girl, that’s for sure. Oh, no! I’m riding a champion showjumper!’
Down through the valley Mr Wiggle tore with Selby clinging underneath and a thundering herd of screaming girls riding close behind.
‘There’s something clinging to Mr Wiggle’s belly!’ Prunella yelled.
‘Oh, no, they’ve seen me!’ Selby thought. ‘I can’t let go now or they’ll trample me and if I let them catch up they’ll know the
clinging thing
is me!’
Selby thought about what would happen when they caught up to him and found out his secret. Sure, the girls would be delighted. They’d take him back to the stables and they’d all sit around and have a nice chat and plenty of pats. He’d tell them that being a dog was like being a person only better. And then they’d take him home and tell Dr and Mrs Trifle. They, too, would be happy at first but then it would start: ‘Selby, would you mind scooping the leaves off the swimming pool while we’re out today?’ Or: ‘Selby, could you ring all these people and tell them about the council meeting tonight?’ Or: ‘Selby, would you mind cleaning the toilet?’
‘No! No! No! I can’t stand it!’ Selby thought. ‘I don’t want to be found out!’
Just then one of the girls screamed, ‘Look out!’ And in that instant Mr Wiggle leapt high in the air over a row of dense bushes. Then he landed on the other side and came to a stop. In a second Mrs Martingale and the girls came around the bushes and surrounded him.
‘The lump on Mr Wiggle’s belly is gone!’ Prunella exclaimed.
‘And look at this,’ Mrs Martingale laughed. ‘Some nitwit tried to steal Mr Wiggle but didn’t tighten the girth properly. I suspect the horse-napper got a nasty surprise!’
‘He certainly did,’ Selby thought when he crept out of the bushes and limped back towards the stables. ‘And I don’t think this nitwit is likely to do it again!’
THE S-FILES
‘The Trifles have been captured by aliens!’ Selby screamed as he looked at the burnt circle in the grass. ‘This is where the spaceship took off! What do I do? Who do I call?!’
It all began the night before when Dr Trifle was working on a new invention in his workroom and Mrs Trifle was settling down to watch their favourite TV alien adventure program.
‘Oh, I’m so glad the Trifles like that show because I absolutely adore it and I can watch too!’ Selby thought as Dr Trifle put another bolt into his invention. ‘The stories are so spooky. And those special investigators are great! He’s so handsome and she is so beautiful.’
‘It’s show time,’ Mrs Trifle sang out from the next room.
Dr Trifle stopped work and went into the loungeroom. Selby darted after him.
‘Oh, boy!’ Selby thought as he curled up in his favourite spot next to the lounge. ‘I can feel the tingles creeping up my spine already and the show hasn’t even started!’
The episode was about an inventor who had suddenly disappeared. Soon the two special investigators arrived on the scene.
‘I think I know what’s happened here,’ the man said. ‘He’s been abducted by aliens.’
‘Very unlikely,’ the woman said. ‘Why do you think it was aliens?’
‘This invention was obviously something the aliens didn’t want him to be working on.’
‘It looks like a can opener to me.’
‘How can it be a can opener? It’s as big as a fridge.’
‘It’s for big cans.’
‘His notes say that he was working on an invention that would unlock the secrets of the universe. Look, the invention has the initials S-O-T-U written on the side.’
‘SOTU? Is that a word?’
‘It stands for
Secrets Of The Universe.
’
‘But one of the neighbours saw a group of very short people with wild hair come to the door the night he disappeared,’ the man said. ‘How do you explain that?’
‘Short? Wild hair? Girl Guides. Probably Girl Guides selling chocolates to collect money for a camp.’
‘But then the neighbours heard the man screaming his head
Down through the valley Mr Wiggle tore with Selby clinging underneath and a thundering herd of screaming girls riding close behind.
‘There’s something clinging to Mr Wiggle’s belly!’ Prunella yelled.
‘Oh, no, they’ve seen me!’ Selby thought. ‘I can’t let go now or they’ll trample me and if I let them catch up they’ll know the
clinging thing
is me!’
Selby thought about what would happen when they caught up to him and found out his secret. Sure, the girls would be delighted. They’d take him back to the stables and they’d all sit around and have a nice chat and plenty of pats. He’d tell them that being a dog was like being a person only better. And then they’d take him home and tell Dr and Mrs Trifle. They, too, would be happy at first but then it would start: ‘Selby, would you mind scooping the leaves off the swimming pool while we’re out today?’ Or: ‘Selby, could you ring all these people and tell them about the council meeting tonight?’ Or: ‘Selby, would you mind cleaning the toilet?’
‘No! No! No! I can’t stand it!’ Selby thought. ‘I don’t want to be found out!’
Just then one of the girls screamed, ‘Look out!’ And in that instant Mr Wiggle leapt high in the air over a row of dense bushes. Then he landed on the other side and came to a stop. In a second Mrs Martingale and the girls came around the bushes and surrounded him.
‘The lump on Mr Wiggle’s belly is gone!’ Prunella exclaimed.
‘And look at this,’ Mrs Martingale laughed. ‘Some nitwit tried to steal Mr Wiggle but didn’t tighten the girth properly. I suspect the horse-napper got a nasty surprise!’
‘He certainly did,’ Selby thought when he crept out of the bushes and limped back towards the stables. ‘And I don’t think this nitwit is likely to do it again!’
THE S-FILES
‘The Trifles have been captured by aliens!’ Selby screamed as he looked at the burnt circle in the grass. ‘This is where the spaceship took off! What do I do? Who do I call?!’
It all began the night before when Dr Trifle was working on a new invention in his workroom and Mrs Trifle was settling down to watch their favourite TV alien adventure program.
‘Oh, I’m so glad the Trifles like that show because I absolutely adore it and I can watch too!’ Selby thought as Dr Trifle put another bolt into his invention. ‘The stories are so spooky. And those special investigators are great! He’s so handsome and she is so beautiful.’
‘It’s show time,’ Mrs Trifle sang out from the next room.
Dr Trifle stopped work and went into the loungeroom. Selby darted after him.
‘Oh, boy!’ Selby thought as he curled up in his favourite spot next to the lounge. ‘I can feel the tingles creeping up my spine already and the show hasn’t even started!’
The episode was about an inventor who had suddenly disappeared. Soon the two special investigators arrived on the scene.
‘I think I know what’s happened here,’ the man said. ‘He’s been abducted by aliens.’
‘Very unlikely,’ the woman said. ‘Why do you think it was aliens?’
‘This invention was obviously something the aliens didn’t want him to be working on.’
‘It looks like a can opener to me.’
‘How can it be a can opener? It’s as big as a fridge.’
‘It’s for big cans.’
‘His notes say that he was working on an invention that would unlock the secrets of the universe. Look, the invention has the initials S-O-T-U written on the side.’
‘SOTU? Is that a word?’
‘It stands for
Secrets Of The Universe.
’
‘But one of the neighbours saw a group of very short people with wild hair come to the door the night he disappeared,’ the man said. ‘How do you explain that?’
‘Short? Wild hair? Girl Guides. Probably Girl Guides selling chocolates to collect money for a camp.’
‘But then the neighbours heard the man screaming his head
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