He's here somewhere said matilda I heard him
Then the voice came again-like ghost's this time. dead man's dinner it said dead man's dinner
There was still nobody there.
It's a ghost said matilda I know it's a ghost I've heard it before in this room.
save us screamed her mother and she threw her arms round her husband's neck
I'm getting out of here said her husband his face grey and they all ran out of the room
The next afternoon matilda took the parrot back
my parents loved it she told fred.
Both mother and father were quite polite to their daughter for about a week.Then one eveing Mr wormwood came home amd said to his son Well my boy I sold five cars today sawdust in the gearboxes the electric drill on the old clock a bit He took a piece of paper from his pocket. Get some paper and a pencil boy. I want to see if you're clever.
The boy got some paper and a pencil and returned
Write this down said mr wormwood I bought car number one for two hundred and seventy-eight pounds and sold it for one thousand four hundred and twenty-five. car number two cost me one hundred and eighteen pounds and sold for seven hundred and sixty.Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds fifty pence.Never say one thousand pounds,son always ask for nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds fifty. It seems much smaller than a thousand but it isn't.
very clever dad said the boy.
car number four cost eighty-six pounds and sold for six hundred and ninety-nine pounds fifty. car number five cost six hundred and thirty-seven pounds and sold for sixteen hundred and forty-nine pounds and fifty pence.Did you write all that down.
yes daddy said the ten-year-old boy.
right now tell me this said mr wormwood. how much money did I make on each of five cars and how much money did your clever father make today