The Wild Wests and the Haunted Fridge: Part 5

By JOY COWLEY, Illustrator TREVOR PYE

That started a typical West argument with everybody shouting and no one listening. Even Honey, who didn"t know what it was about, yelled and waved a bit of chewed apple. I was wondering why they were getting so wound up about something that didn"t concern them, when Uncle Leo jumped off his chair and landed in a crouch by the kitchen bench. He put his arms over his head and began hopping around the kitchen like a frog. "I want to go to Sydney too!" he bellowed. "Nobody ever takes me anywhere! Wah-wah-wah!"

That phoney crying made us laugh, even if we didn't want to. Auntie Rosie pushed Uncle Leo with her foot and he rolled over on his back, waving his arms and legs in the air. "Put me in a box and post me! I want to go to Australia!"

Publisher: HarperCollins, $12.95 Age group: 8-12 years