Ben got into trouble for making a mess of Arabella’s pants drawer. He didn’t realise that the sticks were wet and they left green slime everywhere. He did manage to whisper to Arabella that the slime was ghostly ectoplasm and she went green as well!
Anyway, Ben and I had such a cool time at ‘Be a Chimp’ that we made a course for the rest of the gargoylz in my garden. We wanted to surprise them but we had to ask Toby for help as we needed to tie a rope to the chimney and we can’t fly!
At two o’clock our first customers, Barney, Eli, Toby and Azzan arrived clutching the homemade tickets we’d printed off Ben’s computer. (Of course they were free tickets.) And off they went.
Stage One – climb up a step ladder by the shed, then scamper across the shed roof to launch themselves over to the apple tree.
Stage Two – balance along the branches before swinging down to the washing line.
Stage Three – travel along the washing line in the peg basket and jump out at the end on to Jessica’s little trampoline. (She didn’t know I’d borrowed it.)
Stage Four – climb up the rose trellis and on to the roof. Zip down the zip wire that Toby had fixed from the chimney to the fence and land on a pile of cushions.
It went very well except that Barney got so excited he made three smells and Azzan singed Mum’s favourite bush. We had to pretend there had been a freak bolt of lightning. Then our next customers arrived – Ira, Abel, Theo and Zack. And then Bart, Neb, Rufus and Jelly. Unfortunately Rufus forgot to let go off the zip wire and crashed through the fence. We all hid just in time as Dad came running out when he heard the noise. He still can’t understand how a rope got tied to the chimney and who on earth made a gargoyle-shaped hole in his fence. Ben and I said it couldn’t be us as that would be impossible and Dad had to agree, though he kept giving me funny looks all evening.
Tomorrow I’m going to try and beat the world fruit tower record. It should be easy. Ben’s the record holder at the moment and he’s only managed to balance three apples and a banana. Watch this space.
