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She couldn't imagine a grandmother giving anyone a hard time. Like many of Kate's bright ideas, it was easier to suggest than do.
Julie spent the day dodging them. She even shifted from her usual seat in class. Belinda and Kate passed notes along. Julie screwed them up and flipped them into the wastepaper basket. What was worse, she didn't bother to work at all.
The new teacher got annoyed and gave her a detention. Their regular teacher got cross and also gave her a detention. She was kept in lunchtime and after school.
Her three friends waited until she was let out, but she ran past without a word, her eyes fixed into the distance. She ran off, bumping her racquet and school bag behind her. Amanda and Belinda walked more slowly along the winding, tree-lined street, and past the old Higgins' place. They pushed their way along the narrow winding path, skirted past the fishpond with its mossy, green mermaid and hammered the ugly gargoyle that was the door knocker.
The echoes boomed, but there was no answered shuffle of footsteps. They squeezed past the shrubbery along the sides of the house, their feet squelching on the carpet of wet leaves and dead branches. Miss Annie Higgins, a tall old lady in an old fashioned black dress, stood with her back to them. She leaned on a shovel and stared at the long grass. A few potato plants struggled to survive among the weeds, and four small potatoes sat on the upturned clod of dirt by the shovel.
The old lady turned around.
Her eyes were red and her mouth kept puckering. Her face looked sad.
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It sounded like a funny sort of dinner. Belinda opened her mouth to say something. Did you notice she had been crying? It was very puzzling!
Under it was Amanda Jones, not as wet as Kate, but just as cheerful. And this visit is no exception, first the girls learn of the missing Will that will save old Miss Higgins, then the petrified gryphon on Miss Higgins' roof accidentally gets woken. The Secret in the Compost Bin. Amanda pounced on the kitten and it let out a protesting squeak. Belinda pressed her nose to the window and glared at the rain coming down as if it was never going to stop. Behind her a large black umbrella bobbed up to the front door.
Belinda remembered that her grandmother was home waiting for her and cheered up. Her grandmother would know what was wrong with old Miss Higgins, and what to do about Julie Wilson's odd behaviour. They started running towards Belinda's place, and Belinda's favourite grandmother, Matilda. Our books are also sorted by size to make your buying decisions easier: Belinda and the Missing Will. A Belinda Robinson Novel Book 3: Reviews Read the First Chapter!
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Target Audience Primary Summary Belinda's unusual grandmother, with her unusual cat, Senna, is looking after Belinda while her parents are away. Belinda is thrilled because unusual things always happen when grandmother comes to visit And this visit is no exception, first the girls learn of the missing Will that will save old Miss Higgins, then the petrified gryphon on Miss Higgins' roof accidentally gets woken. If a hungry, angry gryphon wasn't bad enough, Belinda and her friends learn that they must find the gryphon's missing ankh, because it might know the location of the Will, and it won't rest till the ankh is found View online Borrow Buy Freely available Show 0 more links None of your libraries hold this item.
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