Fortune Cookie (2009)

Fortune Cookie

Jean Ure

Authors: Jean Ure

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“THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FROM DANI AND LISA. I had printed it off on the computer last night and was secretly quite proud of it. There was absolutely no call for Mr Wendell, who is our history teacher, to point out that the word “operation” was spelt wrongly. I mean, what did it matter? Teachers are always doing this; they just can’t seem to stop teaching. I suppose it is what they are there for, but really it’s like they’re obsessed.“Apart from that,” said Mr Wendell, “who is Cookie and why does... he need an operation?”Eagerly, Cupcake explained. “He’s our dog, he’s a Beagle, and he has this bad leg. He’s got this thing called…” Her voice trailed off. Her mum had told us what it was called, but Cupcake had obviously forgotten, and so had I. “It’s like somewhere in Australia. What’s in Australia?”Emily, who was standing nearby, said, “Melbourne? Sydney? Perth?”“Perth!” Cupcake snatched at it gratefully. “He’s got this thing called Perthe’s.”“Ah, I know it!”MoreLess Read More Read Less