Page 8 - Jeremiah Lollipop

For the first few weeks the neighbors had been curious, but after a

while the novelty wore off and Mr. Flannel was left in complete peace as

he worked on his big project. The only person who continued to watch

and watch was Jeremiah.

“Where does he take all the dirt?” he asked, “How many rooms is he

making at the back?” Nobody knew. “How does he make all that

concrete?” Nobody cared.

So now he was watching from the kitchen window again, as he did

most mornings, and he was wondering, and he managed to wonder till

he was suitably late for school. When he saw the minute hand creeping

towards the nine, he kissed him mum, patted the dog, and ran all the way

down the road to the school gate. He got to class just as the bell went.