Mum had dropped a milk bottle in the new fridge and it had split the plastic shelf. Now she is crying on the bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to invent something with the bag of taps. I have decided that they have been put there to stop me using the electric saw. I respect that because all tools are dangerous in the wrong hands. There are probably a hundred taps in the bag. Why would a house need a hundred taps? That\u2019s fifty baths or sinks or twenty five of each type. That\u2019s very clean people or clothes or washing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I note the connection with my remaining hole and write it down as a clue in my list. \u00a0It seems that someone has planned to makes lots of new baths to go with mine. I think about keeping this a secret as it might be important but the cat had my tongue so I let it out to Jill. She says her dad will know because he has some medals from the war. I tell her not to tell him yet because of his gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brainwave!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s what I will make. A tap makes a perfect gun. That way if Jill\u2019s dad were to want to kill us instead of the rats I could defend us. It\u2019s a pity the rose perfumed wax didn\u2019t explode as my book on guns (opened so many times the glue holding the pages has dropped out so it no longer a book just pages) tells me I need a propellant. There is no mention of rose petals or wax but there is mention of charcoal, saltpetre and sulphur in five\/seven\/five proportions to make gunpowder. The best charcoal is made from willow, it says, so I roast my cricket bat in the old bread bin using dads blow torch. It takes a long time and a lot of paraffin at at the end of it my head hurts and my eyes hurt a lot. Jill says that\u2019s a good sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tomorrow I will ask Dad to get me some some saltpetre and sulphur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I grow up I want to be a pyroman and to fix mum\u2019s new fridge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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