Lighthouse View, As Good As New Grandpa In My Pocket

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Grandpa!

No! Be careful!

Grandpa, stop!

Wahey!

CRASH!

'Hi. I'm Jason Mason,

'and this is Sunnysands, where I live.

'Sunnysands is called Sunnysands because it's always sunny

'and it's by the sea.

'This is our house. It's called Lighthouse View,

'because you can see the lighthouse from my bedroom window.

'Today, everything was in boxes,

'because we were having a massive spring clean.

'I was doing the windows, Jemima was cleaning the kitchen...'

Don't forget the top shelf.

-'..and Grandpa was "helping."

-Missed a bit! Ooh!

Missed another bit!

Ha-ha-ha!

'Dad was in my bedroom putting up some new shelves,

'while Mum was in town choosing curtains.'

CRASH!

Don't worry! It'll be good as new any minute.

Everything will be as good as new!

'Oh, yes. Today we were all working together to make...'

I'm late! I should have been at the bike shop ten minutes ago.

-Mum's back at tea-time.

-I'm off to play with Zak.

-Lucky you!

-And Bubbles is coming round to help.

She's a good sorter-outer. Go on, off you go.

-Nothing to worry about!

-Bye!

-Bye!

-Bye!

'We were all quite relieved Dad had gone,

'and stopped for a Jammy Jumbley.

'But just then...'

DOORBELL RINGS

-Ah, that'll be Bubbles.

-Or Zak to collect me.

'But it wasn't either. It was someone I'd never seen in my life.'

Oh, good. This is the right house. Bernard! This is the right house.

Don't stand there gaping like a haddock, boy, let me in!

-Ooh!

-DOG BARKS

Oh! You think it's funny, do you?

There's a dreadful doggy smell in here. We'll soon get rid of that.

Oh, we will, will we?! Do you mind me asking who you are?

-Brenda. Brenda Balderdash.

-Ooh!

-Ooh! Jammy Jumbleys, my favourites!

-Please, do help yourself(!)

-And what exactly...?

-Bernard!

Have a Jammy Jumbley. I think we should start in the kitchen.

Come on, Bernard.

'We didn't know who they were, and we couldn't get a word in edgeways.'

Keep up, Bernard.

Aah!

CRASH!

Are you all right, dear?

-I just don't understand...

-Mop, Bernard, mop.

'So Bernard went for the mop.'

Oh, dear. That terrible dresser will have to go.

I don't who Mr and Mrs Balderdash are,

but we've got to get rid of them.

Not the shrinking cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

'When Grandpa shrinks he can get up to all kinds of mischief.

'He can chuff about in our Sunnysands train,

'he can drive round in my toy car,

'he can fly off in my toy plane,

'or he can hide in very unusual places

'so I can't find him.

'I'm the only one who knows about Grandpa's magic shrinking cap,

'and nobody else is supposed to find out.

'And today, as usual, I had no idea where Grandpa was hiding.

'Then suddenly...'

Grandpa!

'I was about to pick him up when...'

DOORBELL RINGS

'I thought it would be Zak's mum, but it wasn't. It was...'

-Hi!

-Bubbles!

'Yes, it was Bubbles.'

Don't tell me Grandpa's gone for a lie down.

-BRENDA:

-More Jammy Jumbleys, please.

-No! Not them!

-Don't be silly, Jason.

-Anything to get rid of these awful people.

-What awful people?

Visitors. We don't know who they are. They just barged in.

I'll sort this out. I'm a good sorter-outer.

'So Bubbles went into the kitchen to sort it out.'

I'm Bubbles, and I've come to sort out...

Have you now? There's an awful lot of sorting out to do.

-Have another Jammy Jumbley.

-'This was a disaster.

-'Grandpa was in the tin!'

-DOORBELL RINGS

That'll be Zak's mum. Well, go, Jason!

-But...

-Go on. We'll be fine. Do have another Jammy Jumbley.

WRAPPERS RUSTLE

Aah! Something's alive!

Something's alive?! Ooh! Ooh!

'Luckily, Grandpa escaped and ran.'

Well, go on, Jason, off you go. We'll be fine!

'I hoped Grandpa would be all right.

'But now, I really had to go.'

Bernard! Get down, you silly boy!

But... But...

Can I ask why you're actually here?

To look round the house, cos we're going to buy it.

'They were here to buy our house!'

Buy our house?! But it isn't for sale.

Of course it is. That's why your parents are packing up and cleaning.

They obviously want to move out quickly, don't they, Bernard?

Right! Time to see the garden!

