Chapter 2

Chapter TWO When you are camping you have to walk to a place called 'The Toilet Block' in your pyjamas, to brush your teeth and have a shower. I had to brush my teeth at a basin next to other people staying on the campsite. It felt a bit funny wearing my pyjamas in public but it didn't matter because everyone

else was wearing them too! We had to use Mum's wand as a torch to walk back across the field after brushing our teeth. Then Pink Rabbit

and I crawled into our stripy tent and snuggled up in the sleeping bag together. It was very cosy. Dad zipped the door up tight for us. 'Goodnight Isadora,' he said. 'Goodnight Pink Rabbit. 'Goodnight, I yawned. Then I lay there in the dark for a bit. There were strange noises all around. Things rustling, owls hooting, people talking. But I wasn't scared. I love the dark!

I woke up early the next morning because the sun was shining brightly on the roof of my tent. It was very hot. 'Good morning,' chirped Mum when I poked my head outside. 'We're going to the beach as soon as you're ready. We just need to find Dad first. He's disappeared off somewhere...' I had an idea of where Dad might be. Outside the one shower cubicle in The Toilet Block there was a long queue of grumbling people. I skipped past all of them and knocked on the door. 'Dad?' I said.

'Yes.' 'How long have you been in there?' 'Only a couple of hours.' A cloud of warm steam rose up from under the door and Dad started humming contentedly. 'Dad,' I said again. 'There's a big queue of people waiting you know.' 'Is there?' said Dad, sounding surprised. 'Yes,' I said. 'You need to hurry up. We're going to the beach.' I heard the shower turn off. 'Alright,' he said. 'I'm coming.' Dad appeared in his towel and turban. He looked very refreshed.

We walked back along the queue of people and I felt my cheeks turn pink with embarrassment. They were all staring at Dad and they didn't look very happy.