Birthday Boy. David Baddiel

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       CHAPTER 1

       BIRTHDAY BOY

      Sam Green was really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really looking forward to his eleventh birthday.

      I mean: really. He couldn’t wait. In the days leading up to it – his birthday was on the eighth of September – he simply wouldn’t talk about anything else.

      “Have you sorted your school bag, Sam?” his mother, Vicky, would say in the morning.

      “I’m thinking an Adventure Time cake this year, Mum,” Sam would reply. “With Finn, Jake and Ice King figures. What do you think?”

      “I think you should get your school bag sorted,” she’d answer.

      “Do you want to play football?” his friends would say to him at break-time.

      “What about a magic party?” he would reply. “You all come, having learnt a different magic trick, right, and then we each perform it in turn – me last, of course – and then … where are you going?”

      “To СКАЧАТЬ