The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1987) by Sue Townsend
Author:Sue Townsend
Format: epub
Published: 1987-04-15T00:00:00+00:00
Sunday June 21st
First after Trinity. Fatherâs Day
Couldnât sleep last night for worrying about the Woodbines. After much heart-searching decided not to grant Bertâs wish. Then went to the hospital to find that Bert had bought his stinking fags from the hospital trolley!
Just measured my thing. It has grown one centimetre. I might be needing it soon.
Monday June 22nd
Woke up with sore throat, couldnât swallow, tried to shout downstairs but could only manage a croak. Tried to attract my fatherâs attention by banging on my bedroom floor with school shoe but my father shouted, âStop that bloody bangingâ. Eventually I sent the dog downstairs with a message tucked inside its collar. I waited for ages, then I heard the dog barking in the street. It hadnât delivered the message! I was close to despair. I had to get up to go to the toilet but how I got there I donât know; it is all a hazy blur. I stood at the top of the stairs and croaked as loud as I could but my father had his Alma Cogan records on so I was forced to go downstairs and tell him I was ill. My father looked in my mouth and said, âChrist Almighty, Adrian, your tonsils look like Polaris missiles! What are you doing down here? Get back into bed at once, you foolâ. He took my temperature: it was 112° Fahrenheit. By rights I should be dead.
It is now five minutes to midnight, the doctor is coming in the morning. I just pray that I can last out until then. Should the worst happen, I hereby leave all my worldly goods to Pandora Braithwaite of 69 Elm Tree Avenue. I think I am of sound mind. It is very hard to tell when youâve got a temperature of 112° Fahrenheit.
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