The Extincts

The weird stuff all began with £3.72.
I didn’t know it was £3.72, of course, until I picked it up – a scattering of coins on a wet pavement – and counted it.
George Drake, it’s your lucky day! Three strikes at Bumper Bowl with Josh and Matt – and now FREE MONEY! I let the coins trickle out of my
hand, into my pocket, and got back on my bike.
What do you do with £3.72? Easy. If you’re me, you buy sweets.
I was in the shop for about a minute. When I came out, my bike had gone. I had a paper bag full of gummy caterpillars and strawberry laces and foam bananas – but no bike. And it was raining.
And it was a long walk home.
Sorry, George Drake, just kidding. Not your lucky day after all.
Great. Just great. I bit the head off a gummy
caterpillar, and started walking.
By the time I got home, I was feeling a bit sick.
I’m not totally sure that I like foam bananas.
Mum was upside down in the garden. Other
people don’t do yoga in the garden in the rain,
just Mum.