I Swapped My Brother On The Internet by Jo Simmons

Author:Jo Simmons
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781408877760
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Both boys attacked their cereal. Their spoons were a blur. Milk splattered their faces and their jaws jumped up and down as they demolished the cornflakes. Jonny was fast, but – giant, really colourful swear word! – Alfie was quicker. His mouth looked like a hamster’s, rapid-fire chewing the food, turning it into cornflake mush and swallowing it.

DING-A-LING-A-LING!

The boys threw down their spoons. Alfie had cleared his bowl. Jonny still had a few flakes floating at the bottom in a puddle of milk.

‘Ooof!’ said Alfie, doing some kind of victory gesture that looked faintly rude. ‘Told you I could beat you! I win the bet!’

‘Best of three!’ said Jonny. He couldn’t quite believe he was doing this. A cornflake-eating competition at 6.30 a.m.? Madness! But Alfie’s restless energy and need to compete had pushed Jonny to the brink. If Alfie was to work out as his brother, Jonny had to show him who was boss, and prove he was the oldest and the best. He had to fight, conquer, WIN! And, hopefully, shut Alfie up once and for all.

Jonny refilled the bowls, poured the milk, reset the timer and they were off again.

This time Jonny shovelled as fast as he could, barely breathing between mouthfuls. When the timer went, he dropped his spoon and gasped for air. He had done it! His bowl was empty. He glanced at Alfie’s. There were still some cornflakes left in it.

‘Beat you!’ shouted Jonny. ‘Ha! I did it! You got owned! Beaten!’

‘There’s still one more round,’ said Alfie.

Both boys now looked grimly determined. This was the decider. Jonny had never felt more competitive in his life. The fate of his whole existence, his home, the town he lived in, the very world seemed to be resting on this final bowl.

Jonny set the timer again, gripped his spoon and …

‘Go!’ he shouted.

They plunged their spoons into their third bowl of cornflakes. Jonny’s jaw ached but he was determined to win. He glanced at Alfie and was delighted to see him slowing down. Then Alfie clutched his stomach and dropped his spoon with a clatter on the floor. Jonny looked up, just in time to see Alfie open his mouth and let out an enormous …

BUUURRRPPPP!

The blast hit Jonny in the face. It was so powerful it seemed to blow him backwards in his chair. Powerful, and also damp. It smelled of milk and mashed cornflakes. There was even a whiff of yesterday’s doughnuts in there too. Disgusting, Jonny thought, and his body agreed. He raced upstairs to the bathroom and was sick. Outside the door he could hear Alfie laughing.

‘Did you just throw up?’ he said. ‘Excellent! You know what that means? I win the bet.’

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