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He watches toa many films. by 5 i= iy es Unde Ted put Me dow n! q He says Pa he has had AU 82 ing up Yi 9 2 cloud, (a ® we Ih plenty of close shaves of smoke, y ry i which is funny because he has « beard Mur says me and Unele Ted get on like @ house an |Waby Uncle iS q eee | say “e Leant turned out Uncle Ernic Slipped dose inail on a doughnu getting out of his squad car. He's a policeman in -- New York City 30 he’s used Tents ray f Mum says, to life's ustg) oy het weerq (my big brother) | Yost tack ates. to my room and probably won't be dawn for supper. someone will have te babysit because Usd 1s also about ta go away on Important Business, Marcie (my big sister) saya, I would rather look after newts from Neptune than Coy, be left with Clarice Bean (inc) , j and Minal Cricket (my little brother Minal says, What Mu tings found all her lriends tor a babysitter Then she fings cound all her bul everybody say they are busy mm going i) Mumm goes o bit pale ih yaad Dad six = Who can blame then: TH tow wind yous Uncle Ted is Mum's youngerArothWhen Uncle Ted fancies @ break from Hire fighting Uncle Ted and | love to watch westerns on the edge af our svat and cats up trees he comes round to our house, with a plate of egg and beans Whenever he’s perched on our laps wraund it gets really noisy. Unele Ted is teaching me cowboy techniques. Last week he lassoed the lamp. BE Mum said, have cre - f MUNG gal prere Lor Meet ht Ae an*' ay wi, i W DOK YOK erp yi A ; eos Uncle Fed looke4. MAKE SURE KURT fy}. No BRERA ES | “ Ver strict instructions & veer AN EYE ON GRANDAD HE TENDS To WANDER OF F Yes Maam ! hear you loud and clearEverything goes really well for the first two days Nobody is arguing and we are like one of those families on your television whe always say things like please and thank you and Ory ces ..and they Ict people share their things without grumbling. Kurt even sits in the gerden and almost ats a tan. nearly rimally goes outside, he says it's too bright WO BUT THENesaide myself §, pestae “CAuise 7 know he will ne Minal ruins everything f ya getting Albert out of his hutch without asking ] am the one looking after him for the holidays. \lbert is the schoal guinea pig so it’s a VER y RESPONSIBLE ~ JOB.) % = a be = racne™ @ Found the Kite™ PK COO Soc Wao AlbertSeas Pu tuke my mind (oleh Ze olf the warey of alr Minal is fine bul they give him an X-ray and a little carton of orange juice osing a guinea pig we all po outside and play Inotball Minal luv becaus And it » bace vd it warks because y, shaw off and lic “ey under a blanket limpcring 1 he should but an hour at least!i , %“ Ce ee : e they on) Uncle Te When we gel.hame ye find Grandatl is missing! * ig | How in Fe Uncle Ted phones raiind all the ncighbours 4 | tarnation ~~ and)is sbuul to dial 999 when did you Mrs plampney at Number 9 a end up calls to say "She hat found Grandad sitting aN s s 4 \ 7 av ae es ¥ Ht 7 & sitting id i‘ &, 1 wi S33 Foi aN Watching th the racing. All the houses look the same, it's a job to fell them apart without my glasses. he Bul 1 know it’s really because Mrs Stampnoy’s got a bigger television oc! |i, She's quite grumpy about it. and it’s got a remote contr: I'm still worried to pieces about Albert so 1 go into the garden He says, A, to sce it he has come back to his hutch, Do you wart 10 str, cn oe I say, That's not my guine your ‘ y, : Bi a pig that’s Albert He says, _ not Albert she’s Belindd- | say, You better give him back Robert Granger that's SchoO] Property atid You will pe in big I had put 4 carrot there to tempt him back bul it is still unnibbled, troubk The next thing | know, with the Paje ‘ Robert Granger, the boy next dour, Robert Granger S 0 he lets A pop ver wligg!c the wall,In the meantime, Mum arrives back from the airport She delves straight in her bag for her new bottle of bubble bath and rubs it on Minal’s head She squidges him out in almost less than two minutes Bane sess puldnt mend Ante aay sg querer het Wf tee 0 the gar oO But then guess what happens?Nearly all the whole fire brigade turns up. ee Mum doesn't = even look one bit surprised. She just looks at Uncle Ted. | Uncle Ted says, | Don’t blame » ov .me, blame tha » | \y quinea pig,double cheeseburger banana | milkshake », — And as for Uncle Ted, he say Babysitting is the hardest job I've ever done. You better believe it