First published in Great Britain 2013
by Jelly Pie, an imprint of Egmont UK Ltd
The Yellow Building, 1 Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN
Text and illustration copyright © Jim Smith 2013
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ISBN 978 1 4052 6032 9
eISBN 978 1 7803 1324 5
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Contents
About the comma putter-innerer
You know when someone’s horrible to you in a dream and you wake up really annoyed with them? That’s what happened to me with my best friend Bunky.
In the dream I was my favourite TV character, Future Ratboy, and Bunky was his annoying sidekick Not Bird.
We were in the mayor’s office, which looked exactly like my granny’s house.
‘You’re the only ones who can save us from the hoverpoos!’ said the mayor, who was played by my teacher, Mr Hodgepodge.
Hoverpoos were the invention of Professor Smugly, who in the dream was Gordon