Chapter 16

Saturday– Plunkthorpe Drama Club Variety Show Day The worst has happened. Mam has banned me from using Hulk as an accessory for my magic act. EXCELLENT. 'You know how nervy he is, he shouldn't even be out of his hutch,' she said. HA! Try

telling that to EVIL TWINS, after all, it was them who let him out in the first place, I felt like saying. The show was on in a few hours and I was prop-less! I didn't know what to do so I went to see Dev. When I told him my dilemma, he came up with a brilliant solution. At half-past two, everyone filed into the care home dining room. There was a huge turnout. All the family were there, including Jack who had brought Kayla along for a 'cultural experience'. EVIL TWINS were there with their dad too. Miss Gabb went on stage and introduced the show. Nicola Jenkins was on first with her plate spinning. I'd never heard of it before. Apparently her second cousin's

milkman's uncle was a professional plate spinner in the 1980s and that's what inspired her. Nicola is in my art class and quite good at pottery. It will come in handy if she smashes any of the plates and needs to replace them. A troop of Irish dancers and a ukulele player were next, then Dynamites in Tights. They are a brother and sister acrobatic duo who I thought were extremely brave. Not for attempting a triple twist straddle jump from the shoulders, but for wearing matching green spandex tights.

After them was Princess Silvia Gomez Kumquat. That is her stage name. Her real name is Maureen Snodgrass. She sang a song from the musical Les Misérables. It was ever so depressing. One lady started crying hysterically in the front row and had to be taken outside for air.

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Then it was me. My original plan was to re-enact what happened at the care home open evening. Except this time Hulk was at home recuperating. Thankfully Dev's idea was perfect. He got me to borrow Agung's furry hat and attached a long piece of transparent thread to it. It would be Hulk's replacement stunt double! When the false guinea pig dropped out of the bottom of the MAGIC BOX, Dev would pull the thread from the side of the stage, thus appearing to make it escape, and I'd pretend to chase it around.