The Cat Mummy: Part 3

By JACQUELINE WILSON

Aaron always shares his ice-cream with Licky. It's not really fair on Aaron so I tried sharing my cone with Licky too, but Gran stopped me. She whispered that I mustn't, because of dog germs.

My gran has a bit of a germ fixation. She's not very keen on pets. Apart from Mabel. I don't know what she'd make of Moyra's pet snake, Crusher. I don't know what I'd make of Crusher either. I'm not that keen on snakes actually.

Moyra sits behind me at school and today she leant forwards and shot out her arm and wrapped it right round my neck and whispered, `Watch out, Verity, here comes Crusher!'

I knew it was only Moyra, and I'm pretty certain Crusher doesn't even exist - but I still screamed. Everyone giggled. Moyra practically wet herself she laughed so much. Miss Smith didn't tell me off for screaming. She just raised her lovely black eyebrows and said, `Settle down, girls'.

Publisher: Random House

Price: $14.95

Age group: 8-13 years