Illustration © Kate Aldous, 2009.
'being passionately in love with Morning Glory'
Glerhus Dill Sotblug!
Okay, I admit it. I missed them. I missed the whole family. After writing about their ghastly Christmas in The More the Merrier, I wanted them back.
This time I thought I'd send them off on holiday to some bleak windswept island where the only excitements on offer are:
Harry, my (sort of) hero, and Uncle Tristram, whom we last saw throwing potatoes at the cat, set off in good spirits and with high hopes. But from the moment they fail to understand the ferryman's warning ("Glerhus Dill Sotblug!") things start to go awry.
How could we manage without Titania, that little cream-puff with feet who spent the whole of Christmas showing off. ("Can I thing you my little thong? Can I danth my little danth for you?") Well, she's not here in person. But Harry does the very best imitation he can of her recital "It wath a dark and fearthome night."
And that leads to even more trouble...
Eating Things on Sticks was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009 in the 7-14 age category.
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