Mr Scoffbucket the Goat Grandpa In My Pocket

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Grandpa!

No! Be careful!

Grandpa, stop!

'It was school holidays.

'Grandpa, Jemima and I were playing a Captain Dumbletwit board game.'

-I get the Planet Matoki!

-I wanted that one!

'Mum and Dad were getting ready to go away for a few days.

'The good news was that while they were away

'Mr Liker Biker was looking after the bike shop.

'There's nothing Mr Liker Biker likes more.'

'The bad news was,

'guess who was looking after Grandpa, Jemima and me?

'Great Aunt Loretta.

'Grandpa's sister.

'She is always making spinach and sprouts shake.

'We call it green gloop.'

Oh, yum!

'And all kinds of weird food

'that she thinks is "Yum!"

Yum!

'And she's often like this...

'or like this!

'And she makes Grandpa feel like this...'

GROANS

Now then. And don't you chew my slippers, you bad boy!

I know what you're like.

'Aunt Loretta isn't keen on Beowulf.

'In fact, she isn't keen on animals, at all.'

-Will you be all right, Aunt Loretta?

-Yes, I'll look after them.

-I'm good at looking after things.

-Oh, no.

-What?

I've just remembered, looking after things,

I was supposed to look after something for my friend.

ALL: What?

'This was what.'

Scoffbucket! I wonder why he's called that?!

Aaaw! I think he looks really cute!

'Beowulf didn't think Mr Scoffbucket looked at all cute.

'He ran to the house and up to my bedroom.

-Here are the instructions for taking care of him.

-It's just for today.

Will you be OK?

Yes! So will Mr Scoffbucket! Don't you worry!

'So Mum and Dad went off on holiday.

'And we were left in charge of Mr Scoffbucket.'

Right. Let's see this list.

No! Leave it to me!

I have a way with goats! I can talk to them!

-They like me!

-Don't be so silly.

Aaaw! I think he's so sweet!

Don't touch it!

I'll get a bucket for some water.

'Jemima went off to the garage in search of a bucket.'

I can tell with goats. I was once...booted in the bottom by one.

-SNIGGERS

-Oh, think that's funny, do you?

Get inside, the pair of you.

Leave this to me.

'So I followed Grandpa inside.

'But I didn't think for one second

'he would leave Mr Scoffbucket to Great Aunt Loretta.'

Now...don't do anything bad, you!

Eurgh!

I'm going to do the washing.

Well, Jason, if she won't let us help and she's sent us indoors,

there's only one thing for it.

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

'When Grandpa shrinks, magical things happen.

'He can make my car go,

'he can chuff around in my train,

'and he can even fly off in my plane!

'That's what he did today.'

Aaargh! Stop that plane, Jason! Stop it!

'Aunt Loretta thinks my plane is radio controlled

'and that I'm making it go.'

Go get the plane back, you annoying boy!

'At that moment, Grandpa landed right next to Mr Scoffbucket.'

Don't worry, Mr Scoffbucket. We won't let her be nasty to you.

Do as I say and everything will be fine.

'Grandpa hid just as Jemima came back with the bucket.'

Jason, your plane!

-Mr Scoffbucket could've trampled all over that!

-Thanks!

Grandpa gone for a little lie-down, has he?

Typical! Leaves me to do everything!

-I'll look after Mr Scoffbucket!

-Me too!

Oh no you can't! He's dangerous!

I'm in charge.

What would your mother say if I let you get nibbled by a goat?

'So off went Great Aunt Loretta with the bucket.'

Just you drink that and try and behave yourself!

CLATTER

You kicked it, didn't you?!

You should be called Mr Kickbucket, you should!

Whoa!

He kicked the bucket!

He's a bad goat!

I knew it!

I'm not sure that was a good idea!

You'll only make her worse!

'Later, we all helped hang out the washing.

'Suddenly, I saw Grandpa.

'He'd climbed a tree to get a better view.

'He was laughing at Great Aunt Loretta's washing.

'And I didn't blame him! It looked like this!'

BOTH GIGGLE

We'll get Mr Scoffbucket's food ready!

Oh, you will, will you?

'Great Aunt Loretta insisted that she should do it.

'So Jemima and I stood watching her.'

She once got booted in the bottom by a goat!

There! Now, don't spill it!

Eat it nicely!

Yum!

'But Mr Scoffbucket didn't think it was yum!

'He kicked the bucket over.

'At that moment, I saw Grandpa jump out of the tree.'

Aargh! Oh! Me ankle!

'Then he climbed on to Mr Scoffbucket's back.'

That wasn't very sensible!

No, stay here!

'But Mr Scoffbucket had a plan.'

Aaargh! He did it! He booted me in the bottom!

That really hasn't helped!

Oooh! Oooh!

Get the peas, Jason! That's it!

'So I went to get the peas we keep especially for these moments.

'Usually she hurts her toe and we put the peas on that.

'This time, it was her bottom.'

Ooooh!

'Meanwhile, Mr Scoffbucket was eating her pants!'

He's eating me pants!

'Then he pulled the washing line down!'

Run! Upstairs, come on!

'And Grandpa came running in.

'I was hoping he had another plan.

'Because we were desperate now.'

We need help, Jason.

We need someone strong, and brave, and...

I know! Write me a note, quick!

'So I grabbed a pencil,

'and Grandpa told me what to write.'

Calm down! I'm sure it will be fine!

"Fine"(!) How can it be fine?!

He's knocked me over, eaten me pants, what next?!

-He's running round the sitting room!

-You see?! He'll eat everything!

He'll make a mess, then probably go to the...(toilet!)

'Great Aunt Loretta doesn't say the word toilet out loud.

'She think it's rude.

'I looked out my bedroom window and saw Grandpa fly off in my plane!

'He'd gone for help.'

Oh! I like a bottle with a slurpy, nozzly type thing!

'Mr Liker Biker was having a great time sorting things out.'

Ah! Need more bottles!

'At that moment, who should fly in? Grandpa!

'As he flew over the counter he dropped my note.

'Then, as quickly as he came, he was gone.'

Hello, what's this?

It's a note!

Oh, it's from Jason!

I missed him! "Please come to the Mason house at once.

"Mr Scoffbucket has eaten Great Aunt Loretta's pants."

Oh, no!

I hope she wasn't wearing them at the time!

Right, must go! Erm...yes, right.

Here we go!

'Soon Grandpa was back home.'

I'll be right back.

'Mr Scoffbucket had eaten a pile of newspapers

'and was halfway through Great Aunt Loretta's slipper.

'I ran outside to find Grandpa.'

Cap off, Grandpa, quick!

Don't worry, Jason, help is on the way!

Never fear!

Liker Biker's here!

-BOTH: That way!

-Oh, right!

We did it, Jason! He'll sort out Mr Scoffbucket in no time!

-Teamwork!

-Teamwork!

'Mr Liker Biker led Mr Scoffbucket out into the garden.'

Come on, Philip!

BOTH: Philip?!

Yeah! It's his first name.

Philip Scoffbucket. If you use their first names they are friendly.

'So Philip Scoffbucket waited patiently to be collected.

'We tidied up inside.'

'Later, everything was back to normal.'

Thank you so much, Mr Liker Biker!

I don't know what we'd have done without you!

It was a pleasure! I'm quite keen on goats!

That's what Grandpa said! Fat lot of help he was!

-He just went for a lie-down!

-You wouldn't let me help.

If you had, Mr Scoffbucket wouldn't have eaten your slipper. Or pants!

Yum!

ALL LAUGH

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