A Sunnysands Shelter for Bella la Belter Grandpa In My Pocket

Not the Shrinking Cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

Come down, Grandpa!

Ha! Ha!

Grandpa!

One of the best things about staying at the Mill on the Marsh

is that we get to meet some very special guests,

like Bella la Belter.

Bella la Belter! Bella la Belter! Bella la Belter! Bella la Belter!

Calm down, Elsie. Calm down.

I can't help it, I'm so excited!

I must admit I'd never heard of Bella la Belter until today.

She's actually really famous.

She sings, she dances, she acts.

-I bet she's really rich.

-Oh. Why has she come to stay here?

She's fed up having her photo taken all the time

so she's come somewhere quiet and out of the way.

Her visit's a secret. Nobody knows except us.

So sh!

And Josh, and Mum and Dad of course.

-And Wulfy.

-But Wulfy won't tell, will you, Wulfy?

Seriously, it's important the Sunnysands newspaper

-doesn't find out she's staying here.

-Bella la Belter.

Bella la Belter. There's no headlines about her here. I think she's safe.

-She should have arrived by now.

-Let's go and see, Jason. Come on!

We ran down to the meadow.

Auntie Jules was just mooring Queenie up when we got there.

-She's here! Bella la Belter's here!

-Keep your voice down!

Do you think it's safe for me to take this off now?

Absolutely! The Mill is the perfect shelter, for you, Bella.

Yes, the Mill on the Marsh was...

Hi, Bella! I'm Elsie.

I know all your songs. Like...

# You're my boy and I am your girl!

# Together we can save the world... #

Yay! You're a little star in the making, you are.

And this is Jason. Come on, don't be shy, Jason.

-He's got a bit of a crush on you, Bella.

-Stop it, Mum! Hi.

Hi, Jason. Love the look.

Oh, well, I'm just going to see some friends. See you later.

-Don't tell them about um...

-I know!

Come on, Bella, let me show you to your room. It's got wonderful views.

We thought everything was going really well, but we were wrong!

Simon Snapham, the photographer from the Sunnysands newspaper

has found out about Bella's visit.

O-ho-ho! Great stuff!

Great stuff!

He'd been hiding all this time, taking photos.

What Simon Snapham didn't know was that Grandpa was watching him.

Oh, no! We can't have this!

-I love Bella la Belter!

-Bad news, I'm afraid.

Simon Snapham, the Sunnysands photographer, is out there

and he's already taken lots of photos. Look!

-Oh, no! I'll go and tell Auntie Jules.

-No, no, no.

Because if she makes him go away,

he'll tell everyone that Bella is here.

Now you and I can do this together, Elsie.

First, make sure that Bella doesn't go outside.

And I'll delete all the photos in Mr Snapham's camera.

-But how?

-By being small!

Not the Shrinking Cap, Grandpa!

Catch me if you can!

When Grandpa shrinks, he gets up to all sorts of things.

He loves zooming about in Jason's toy car...

..and chuffing around in the Sunnysands train.

He runs and jumps about all over the place and I can't catch him.

And today he was flying in Josh's helicopter.

He flew out of the window just in time.

Fancy Grandpa going for a lie down now.

I thought he'd want to meet Bella. Oh, well, later maybe.

She wants a green salad for lunch. Very healthy!

I hoped things were going well in the meadow.

Simon Snapham didn't see Grandpa land in the helicopter.

He was eating his lunch and talking to his camera...

-Good morning's work, that was.

-..which was a very odd thing to do.

-We've done brilliantly, you and me, Kevin.

-He called his camera Kevin.

Kevin?

By tonight, Kevin, our photos of Bella la Belter are going to

be all over the Sunnysands Gazette.

Not if I can help it.

While Simon wasn't looking, Grandpa crept up to the camera.

Just then, Simon's phone rang.

PHONE RINGS

Ooh! It's our boss at the Sunnysands Gazette, Kevin!

HI, SIMON SNAPHAM...

Hi, Simon Snapham here.

This was Grandpa's chance!

Aha. Yeah.

He pressed the delete button over and over

and got rid of all the photos of Bella!

I've got loads of photos of Bella. How many exactly?

Uh, I'll just check.

Simon checked his camera

and saw that all the photos of Bella had gone.

