Goldfish from Beyond the Grave #4 by Sam Hay; Illustrated by Simon Cooper

Author:Sam Hay; Illustrated by Simon Cooper
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group, USA
Published: 2015-02-20T05:00:00+00:00

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One of the twins had found a bucket full of toys and was tipping them into the pool. Rubber ducks and plastic fish bobbed about in the water.

Joe turned off the hose and picked one up. “How about we play catch the goldfish?”

The children squealed, and made a dive for the floating fish.

“So, do these fish look like the ones in Dan’s room?” asked Joe, hoping to catch a guilty look on someone’s face.

Lily frowned. “I don’t know. We’re not allowed in Dan’s room.”

“What about you . . . um . . . Billy?” Joe asked the hand-biter. “Do you sometimes go and look at Dan’s goldfish?”

The little boy stuck his tongue out at Joe.

“Great,” Joe muttered. Then he bent down to speak to Fizz (pretending to fiddle with the hose, so no one would notice). “Are you sure you don’t remember anything about the person who flushed you? What about the hand that held the net? Was it big or small?”

“I told you, I couldn’t see anything!” growled the fish.

Joe groaned. How was he supposed to crack this case when his only witness was an undead goldfish?

“Hey, kids—want something to eat?” Uncle Frank came over carrying two serving dishes. “Fresh off the barbecue! We’ve got hot dogs, burgers, and tons of fish—”

“What?” Fizz said. “Did he say fish?”

“—tiger shrimp, sardines, mackerel . . . ,” said Uncle Frank proudly.

“Monster!” growled Fizz. And then suddenly he disappeared.

“More water!” wailed Lily.

Joe turned on the hose, but nothing came out. He peered inside, then gave it a shake, but still no water came out. “Something must be jamming it,” he said.

Uncle Frank, meanwhile, was still going on about his favorite fish to barbecue. “Look at those shrimp—don’t they look juicy! Go on, Joe, try one . . .”

Suddenly there was a loud POP, and Fizz burst out of the pipe, along with all the water that had built up behind him.

SKOOSH!!!!!!!! The hose whipped out of control, spraying water over all of them.

“Hey!” yelped Uncle Frank, trying to shield the food.

“Sorry, sorry!” said Joe, wrestling wildly with the twitching hose.

“Joe funny!” Lolly giggled.

“Daddy all wet.” Lily laughed.

And then all the children joined in—belly laughing hysterically and pointing at Uncle Frank and his soaking wet shirt.

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