Agatha Parrot and the Mushroom Boy by Poskitt Kjartan Read Free Book Online Page A

well-deserved perfect luxury.
    But that’s when Tilly came in. She could have sat on the armchair, but she didn’t. Instead she pulled my legs off the sofa, and then climbedup and sat herself down right close up next to me.
    â€˜This is a bit boring,’ said Tilly.
    â€˜Then go away,’ I told her. ‘I’m watching it.’
    â€˜I want to watch
Ballet Bears
,’ said Tilly.
    â€˜No way little girl. I was here first.’
    Tilly sat there very quietly for a minute. It was spooky. Tilly never sat that quietly. It was putting meright off. ‘Tilly, can’t you just go away?’ I said.
    â€˜But I want to watch
Ballet Bears
.’
    â€˜Well you can’t.’
    â€˜Oh yes I can.’ Tilly sounded very sure of herself.
    I didn’t like the sound of this, especially when she went on to say my name really slowly like this: ‘Ag-gath-aaar? You know when James was prodding the cake and the telly channel changed?’
    No, I didn’t like the sound of this one bit.
    â€˜Does James know that you were hiding the remote up your sleeve and pushing the buttons? I know, I saw you. You wouldn’t like me to tell him, would you?’
    Tilly lay back on the sofa and brought her legs up so she could push me off, but she didn’t have to. I know when I’m beaten. All I could do was get up and hand over the remote.
Ballet Bears
came on, and Tilly rolled over to make herself comfortable.
    Just for once I found myselfagreeing with James. Gosh I
hate
little sisters too.

The Ending
    T hat’s the end of the story, and ever since then James has been really nice and we’ve all lived happily ever after in our little house at number 5 Odd Street . . .
    . . . and
that’s
a big fat lie ha ha! But you guessed thatdidn’t you? So give yourself a round of applause clap clap clap WAHOO for YOU.
    Of course James is still as horrible as ever, but I’ll tell you something secretly true about big brothers. If we didn’t have any big brothers in the world, it wouldn’t be so much fun. For instance, there was one time when James was getting emails from our cousin Bella who we never see, and she ended up thinking he wasin big deep LOVE with her! (Gosh how could that have happened eh? OK I admit it was sort of my fault, I had this idea that went just a little bit slightly wrong . . . oooops ha ha! )
    Sadly the old bloke that’s typing all this out for me says we’ve nearly run out of pages, so we’ll have to leave that story for another book. Instead I’ll fill up the last bit of space with a cake recipe which might comein handy for you if your school is having a fete. Hope you like it and WELL DONE for reading all of this book because it’s got 12,731 words! (The old bloke just counted them on his computer).
    And remember, if you HAVE got a big brother, don’t be too mean to him. He can’t help being a) big and b) a brother. What’s he supposed to do about it? Turn into a pet rabbit or a giant pizza or something? Ha ha that’d be so wicked!
    Good Byeeeeeeee!

How to Make a Cake
    by Agatha Jane Parrot . . .
    This is how to make a sponge cake. (Other cakes are a bit harder and fruit cakes take ages so it’s better to buy one in a shop.)
    What you need:
    â€¢ A cupful of soft butter or margarine (or maybe a bit less)

    â€¢ A cupful of caster sugar. This is like normal sugar but more powdery.

    â€¢ A cupful of self-raising flour (or maybe a bit more)
    â€¢ 3 eggs

    â€¢ Loads of jam and cream and stuff

    What you have to do:
    1.   Get an old person to turn on the oven so it warms up. Tell them that it needs to be set to 4°C or gas mark 180. Or maybe it’s the other way round.
    2.   Mix up the butter and the caster sugar in a big bowl. You need to squidge it round and round with a spoon so it all turns into a big mushy lump.
    3.   Break the eggs into a different bowl. Pick all the bits