Osbert by Noel Streatfeild

Author:Noel Streatfeild
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic UK
Published: 2019-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Their mother did notice, for at one o’clock relations would arrive.

“Where,” she asked, “is Peter?”

The children did not answer, so she called their father. He asked, too:

“Where is Peter?”

Ann saw they had to confess.

“He’s gone to fetch Osbert.”

Father’s voice for once was angry.

“Fetch Osbert! But I said Osbert was to go to a neighbour.”

Ann nodded.

“I know, but we … we thought…”

There were feet running up the path. Peter opened the front door, but did not himself come in. Instead, in walked a dog who, for a moment, nobody recognised.

Monsieur Toto had done a wonderful job. He had given Osbert a permanent wave. Where once had been lank hair were now little tight curls. He had shampooed him with a very expensive shampoo. He had clipped him. His legs now seemed to be wearing ebony cowboy trousers. His tail had been shaved except for the very tip where there was a bunch of curls. Parts of the rest of him had been clipped, but not his head. On that was a festoon of curls tied with a yellow bow. In the bow was fastened a spray of orange blossom.

The wedding started. When every guest had arrived, a photographer came to take pictures of the wedding group.

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