Crab Apples: Part 2

By GED MAYBURY

Randy sneered and turned to traipse back to their rented beach-house. "Huh. The local council wants a real artist to do their dumb mural, not some teenage kid!""I am a real artist!" she yelled after him.

"Age has nothing to do with it! I was born an artist.""Yeah," mumbled Randy under his breath, "a crap-artist."

"What?" she demanded.

"I said a crack artist, like - ah - like actually really good, for your age."

He quickly changed the subject. "Hey, what about that bit of seaweed there?"

Randy pointed into the stagnant pond where the local creek made a last gasp attempt to reach the sea. Just to show he wasn't such a nasty, doubting little brother he found a stick and hooked the piece of seaweed out.

It stank. But Beau liked it. "Wow," she said, breathlessly, "it's like the Jewellery of a Sea-Goddess! The Enchantment of the Waves! The Spirit of the Deep! It's perfect!"

Publisher: Scholastic

Price: $13.95

Age group: 11 plus years