“Don’t do anything silly,” she warned him, “or you’ll live to regret it.”
Norton and his mates started laughing.
“Gawn, what’s a little nerd like you gunna do to us? Hit us with ya library bag? Put a curse on us?”
He crouched down near to her and wiggled his fingers.
“I just might do that,” she replied.
Other children had gathered around by this time and were standing well back, watching. They couldn’t believe that Matilda could be this silly. The three bullies had formed a ring around her and began pushing her from one to the other, spinning her around as they did so.
Norton was shouting, “Cursey, cursey, cursey.”
Matilda had finally had enough. She closed her eyes and whispered the words that Maximilian had told her.
The bullies suddenly stopped. A pool was forming under each of them and the fronts of their trousers were soaked. They had wet themselves. The spectators began pointing and screaming with laughter. The bullies tried to find some way to hide their embarrassment by putting their hands in front of the stain, but the wee just kept coming.
“What’s goin’ on?” said a bewildered Norton. “What’s happenin’?” He was bright red in the face.
“I warned you,” said Matilda, “but you wouldn’t listen. Well, I’ll give you another warning. Every time you even think of bullying anybody, this is what will happen. Take my advice and turn yourselves into everybody’s sweet-thinking pals – or pay for it.”
At that moment Ms Winterbottom burst through the throng. She had been attracted by the noise of the crowd. She took in the spectacle and almost fainted. Recovering her composure, she screamed at the three bullies, ‘That’s the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen. Didn’t your mothers ever toilet-train you? Norton, Cruxley, Bowtram, clean up your mess. Immediately! The rest of you go on your way.”
Bullying was never again a problem at Matilda’s school.
And in the sea, near what had been the pirates’ fort but was now sealed up forever, an eel found an opened tin of Spam outside its rocky home every week.
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About the Author
Burt Candy lives with his wife on board a houseboat at Lemon Tree Passage on the east coast of Australia. He has been writing children's books for over 20 years. The "Matilda and the Story Mat" trilogies are the first to be published as E-books.
Burt can be contacted at
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