The Chocopocalypse by Chris Callaghan

Author:Chris Callaghan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2017-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

“Oh, you mean the chocolate bars that were on the news?” said Mrs. Bunstable. “Can’t say I’m that interested in chocolate myself.”

Really, thought Jelly. She’d never heard of anyone who didn’t like chocolate! Especially not in Chompton.

“As long as I can have a custard cream with my cup of tea, I couldn’t give a monkey’s butt!” Mrs. Bunstable went on, winking. “Tell you what, love, I’ll keep a lookout for the postman for you.”

“Thanks,” said Jelly, edging back into the house and slowly closing the front door. “Oh, you know me,” shouted Mrs. Bunstable, making sure she could be heard by Mr. Walker. “Anything I can do to help. I’m all about helping, me. I do charity stuff all the time. I’ll probably get an award someday….”

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Jelly glared out the window, twisting her hair around her fingers. Litter was blowing around in the breeze, and she could see a host of burned-out garbage cans tipped over in the middle of the road. It was strangely quiet for a Saturday. Maybe everyone was sleeping in after a hard night’s rioting and looting. Or waiting for their chocolate, just like her? But then, why did so many people have them already? Even Maya had texted to say she had received hers.

What if the Wellingtons had been left out? What if their chocolate had been lost in the mail?

Dad put the TV on. There was nothing on any channel but footage of the riots. They seemed to have happened all over the world. Cities and towns had been ransacked as people tried to get their hands on any remaining chocolate. When they couldn’t, they grabbed anything they could: TVs, game consoles, computers and jewelry.

The prime minister made another appearance. She announced that after all the problems last night, a curfew would be in place tonight starting at six p.m. No one but the emergency services and the military would be allowed on the streets. Then things got even worse—the TV started showing people with their delivered chocolate bars. They were dancing around, waving the chocolate and the official government letter that came with each bar. Some people were even eating the chocolate! Eating it on live TV! Had they no consideration?

Jelly turned the TV off. All she could think about was her disaster ration bar. It was torture waiting for it. Her tummy twisted and grumbled, but she was saving herself for chocolate. The last chocolate she would ever have…

After she’d dried the mugs, she went up to her bedroom and lounged in her chair with her feet on the bed. As she did so, something suddenly scurried out of one of the cuffs on her jeans. An insect! Jelly instinctively grabbed a magazine and rolled it up, ready to batter it like Mum would have done.

Then she paused, looking at the insect as it ran across the carpet. Putting the magazine down, she reached instead for a glass and swiftly placed it over the unexpected visitor. She got down on the floor and looked at it carefully.

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