Sweet Dreams for Cousin Alvin Grandpa In My Pocket

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Grandpa!

TYRES SCREECH

No, be careful!

Grandpa, stop!

Whoooaa!

Grandpa in my pocket!

'It was the weekend.

'Mum was working at the bike shop, and Jemima was at dance class,

'so it was our job to get the house ready.

'We were expecting a visitor -

-'someone we hadn't seen for ages.'

-Excuse me, Grandpa.

'Oh, yes, Cousin Alvin was coming to stay.'

We must save some lemon bonbons for Alvin, eh, Wolfie?

'Lemon bonbons are Grandpa's favourite sweets.'

I'm going to get a bike for Alvin so we can go on a long ride!

Yes! He loved the bike ride when he came before.

Ah! Cousin Alvin, eh?!

He was such a lovely little chap -

I can't wait to see his cheeky face. Always smiling and laughing...

I hope he's still like that.

'But Cousin Alvin wasn't still like that. He was like this...

'Alvin had been with us for hours

'and all he'd done was lie on the sofa and listen to his music.

'Even worse, he'd scoffed all Grandpa's lemon bonbons

-'and then he'd fallen asleep.'

-HE SNORES

All he does is sleep. We can't have this, Jason.

We need a plan.

'And soon Grandpa had come up with a plan. Oh, yes,

'he was planning...'

He's turned into a terrible teenager.

There's only one way to teach him a lesson.

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Grandpa, come back!

'When Grandpa shrinks,

'he can get up to all kinds of magical things.

'He can get into my car and make it go...'

Grandpa, stop!

-'He can ride on Gordon, my toy seagull.'

-Whee!

Wheee!

Not the plane, Grandpa!

'He can fly off in my plane.'

Grandpa, come back!

'As I was about to grab Grandpa,

-'Dad came in.'

-Alvin? Do you want to test

the height of the saddle? Oh, he's fast asleep!

Grandpa gone to lie down?

-I expect HE'S fast asleep, too.

-'Dad has no idea

'about Grandpa's magic shrinking cap.

'I couldn't see Grandpa anywhere.

'I knew he'd have an idea... but what?

'Then suddenly...

'..I saw a big flower making its way towards Alvin.'

What was that?!

'Of course, I had to pretend it was ME.'

What did you do that for?! Pesky little kid!

I'm SO hungry.

Isn't there any food in this house?

Got any crisps? Or Jammie Jumbly biscuits?

What about ice cream? I need ice cream.

Why did you wake him up, Grandpa?

Now he's after our Jammie Jumblies!

Don't worry, it's all part of my cunning plan.

'There was no time to hear what Grandpa's cunning plan was.

'Cousin Alvin was coming back.

'He was being SO greedy.

'I knew Grandpa wasn't going to like it.

HICCUPPING

Did that biscuit tin just hiccup?!

-I don't think biscuit tins can hiccup.

-Weird.

'Grandpa was having fun, but I had to get Alvin out of the way

'before he went too far.'

Shall we go out? Dad wants to take us for a bike ride.

Nah. Boring. You got any more sweets?

No...but we could buy some from Mr Whoops' shop.

OK, then.

'The good news was that Alvin was leaving the house...

'..The bad news was that Grandpa was going with him!'

'Mr Whoops is called Mr Whoops cos he's always having accidents.

'He drops things...'

Oh!

-'..He falls over things...'

-Whoops!

'..He falls off things...'

Whoops!

-'..He even trips over his own feet.'

-Whoops!

'I was really hoping Grandpa would behave himself

'because the last time he was in Mr Whoops' shop,

'he did this...'

'He had a great time jumping from shelf to shelf.

'You know when Grandpa's got an idea in his head...

'there's no stopping him.'

-Those will do for starters.

-What, ALL of them?!

-Yeah, and I want some other stuff. Show me what you've got.

-Well,

there are strawberry chews, fizzy sherbet, peanut crunch,

-lemon bonbons...

-Yeah, I want some lemon bonbons.

-MR WHOOPS CHUCKLES

-Ooh...

We seem to have run out.

I might have some more in the back.

-THUD

-Whoa!

Oi...where are my lollipops? They were just here!

'I had a nasty feeling that Grandpa was up to something...

'and I was right!'

-MR WHOOPS:

-You're in luck!

-How did you do that?!

-I beg your pardon? Do what?

Those lollipops...they were dancing.

Ha, ha! Very funny!

You nearly had me there! He nearly had me there!

It wasn't a joke. AND I want some chocolate raisins,

and strawberry chews. And fizzy sherbet...

'While Alvin ordered more sweets, I looked for Grandpa.

-'I didn't find him anywhere.'

-..caramel, toffee...

'But I did find these. I had no idea why

'Grandpa had taken all the wrappers off the lollipops,

'but I didn't have to wait long to find out.

'A giant sweet was standing on the counter...

'Only it wasn't a sweet -

'it was Grandpa!

-'But before I could catch him...'

-Whoa!

Sorry about that. I'll just get my dustpan and brush.

'..Alvin was coming back. There was nothing I could do.'

Hey!

Look at that! It's Huge!

-I want that one too.

-But you can't!

Yes, I can! I'm going to gobble it all up in one go...

-Argh! It's alive!

-'This time, Grandpa had gone too far.'

Hey! Come here!

-I want to gobble you up!

-You will do no such thing,

you greedy boy! Too many sweets are bad for you,

and too much lying about on sofas is bad for you too!

You've got to change your ways, young man.

I'm getting out of here!

You can't get rid of me that easily!

So, the giant sweet ran after Alvin and I ran after the giant sweet!

Sorry to keep you waiting, I had a little accident...

Oh! They've gone!

-HE PANTS

-I'm so tired!

'He flung himself onto the sofa and was so tired from the running,

'he soon fell fast asleep.

'Which, this time, was a good thing,

'because it gave me a chance to unwrap Grandpa.

'We made sure nobody was looking, then Grandpa

'took off his cap and came back to his normal size.

'Alvin was so tired, he slept and slept and slept...

'until Grandpa decided he'd slept long enough.'

Time to wake up, Alvin!

Where am I? Was I asleep?

Yes, for ages!

I had this really weird dream.

Really?

Yeah! This great big sweet talked to me.

That IS weird.

Anyway...

I've had enough of lying about on the sofa.

Too much lying about on sofas is bad for you.

How about that bike ride?

Hey! Uncle CJ! Is my bike ready, please?

We did it, Jason! We turned Alvin back into the lovely little chap

-he used to be! Teamwork, eh?!

-Yes, Grandpa, teamwork!

Honest, Jemima. It was the weirdest dream ever.

I was chased down the street by a giant sweet - like this...

"Grr!" And he said, "You can't get rid of me that easily!"

Oh, Alvin, you're so funny!

It's so good to see you. You must stay again soon.

Lemon bonbon, Alvin?

Er, no thanks. Too many sweets are bad for you.

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