The Curse Of Captain Cross-eyed (2009) - Plot & Excerpts
said Dad, when I got home. “Mum didn’t have time. Gran’s poorly so she’s gone over to see her.” “Oh no!” I groaned. Pushing Ellie’s pram around was so uncool. But, with Dad out of action, there was nothing else for it. Ellie stopped chewing the ear of her pink rabbit just long enough for me to put on her shoes and coat. “Eets. Eets,” she grinned, as I strapped her into the pushchair. “No sweets,” I said sternly. “You’re fat enough. Walkies,” I nodded to Brutus, who was hovering hopefully nearby. He wagged his tail and we set off along the road. We reached Mr Maini’s corner shop and that gave me an idea. I could take Ellie and Brutus for their walk along Weird Street. That way I could try to catch a glimpse of Captain Cross-eyed. “You’re a genius, Jonny Smith,” I said. And it was a good idea when I was whizzing the two-ton toddler down Barr Avenue, but not when I had to push her up Weird Street. “How would you like to pull the pushchair up the hill, like a husky?”
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