'Bubbles and Bernard got down off the chairs very nervously,

'and followed Mrs Balderdash.

'Of course, I was at Zak's house, worrying about Grandpa.'

Disgraceful. That terrible tree...

'I knew Grandpa would have a plan...'

Tatty old bush there. I don't know.

'..and I was right. He started to shake the bush.'

-LEAVES RUSTLE

-Aah!

Something's alive!

Something's alive! Aah!

Oh, a bush full of ants, that's all we need.

Bernard, you are being silly.

'I really wanted to know what was happening,

'and there was only one way to find out.'

-PHONE RINGS

-I'll go!

'I rang home.'

Oh, Jason, it's you!

Is everything OK?

No, Jason, it's not OK. Mr and Mrs Balderdash

want to buy your house.

There was something alive in the tin,

and there's a bush full of ants in the garden.

I'll wake Grandpa up.

No! This will be a bit too much for Grandpa.

-You'll have to sort it out.

-But, Jason, I...

Look, here's the plan.

Tell Mr and Mrs Balderdash there's loads of stuff wrong

-with our house, right?

-Tell them there's loads wrong?

Oh, then they won't want to buy it! I get it!

-Leave the phone off the hook, so I can hear.

-Right.

-Brilliant plan.

'So Bubbles left the phone off the hook,

'just as Mr and Mrs Balderdash came back.

'Then she started to run with my plan.'

I don't blame you for wanting to change the garden.

I would change everything! This sitting room is just... Yuck!

And the stairs are in a really stupid place.

They should be, like...here!

And the floor is...ugh!

You're absolutely right. Look at this window, Bernard.

'Poor Jemima didn't understand at all.'

Jason told me to do it, to put them off. He's there.

I mean, if I were you, I would absolutely not buy this house.

It's just... Yuck!

'So Bubbles continued with our plan.'

How am I doing?

Great! Do the whole "horrible upstairs" thing.

Right.

And if you think it's awful down here,

wait till you see the bedrooms. They are just...

Urgh! Follow me!

Come along, Bernard.

'So everyone followed Bubbles upstairs,

'and Grandpa came to talk to me.'

I need to get upstairs and be with Brenda and Bernard on their own.

I know. But I'm not there to help, Grandpa.

You can help from where you are. Get Wulfy to bark loudly.

That'll bring Jemima and Bubbles down here.

Just leave the rest to me.

OK.

'And with that,

'Grandpa jumped down and ran into the kitchen towards my plane.'

You see? What did I tell you?

It's just... Yuck, yuck!

I agree. The dreadful bed will have to go, of course.

The walls will have to be painted. And as for the wonky shelf...

SHE BANGS SHELF

Now bark.

"Woof, woof, woof!"

DOG BARKS

'So Wulfy barked, and Bubbles and Jemima ran downstairs.'

What's wrong, Wulfy?

'While Jemima and Bubbles were worrying about Wulfy,

'Grandpa flew up the stairs. And round and round he flew.'

Stop it, Bernard! Stop making that toy plane go!

Stop! You never could resist a toy, could you?

You are such a silly!

'Mrs Balderdash left. Meanwhile,

'Grandpa had got out of the plane, and was up on the wonky shelf.

'He pushed a book off...

-BOOKS CLATTER

-'..then another, then another!'

MORE BOOKS CLATTER

Who?! How?! What?!

Never mind all the whos and hows and whats,

it's time you went.

This house is not for sale.

-Do you hear? Not for sale.

-Aaah!

'Grandpa's job was done.'

Take that horrible dog away now.

'As Bubbles took Wulfy away,

'Mr Balderdash came down the stairs.'

We've got to get out of here! Things are alive!

In the biscuit tin, in the bush,

and that plane. It flew around all by itself!

Then all the books shot off the shelves!

And that little old man spoke to me.

Tiny, he was. This big.

And he said the house is not for sale. I'm off! I am off!

Bernard? Bernard!

'Just then, Dad came home.'

I wouldn't bother if I were you. Everything's alive!

'Dad was very confused. He put the phone back,

'and Grandpa flew down the stairs.

'He got out of the plane, took off his cap,

'and came back to his normal size.'

HE LAUGHS

Ooh!

'Later, I got home from Zak's house.'

There we are. Jason, even though you weren't here,

you helped me get rid of them.

Yep! We did it again, Grandpa. Teamwork!

-Teamwork!

-I can't believe they got the wrong house.

Next door's for sale. Well done, Grandpa, for seeing them off.

Grandpa! Ha! Grandpa didn't do anything!

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