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    Strange Happenings at No.4
    Strange Happenings at No.4
    Strange Happenings at No.4
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    Strange Happenings at No.4

    By Nikolaj Vigrim

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    During our holiday on Granny Wig's farm, me and Lizzy find a nest fill of brightly coloured eggs. We hide it in my guitar and sneak it home.
    Back at No.4, we put the nest in the wardrobe, and soon forget about it. Strange things start to happen around the house; our carpet starts to grow, Mum's words get jumbled and Dad sprouts some hair....
    Remembering the eggs, we find that they have hatched!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNikolaj Vigrim
    Release dateApr 30, 2013
    ISBN9781301092048
    Strange Happenings at No.4
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    Nikolaj Vigrim

    Nikolaj lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his long suffering partner, their four children and a cat that thinks she's a tiger. His work as a yacht captain takes him away for long periods to far flung corners of the globe. It's a full on job but when possible Nikolaj escapes into a fantasy world of teleporting clouds and flying cats to write stories for his children. He used to write these out long-hand but more recently has been tapping them out on an i-pad and publishing them online. While his children are rapidly growing up, the younger two are firm fans and always demand a bedtime story when Dad is home.

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      Strange Happenings at No.4 - Nikolaj Vigrim

      Strange Happenings at No. 4

      by Nikolaj Vigrim

      by Nikolaj Vigrim

      Published by Nikolaj Vigrim

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2008-2013 Nikolaj Vigrim

      Illustrations by Nikolaj and Louise

      Based on a drawing by Sofie

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      Chapter 1 - Lizzy and Louise find a Nest

      Lizzy and me are like twins - we've painted L&L on our wetsuits. Beneath the mud we have the same blond hair and sparkling blue eyes, and are more or less the same height; me being short for 9 and a half and Lizzy tall for 8. We wash ourselves clean in the icy stream, then lie on our backs in long grass and squint up into the brightness, trying to spot the skylarks singing high overhead. We've come down to Granny and Grandad Wig's farm for a week during the summer holidays, a week of ducklings and chickens, of juicy, freshly picked strawberries, pony rides and mud, flies and squishy cow-pats.

      The first few days are hot, stinking hot. By day we help around the farm and play on the mud slide. We camp out under the walnut trees and sizzle sausages and toast marshmallows on the fire. I play my guitar while Lizzy strums on a ukulele she found in the old house. My wetsuit catches fire in a cloud of blue, rubbery smoke and we have a nasty moment with an exploding can of baked beans. Next time I'll open the can before putting it on the fire! In the morning we take a brisk swim with the eels to wake themselves up and wash off the beans.

      After the hot days come the cold ones. We fry up pikelets on the coal range and eat them with lashings of butter and jam, then draw pictures on the steamed up windows and peer through at the rain outside. We roast pumpkin seeds and eat them sizzling hot.

      'Lulu, what'll happen if we stick them in the ground?' asks Lizzy.

      'Oh, stupid,' I reply. 'Bananas will come up.' Sometimes she tries my patience.

      'Really?' says Lizzy, looking surprised.

      'Let’s plant some and see.'

      Next morning we put our gumboots on and, much to the delight of the ducklings and hens, start clearing the tall grass and silver beet from an overgrown corner of the garden. Lizzy is more into playing than working and makes a house in the long grass.

      'Come out and help,' I call. 'You wanted to see what would grow.'

      Out comes Lizzy, and we cut the long grass and weeds leaving Lizzy's wee house under the apple tree. At morning teatime, Granny Wigs brings out lemonade and bikkies. She's wrinkly like an old tortoise but bounces around like a jack rabbit. Me and Lizzy squeeze into her grass house to have our drink and eat the freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.

      Lizzy spots it first, hidden in the flattened grass at our feet is a nest full of brightly patterned eggs. They look like someone has carefully painted them, like Easter eggs, and are odd shapes, not oval

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