Too Small to Fail by Morris Gleitzman

Author:Morris Gleitzman
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781742533384
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia
Published: 2011-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

14

‘Oliver, wake up.’

Mum was shaking him. Oliver peered at her, still half asleep. His eyes weren’t fully working yet, but he could see that Mum’s eyes were red and puffy, almost like she’d been crying.

Oliver sat up in a panic.

Had she been watching early-morning TV? A news story about a dog being treated unkindly in the suburbs? Or even worse, on an early-morning hunting trip?

‘Oliver,’ said Mum urgently. ‘Come on, get up. We’re going to the beach.’

Oliver stared at her, trying to make his sleep-wonky brain work properly.

The beach?

He peered at his watch.

Three-twenty.

Oliver blinked a few times to check if he was still asleep. No, he wasn’t. It was actually happening. Mum was dragging him out of bed at three-twenty in the morning.

‘Get dressed,’ said Mum. ‘And put some clothes in a bag.’

She hurried out.

Oliver fumbled for his clothes. He knew he should be pleased. He’d been saying to Mum and Dad for ages he wished they could have a family holiday at the beach house.

But this didn’t feel right. You didn’t go on holiday at three-twenty in the morning.

Dad stuck his head into the room looking even more stressed than last night. His hair was sticking out as if he hadn’t even had a shower.

‘Only bring what you can carry,’ said Dad, and hurried away.

Oliver tried to make sense of this. Why would you take something on holiday you couldn’t carry? The beach house was fully furnished. There were beds and fridges already there.

Oliver shivered. This felt like one of those war movies where people had to get out in a hurry because planes full of bombs were coming.

Suddenly he had a horrible thought.

Nancy.

He didn’t know her extremely well, but one thing was obvious. She desperately wanted to save her camels. And a person who could pretend to threaten a dog’s life was capable of anything.

What if Rose had persuaded her to get tough? To put some serious pressure on Mum and Dad?

Not with a jack handle.

With threats.

Bomb threats, for example.

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