Pencil of Doom! by Andy Griffiths

Author:Andy Griffiths
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pan Macmillan Australia

35

Wishes

‘Well, yesterday was exciting, wasn’t it?’ asked Mr Brainfright.

‘Exciting?’ said David. ‘Jenny was almost killed!’

‘No thanks to you!’ said Gretel.

‘What do you mean by that?’ said David.

‘You were so scared you jumped out the window!’

David shook his head. ‘I didn’t do it because I was scared,’ he said. ‘I went to get help!’

‘By jumping out a window?’ said Gretel.

‘Well, I couldn’t exactly go out the door, could I? There was a lion in the way!’

‘All right, calm down,’ said Mr Brainfright. ‘It’s over now. And thanks to Newton’s quick thinking, nobody was hurt.’

Newton’s face reddened. ‘It wasn’t really quick thinking,’ he said. ‘I just got such a fright when the lion roared that my arm jerked and the rabbit’s foot flew out of my hand.’

‘Nevertheless, you managed to distract Kitty at a crucial moment, thus saving Jenny’s life,’ said Mr Brainfright. ‘You should be very proud of yourself, Newton. Not only did you save Jenny, but you confronted nine of your top ten fears all at the same time!’

‘I’m still scared of lions, though,’ said Newton.

‘But Jenny’s alive, and that’s the important thing!’ said Mr Brainfright.

‘I wish it had been a pony that escaped from the circus,’ said Gina.

‘I wish it had been a whole bunch of ponies,’ Penny chimed in. ‘Dancing ponies with plumes and sparkly saddles!’

‘Speaking of ponies,’ said Mr Brainfright, ‘how are your horses, girls?’

‘The lion got them,’ said Gina sadly.

‘Are they all right?’ asked Jenny.

‘No,’ Penny replied. ‘They’re in the hospital.’

‘In a very serious condition,’ added Gina.

‘I’m sorry to hear that,’ said Mr Brainfright.

Jack sighed and rolled his eyes. ‘I’m not,’ he said. ‘I’m only sorry that it wasn’t a T-Rex that escaped. It would have stood on the horses and then it would have squashed the whole school and we would have gotten the rest of the year off!’

‘Be careful what you wish for, Jack,’ said Mr Brainfright. ‘Because it might just come true.’

‘That’s what my mother always says,’ said Jenny.

‘She’s a wise woman,’ said Mr Brainfright. ‘Wishes are dangerous things. Sometimes they come true, but not quite in the way you expect. My father once told me a story about a friend of his who—No, I can’t tell you that . . . much too frightening for a Wednesday morning.’

‘Ohhhh!’ groaned the class all in one voice. ‘Tell us! Please!’

Mr Brainfright shook his head. ‘No . . . I can’t . . . It’s really not suitable . . .’

‘Please!’ we begged. ‘Pleeeeease!’

Mr Brainfright looked at the door. Then he shrugged. ‘All right,’ he said. ‘But don’t tell anybody I told you this . . . and don’t say I didn’t warn you!’

We nodded.

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