The adventures of Abigail.: - the church mouse, episodes 1 to 12 by Martin Bourne

Author:Martin Bourne [Bourne, Martin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Vandering Publications
Published: 2014-12-30T00:00:00+00:00

The eighth adventure of Abigail.

It was a lovely Sunday morning. The sun was shining down and everybody who came through the Church door was smiling. Abigail the Church mouse looked happily out from her little hidey-hole in the pulpit. She was looking forward to the morning service, the first one of spring. Besides, Abigail knew that people always seemed to sing louder and enjoy themselves more when the sun was shining. She wasn't quite sure why. God was still the same whether it was raining or sunny, but there it was.

Abi had just finished thinking that when out of one of the windows she saw a very strange sight. What looked like a spiky ball had been placed right outside her very own secret door into the Church!

"How curious", thought Abigail. "That wasn't there before".

There was still a few minutes before the service began, so Abi quickly ran straight back to her secret door. She carefully opened it and peered out. Sure enough there WAS a spiky ball, and a loud Zzzz'ing noise was coming from it!

Now you've all probably guessed what this spiky ball was, but Abigail was so surprised that it wasn't until two blinking eyes and a tiny snout appeared that she realised it was a hedgehog.

"OOHHH-oh-oh-aaarrgHHH!" yawned the face, very slowly.

"Is that you Snuffles?" said Abigail, even more surprised.

"Ye-e-esc," said the face yawning again. "How aaarrgHHH.... you, Abi?"

"I'm very well, thank you,” said Abigail. "Do come in Snuffles, the service is just about to begin."

Snuffles ambled in, yawning all the time. "I haven't seen you for AGES, Snuffles" said Abigail. "Where have you been?"

"Ohhh, I've bee-eeeen asleep," yawned Snuffles. "Hedgehogs do, you know, in the winter."

Well, Abigail was far too polite to say anything but she was really looking forward to the service, and Snuffles was moving so very slowly Abi began to think that they would miss the start. In spite of everything though, they were just in time.

It was wonderful. Everyone sang beautifully. The boys and girls did all the actions to the choruses. The sermon made everyone think - Abigail was really happy at the end.

"Did you enjoy that Snuffles?" she said, excitedly.

"Zzzzz…eh…ohhh", said Snuffles, jerking herself upright. "Er...well, I must admit I…ah…I sort of nodded off about the time they started talking about Bible studies".

Abigail was confused. "Those were the notices!"

"Were they? Oh.... well the bits before that were very good".

"There wasn't anything before that! They were read out at the start!" Abigail almost shouted.

There was a pause. Snuffles blinked.

"Oh, Snuffles!" said Abigail, rather crossly. "You fell asleep and missed everything didn't you!"

Snuffles snuffled huffily and curled up tight into a ball. Abigail sighed. She had forgotten how easily Snuffles got upset.

"Snuffles?" she said, gently. "I'm sorry I got angry with you". But the hedgehog stayed tight in her ball, and no matter what Abi said or did, she wouldn't come out or say anything. To make matters worse, it was only when Abi gave up and decided to go home that she realised that Snuffles had curled up in the passageway.

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