
âYes, that will really cheer him up.â
Then she says, âAnd, you know what,
I would love to stay home with Alf
and watch the Muppets.â
And so me and Grandad and Cement walk over the hill to the block of flats where Karl lives.
We can see Karl and his mum waving to us from the second-floor balcony. Alf is waving next to her in a bobble hat and a far-too-big coat.
Karlâs mum calls down,
âKarl knows where to pick up
the dogs so he will lead the way.â
Grandad calls back, âRighto.â
Karlâs mum calls out,
âI canât tell you what this means to Karl.â
Karl makes a stupid face at his mum and Karlâs mum pulls his hat down over his eyes.
And she calls out,
âThanks so much!â
and Alf calls out, âThanks so much.â
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