whispered.
‘Frozen stiff,’ Mindy giggled.
‘Let’s have some fun,’ Lindy said.
‘Oh no!’ Selby thought. ‘They’re up to no good. Though how could they make things worse than they already are?’
Soon, all the other girls had filed by and the terrible tripets were left alone.
‘I know,’ Cindy said, pulling a big bone from a dinosaur skeleton.
‘Good thinking,’ Mindy said, grabbing another bone.
‘One, two, and …’ Lindy said, swinging another dinosaur bone,'… three!’
The first blow hit Selby on the back with a
smack!
The next blow was to his side.
Thwack!
And the third blow went right to his middle.
Crack!
Selby stood there for a moment with cracks all over him. Then, in one big crash, he shattered into hundreds of pieces and landed on the floor.
A guard came running.
‘What happened?!’ he yelled. ‘Who did this?’
‘I don’t know,’ Cindy said sweetly.
‘We didn’t see a thing,’ Mindy said, twirling her hair with one finger.
‘He just cracked, that’s all,’ Lindy said.
‘You don’t think
we
did it, do you?’ the girls all said together in their sweetest voices.
‘Of course not,’ the guard said. ‘Hurry along now, girls.’
And so it was that Selby lay shattered on the floor in bits and pieces like Humpty Dumpty.
His head was still in one piece and he watched helplessly as Professor Krakpott and his helpers went to work on him. But all the museum’s scientists and all the museum’s men couldn’t put Selby together again.
‘Well, I guess that’s the end of him,’ the professor said, starting to sweep up the pieces of Selby.
That would have been the end except one last person happened along. And that person was famous film-maker and expert jigsaw puzzler Jigsaw Jabbar. And there was nothing that excited Jigsaw more than a puzzle.
‘What are you doing?’ Dr Krakpott cried.
‘Stand back, everyone,’ Jigsaw said, ‘there’s a puzzle to be solved.’
He picked up two pieces of Selby and put them together. His quick eyes scanned the floor and he picked up another and joined that to the others.
‘I can’t believe it!’ Professor Krakpott said.
Piece by tiny piece, Jigsaw put Selby back together again. He got bigger and bigger and bigger until finally Jigsaw lifted Selby’s head onto his body.
‘I can’t believe it,’ Selby thought. ‘I’m back together again and I’m not falling apart. Goodness me, I can move my toes! I can move my legs. I can bend! The soldiers aren’t holding hands any more! The Nice has melted! It’s a miracle! The guy is a genius!’
‘This dog looks familiar,’ Jigsaw said. ‘Hmmm, I wonder where I’ve seen him before.’
It was a very happy and un-frozen dog who was taken back to his home in Bogusville.
‘Selby! Oh, Selby! You’re here!’ Mrs Trifle cried. ‘You darling dog!’
‘Yes,’ Dr Trifle said, ‘you are the most wonderful dog there ever was.’
‘And you two,’ Selby thought as he blinked back a tear, ‘are the dearest, most wonderful people in the whole world.’
Paw note: If you haven’t already read the story called ‘Selby Meets the Triple Terror’ in this book, maybe you should do so right now.
S
Paw note: Remember him from ‘The Movie Magic of Jigsaw Jabbar'?
S
Gary Gaggs’ Heckler Busters
When hecklers interrupt Gary Gaggs’ comedy shows, he has lots of what he calls ‘heckler busters’ to make fun of them and get them to stop. Here are some good ones:
‘I never forget a face but in your case I’ll try.’
‘Oh my goodness! Look at your face! Was anyone else hurt in the accident?’
‘This guy is descended from royalty. His grandfather was King Kong.’
‘Thanks for your point of view. Come to think of it, it matches the point on your head.’
‘But seriously folks, this guy tried to leave his brain to science but they rejected it.’
‘I’m not saying that he’s dumb but mind-readers only
‘Frozen stiff,’ Mindy giggled.
‘Let’s have some fun,’ Lindy said.
‘Oh no!’ Selby thought. ‘They’re up to no good. Though how could they make things worse than they already are?’
Soon, all the other girls had filed by and the terrible tripets were left alone.
‘I know,’ Cindy said, pulling a big bone from a dinosaur skeleton.
‘Good thinking,’ Mindy said, grabbing another bone.
‘One, two, and …’ Lindy said, swinging another dinosaur bone,'… three!’
The first blow hit Selby on the back with a
smack!
The next blow was to his side.
Thwack!
And the third blow went right to his middle.
Crack!
Selby stood there for a moment with cracks all over him. Then, in one big crash, he shattered into hundreds of pieces and landed on the floor.
A guard came running.
‘What happened?!’ he yelled. ‘Who did this?’
‘I don’t know,’ Cindy said sweetly.
‘We didn’t see a thing,’ Mindy said, twirling her hair with one finger.
‘He just cracked, that’s all,’ Lindy said.
‘You don’t think
we
did it, do you?’ the girls all said together in their sweetest voices.
‘Of course not,’ the guard said. ‘Hurry along now, girls.’
And so it was that Selby lay shattered on the floor in bits and pieces like Humpty Dumpty.
His head was still in one piece and he watched helplessly as Professor Krakpott and his helpers went to work on him. But all the museum’s scientists and all the museum’s men couldn’t put Selby together again.
‘Well, I guess that’s the end of him,’ the professor said, starting to sweep up the pieces of Selby.
That would have been the end except one last person happened along. And that person was famous film-maker and expert jigsaw puzzler Jigsaw Jabbar. And there was nothing that excited Jigsaw more than a puzzle.
‘What are you doing?’ Dr Krakpott cried.
‘Stand back, everyone,’ Jigsaw said, ‘there’s a puzzle to be solved.’
He picked up two pieces of Selby and put them together. His quick eyes scanned the floor and he picked up another and joined that to the others.
‘I can’t believe it!’ Professor Krakpott said.
Piece by tiny piece, Jigsaw put Selby back together again. He got bigger and bigger and bigger until finally Jigsaw lifted Selby’s head onto his body.
‘I can’t believe it,’ Selby thought. ‘I’m back together again and I’m not falling apart. Goodness me, I can move my toes! I can move my legs. I can bend! The soldiers aren’t holding hands any more! The Nice has melted! It’s a miracle! The guy is a genius!’
‘This dog looks familiar,’ Jigsaw said. ‘Hmmm, I wonder where I’ve seen him before.’
It was a very happy and un-frozen dog who was taken back to his home in Bogusville.
‘Selby! Oh, Selby! You’re here!’ Mrs Trifle cried. ‘You darling dog!’
‘Yes,’ Dr Trifle said, ‘you are the most wonderful dog there ever was.’
‘And you two,’ Selby thought as he blinked back a tear, ‘are the dearest, most wonderful people in the whole world.’
Paw note: If you haven’t already read the story called ‘Selby Meets the Triple Terror’ in this book, maybe you should do so right now.
S
Paw note: Remember him from ‘The Movie Magic of Jigsaw Jabbar'?
S
Gary Gaggs’ Heckler Busters
When hecklers interrupt Gary Gaggs’ comedy shows, he has lots of what he calls ‘heckler busters’ to make fun of them and get them to stop. Here are some good ones:
‘I never forget a face but in your case I’ll try.’
‘Oh my goodness! Look at your face! Was anyone else hurt in the accident?’
‘This guy is descended from royalty. His grandfather was King Kong.’
‘Thanks for your point of view. Come to think of it, it matches the point on your head.’
‘But seriously folks, this guy tried to leave his brain to science but they rejected it.’
‘I’m not saying that he’s dumb but mind-readers only
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