My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken by Jackie French

Author:Jackie French [Jackie French]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780730444435
Publisher: HarperCollins

Chapter 13

Finding a Disguise

Drackie was starting to wonder if he’d ever see a dark and stormy night again! And now not only was it not stormy, it was daylight too!

They seemed to have been on the mainland for weeks! Had they really only arrived last night?

Drackie was tired…and hungry again too.

Almost hungry enough to try another hamburger and milkshake or to vampirise a lettuce. And, actually, the juice in that tomato had tasted almost like guinea pig blood and had squelched beautifully when he sucked it out…

Drackie wrenched his mind back to the matter at hand. They had to rescue Fang…

Auntie Chook was still trying to read the grubby note they’d found in the rabbit-faced man’s pocket. ‘“A kilometre past the old lighthouse”,’ she read. ‘“Then three caves from the black rock…” You know, that’s quite a way away, kids!’

‘Well, come on!’ said Drackie impatiently. Fang needed him! And the sooner they rescued Fang, he thought a little bit guiltily, the sooner he could have a proper meal, like goat’s blood and cat juice washed down with a big glass of thick camel blood, maybe, and then…

‘Just how do you think we’re going to get there?’ demanded Auntie Chook.

‘Easy!’ said Drackie. ‘You turn into a chicken and fly us there! That’s what Mum and Dad do! They turn into bats and as long as I’m touching them I can fly too!’

‘That’s right,’ agreed Cousin Snot. ‘Drackie can hold onto one wing and I’ll hold onto the other.’

‘There are just two problems,’ said Auntie Chook.

‘What?’ asked Drackie.

‘Chooks might have wings, but they’re not very good at flying! I forgot to check that out before I decided to change into one,’ said Auntie Chook. ‘I can stay up in the air OK but I’m all flap and no speed!’

‘Oh,’ said Drackie. ‘What’s the second problem?’

‘What do you think the humans are going to say if they see a giant chicken flying through the sky with a pair of kid-sized vampires holding on?’

‘Oh,’ said Drackie again.

‘Mmm.’ Cousin Snot looked thoughtful. Then she grinned. ‘I’ve got an idea!’ she said.

‘Uh-oh,’ said Drackie.

Cousin Snot ignored him. ‘It’s easy!’ she said. ‘All we have to do is disguise ourselves!’

‘How do you disguise a flying vampire chicken with two vampire kids trailing behind her?’ demanded Drackie.

‘Simple! What do humans expect to see flying?’ she asked Auntie Chook.

Auntie Chook frowned. ‘Um…pigeons…but there’s no way I could disguise myself as a pigeon. Their feathers are too boring! Pigeons are smaller than chickens too,’ she added.

‘What else?’ demanded Cousin Snot.

‘How about a flying carpet!’ suggested Drackie eagerly. ‘I once read a book about kids on a flying carpet.’

‘That’s just a story,’ said Cousin Snot scornfully. ‘This is real life! How about a dragon?’ she asked Auntie Chook. ‘Could you disguise yourself as a dragon?’

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