7 JILL’S HOUSE

CHAPTER 7 JILL'S HOUSE We walk with Jill back to her house. It may look small on the outside, but it holds a lot of animals on the inside.

There are two dogs, a goat, three horses, four goldfish, one cow, two guinea pigs, one camel, one donkey, thirteen flying cats and thirty-six rabbits. (Count them if you don't believe me!)

'I thought you only had six rabbits,' I say. 'I did,' says Jill, 'but you know what rabbits are like.' 'Yeah,' says Terry dreamily. 'They're soft and cuddly and they bring you chocolate eggs at Easter.' 'That's not quite what I mean,' says Jill. Terry frowns. 'What do you mean?' 'I'll tell you about rabbits later, Terry,' I say. 'Cool!' says Terry. 'Where do we sleep, Jill?' 'You and Andy will be sleeping in here,' she says, taking us into a bedroom just off the living room.

'Wow!' says Terry. 'This bed is huge!' 'And where do all the animals sleep?' I say. Jill is talking but it's hard to hear her over the noise coming from the living room.

'Excuse me,' she says, 'I'd better go and see what's wrong.' She goes back into the living room. Terry and I watch through the door. 'What's going on in here?' says Jill. The animals all freeze. One of the horses raises its front leg. 'Yes, Curly?' says Jill. 'Neigh,' says Curly. 'Neigh, neigh, neigh, neigh…'

'A butterfly?' says Jill, translating. 'A butterfly flew in through the window while you were playing cards with Larry and Moe… Larry looked at the butterfly and while he was distracted you saw Moe peek at Larry's cards… so you told Larry and Larry got cross and kicked Moe off his chair…