‘Did you have a good day, daddy?’ she asked nicely.
‘What’s this stupid book?’ he said, and pulled it out of her hands.
‘It isn’t stupid, daddy,’ said Matilda. ‘It’s about-‘
‘I don’t want to know what it’s about,’ shouted Mr. Wormwood. ‘Go and find something useful to do.’ And he began to pull the pages out of the book.
Matilda was frightened. ‘That’s a library book!’ she said.’ I have to return it to Mrs. Phelps.’