She was her usual sprightly self, not a bit put out by all the tricks her young charges had got up to yesterday. Dan apologized for their behaviour. Cassie said he didn’t have to, that she had just the same kind of trouble with Freddy, and that it never got her down. ‘Me dad asked where their mum was,’ she said. ‘She’s away a lot,’ said Dan. ‘Oh, lor’, poor woman, fancy bein’ away all that much,’ said Cassie. ‘Never mind, Mr Rogers, I’ll look after them this mornin’ and see to their midday meal.’ ‘Would you keep them out of the yard?’ asked Dan. ‘Oh, I’ll take them ’ome with me again,’ said Cassie, ‘and make sure they don’t try to feed me parrot to me cat.’ ‘If they do, take them to the Zoo and feed them to the lions,’ said Dan. ‘Oh, ’elp, I don’t want to be fed to no lions,’ said Bubbles. ‘Nor me,’ said Penny-Farving. ‘Behave yourselves, then,’ said Dan, and went up to knock on Tilly’s door. ‘Keep out,’ called Tilly.
