Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue 7 (26 page)

And so by the time Nanny Piggins, Boris and the children returned home, everything was back to normal. Mr Green was soon back in his dank basement office, pretending he had never been held hostage by a grateful nation. Even Isabella Dunkhurst had woken up and gone straight back to work. (When her personal secretary had visited her in hospital and told her all about the efficiency experts, she had snapped out of the coma immediately, gone straight to the office – still in her hospital gown – and applied her tap shoe firmly to their buttocks.)

The only difference was that Nanny Piggins, Boris and the children now looked even more windswept and fabulous after a week of frolicking at the beach and eating healthy (cream-laden) French food. In the end Nanny Piggins had actually had to bribe the President with another seven mouth-wateringly delicious cakes to let her leave. (He had seriously considered holding her hostage because he found her lemon drizzle so delicious.)

‘Do you regret not staying and taking that job as Cabinet Secretary in Charge of Cake Baking?' asked Samantha.

‘It would have been a wonderful opportunity,' added Michael.

‘You could have gone to the United Nations and fought for international cake rights,' added Derrick.

‘I know,' said Nanny Piggins. ‘But I don't think you understand just how big a responsibility it is for me to look after you three.'

‘Is looking after us that hard?' asked Samantha, her chin beginning to wobble.

‘Oh yes, very hard,' said Nanny Piggins, ‘because I love you, so I need to spend every moment of every day watching you like a hawk, to make sure that you never ever miss out on an opportunity to eat cake, lick ice-cream or generally have a wonderful time.'

And so the children hugged their nanny, glad to be home and safe again, with no-one being held hostage by a foreign leader – at least, for the time being.

About the Author

R. A. Spratt is an award-winning comedy writer with fourteen years' experience in the television industry. She lives in Sydney with her husband and two daughters. Unlike Nanny Piggins, she has never willingly been blasted out of a cannon.

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www.raspratt.com

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Nanny Piggins and the Daring Rescue

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R. A. Spratt © 2012

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Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry

Author: Spratt, R. A.

Title: Nanny Piggins and the daring rescue [electronic resource] / R.A. Spratt.

ISBN: 978 1 74275 498 7 (eBook)

Series: Nanny Piggins; 7.

Target Audience: For primary school age.

Dewey Number: A823.4

Cover illustration by Gypsy Taylor

Cover design by Christabella Designs

Internal design by Jobi Murphy

Internal illustrations by R. A. Spratt

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