'An own goal,' said Daddy. 'Right at the end.' 'An own goal Number Two? asked Jeremy James.
'I don't know what's got into that child,' said Mummy. Daddy elbowed himself upright offthe doorpost, took one hand out of one pocket ('Take your hands out of your pockets, Jeremy James!') yawned, and announced, 'Maybe I'll go and clean the car.'
Mummy didn't say, 'There won't be time before tea,' though Daddy waited quite a while for her to say it, and so Daddy eventually left the kitchen, crossed the dining room, entered the hall, opened the front door, and went out of the house. Jeremy James stood at the window and wondered what new words Daddy would use.
Daddy didn't use any words. Daddy's mouth fell open, and then Daddy came back to the house, opened the front door, entered the hall, crossed the dining room, and held himself up by the kitchen doorpost.
Continued on P6 of Elelphants Don't Sit On Cars.
Next weeks book: Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