He couldn't understand it.

Er, hi. Er, there's been a problem, like a technical fault or something.

But don't worry, I'll get some more snaps.

Yeah, I'll just take some more. I'll be in touch.

Bye.

Oh, well. We're just going to have try again, Kevin.

Get some even better ones this time, eh?

Oh, bother!

Grandpa's plan hadn't worked.

Auntie Jules had made Bella's salad.

She took it out of Upsie Downsie.

And just then, Bella came in.

Ah! That's better. Now I can relax.

I thought you might want to have some lunch on the balcony.

-No! You mustn't!

-Why not?

-I had to stop Bella from going outside.

There might be flies out there!

Yes, billions of buzzy flies waiting to land on your salad - yuk!

-Oh, don't be silly, Elsie. Come outside, Bella.

-No! NO!

Excuse me. I just need to have a word with Elsie.

I was going to have to tell Auntie Jules what was happening.

# You're my boy and I am your girl... #

-There's a photographer in the meadow?

-Yes!

I'm going to borrow Bella's cap and jacket.

-The photographer will think I'm Bella.

-But...

He'll take some pictures then he'll leave her in peace. Brilliant idea.

I wasn't sure Grandpa would think this was a brilliant idea after all.

Simon Snapham was hiding in our boat, Queenie,

waiting to take a photo, and Grandpa was watching him.

Then out came Auntie Jules, dressed up as Bella la Belter.

Simon was fooled but Grandpa wasn't.

Oh, Bella! you look fantastic.

Oh, thanks, sweetie! # You're my boy and you're... #

Maybe not the singing?

Simon Snapham thought she was REALLY Bella la Belter.

He snapped and snapped and snapped!

Grandpa was worried.

If Simon Snapham took the photos,

then everyone in Sunnysands would know that Bella was here.

And just then, who should come back but Jason.

Mum? Why are you dancing about in Bella la Belter's clothes?

Jason!

What? What have I done wrong?

-You explain, Elsie!

-Well?

Come with me and I'll tell you.

Simon Snapham was very cross.

How dare they try to trick me! How dare they?

I'm not going to stand for it, Kevin, I'm not going to st... Argh!

In fact, he was so cross that he bumped his head on the boat.

-Oh, dear, he's bumped his head.

-Oh! Ah!

Grandpa ran towards the boat. He wanted to speak to Simon

and he'd thought of a clever way to do it,

-by pretending to be Kevin the camera.

-Simon, you all right, mate?

You took a bit of a knock there, didn't you? It's me - Kevin!

Simon Snapham couldn't believe his ears.

-You can talk?

-Of course I can. I thought you knew that.

-You're always talking to me.

-In all our years of working together,

you've never said a word back.

I only speak if it's really important - and this is.

-I think we should leave Miss Bella la Belter in peace.

-You do?

I do.

She's a lovely girl, let her enjoy her holiday in the Mill on the Marsh.

We could hear Grandpa. He was doing a brilliant job.

You know what, Kevin, you could be right there.

We all deserve a bit of holiday - you and me included!

I knew you'd see it my way, Simon.

Well, I've said my piece, I shan't speak any more.

Not unless I have to, of course.

OK, understood.

Grandpa got out of the way.

Come along, matey.

So Simon Snapham and Kevin the Camera left -

without any pictures of Bella!

It was time for Grandpa to take his cap off.

Amazing, Grandpa - I've never seen you be a camera before!

Elsie was a help, keeping Bella indoors. Know what that was?

-Teamwork, Grandpa?

-That's right - teamwork!

So Bella la Belter stayed with us the whole weekend

and nobody knew she was here.

She'd had a really lovely time but now she had to go.

Thanks so much for looking after me.

You've all been such sweeties, especially you, Jason.

# You're my boy and I am your girl...

# Together we can save the world! #

Here's your life jacket, Bella.

-Would you like to wear the waterproofs too?

-No, not this time.

To be honest,

I'm surprised no photographers tried to take my picture.

I hope the newspapers haven't forgotten about me!

Bye, Elsie! Bye, Wulfy! Bye, Grandpa!

-Bye!

-Come back soon!

Would you believe it!

Now she WANTS her photo taken!

Some people are never satisfied.