Mr Badger and the Magic Mirror (7 page)

‘You've been asleep for ever so long,' said Mrs Badger, ‘but I didn't have the heart to wake you. In fact, you nodded off very soon after you began reading your story.'

‘Ah,' said Mr Badger, sipping a cup of hot chocolate. ‘I am very tired, but there's something I just
have
to tell you. You might not believe your ears … but the strangest thing happened to me today at the Boubles Grand Hotel!'

‘Oh really?' smiled Mrs Badger. ‘I can't wait to hear all about it.'

The End

More
Leigh Hobbs
books for you
to enjoy from
Allen & Unwin

Horrible Harriet

Hooray for Horrible Harriet

4F for Freaks

Freaks Ahoy

Old Tom's Big Book of Beauty

Mr Chicken Goes to Paris
and of course the Mr Badger books

For more details, visit Leigh's website:

www.leighhobbs.com.au

Collect all of Mr Badger's adventures
at the Boubles Grand Hotel.

About the Author

In 1957, who could have dreamt that behind the innocent face above lurked a mind which, decades later, would create an array of oddities that included Old Tom, Horrible Harriet, Fiona the Pig and Mr Chicken? Plus Mr Badger. Though compared to the others,
he
seems quite normal.

Mr Hobbs, the artist responsible for the aforementioned characters, was always convinced that he seemed quite normal as well. At primary school, skinny and unsporty, the last thing he wanted to do was attract attention to himself. Even later, at art school, Hobbs had no real interest in rebelling or appearing ‘arty'. There was enough action happening already, inside his head.

For a start, all those freaks,
just biding their time waiting to escape…