The Country Pancake: Part 2

By ANNE FINE

Flossie turned round and ambled off towards the ragged bit of fence that was so good for back-scratching.

Left to himself, Lance sighed and stared up at the vast bowl of sky.

'She ought to try to do better,' he told the clouds above him. 'She's always writing it on other people's reports. She ought to try it herself. She should pull her socks up. She should get a grip. We can't go on like this. It's beyond a joke.'

Behind him another cow burped, rather more rudely than Flossie.

'All right for you.' Lance scowled. 'You never had to go to school. You don't know what it can be like.'

Publisher: Egmont

Price: $12.95

Age group: 8-10 yrs


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