Aunt Effie: Part 3

By JACK LASENBY

Stags' heads, buffaloes, lions, elephants, dinosaurs, snakes, crocodiles, tigers, boars, and leopards watching us from the walls, their eyes winking and glinting. We knew they were really alive and just stuck their heads through holes in the wall - because they often changed places. Skeletons of a shark, a swordfish, and a killer whale hung from the ceiling. Stuffed trout as big as kangaroos swam through the gloom overhead.

"Come on, Peter-Marie-Colleen-Alwyn-Bryce-Jack, they won't eat you!" Aunt Effie said. "Jump up, Ann-Jazz-Becky-Jane-Isaac-David-Victor," she exclaimed as we climbed on to the foot of her enormous bed. "Are you comfortable, Casey-Lizzie-Jared-Jessie?

"If you haven't enough room, shove the dogs out of the way. Caligula-Nero-Brutus-Kaiser-Genghis-Boris, move over and make room for the kids!"

Publisher: Longacre Press

Price: $16.95

Age group: 9-13 years


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