Pants on Fire. Scott Walker

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks in 2004

      Text copyright © Victoria Lloyd 2004

      Illustrations copyright © Scott Walker 2004

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      Source ISBN: 9780007155255

      Ebook Edition © February 2016 ISBN: 9780008191610

      Version: 2016-03-17

      To Mum and Dad

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       About the Publisher

       Chapter One

      Tony Trebelli was the biggest liar ever. He lied to his parents. He lied to the teachers. He lied to all the other kids. If you asked Tony Trebelli what his name was, he would tell you it was Steve. If you asked him to point upwards, he would point down. And if you asked him what colour his underpants were, he’d tell you they were black.

      Now, everyone knew for a fact that Tony only ever wore ordinary white pants. Everyone had seen Tony Trebelli’s plain white pants. He lived next door to the school, and they were out there every day on the washing line, blowing in the wind.

      Tony Trebelli’s pants were the kind that come in sensibly-sized packets of eight, bought from a very sensible shop. There was no funny business with pants like those. There was no funny business with pants at all, until someone sent Tony a special pair.