The Bravest Kid I've Ever Known and Other Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls Read Online Free PDF

they waited.
    Finally, they could wait no longer. And that was when Neil came up with his fantastic idea.
    Neil whispered his idea in Mrs Cooper’s ear, and she said yes. She went the most terrible shade of red, but she definitely said yes. Neil then turned to the rest of the class and asked everybody to get out their lunch boxes. They did exactly as Neil asked.
    Everyone could tell that whatever Neil had whispered in Mrs Cooper’s ear, it was a good idea. It was probably their only chance of being saved.
    ‘OK,’ said Neil. ‘Who’s got peanut butter sandwiches?’ A few hands went up.
    ‘I’ll have those,’ he said. ‘Boiled eggs? Licorice straps? Now, while I eat my lunch, I want the rest of you to find as many pieces of old rag as you can and knot them all together. We’re going to sail home.’
    Everyone did as Neil had asked while he ate and ate and ate. Until he was bursting. And then they waited.
    They didn’t have to wait long. Neil’s tummy soon started to rumble and he went purple in the face.
    ‘Right. Everybody up on the roof!’ shouted Neil.
    ‘How are we going to get up there?’ asked Daniel Hodgman.
    ‘Quickly!’ said Neil.
    Daniel didn’t get the joke but that was nothing unusual.
    ‘Follow me!’ shouted Neil, and, as if he’d done it a hundred times before — which he probably had — Neil showed the kids how to climb out the window, hang on to some pipes and haul themselves up and over the edge of the guttering.
    ‘Now,’ said Neil, ‘you see Mount Lewry over there? That’s the direction we have to go. If we put the sail on this side the wind will blow us home.’
    ‘But there’s no wind,’ said Olivia Hodgman.
    ‘Oh, yes there is!’ replied Neil. He turned to face away from the sails, took a deep breath and let go THE BIG ONE.
    The sails filled, Mrs Cooper fainted and Neerim Inlet Primary School glided swiftly and safely back home.

    Mums and dads and brothers and sisters were all there waiting. They cried and clapped and cheered and hugged and kissed. And when they heard that Neil had saved everyone’s lives, the crowd called for three cheers and lifted Neil above their heads.
    But they had to put him down again because Neil got excited and let slip a corker.
    From that day on, Neil was everybody’s favourite friend. And Mrs Cooper said Neil could sit in whichever seat he liked for as long as he wanted.
    Of course, the best seat in the room is in the back row, right near the window. A window that Mrs Cooper keeps ever so slightly open.