Stanley squeezed Nathan’s shoulder sympathetically.
‘What shall we do now?’ Jack asked. Viola looked at Emily but stayed silent.
‘I know a real good trick,’ Nathan said, suddenly grinning.
‘What?’ The others crowded round him.
‘Follow me to the shower block and I’ll show you.’
They all walked off and I made to follow them. I felt Humphrey come up beside me.
‘Hiss,’ he said.
‘What?’ I asked.
‘This is not a good idea. Nathan’s unhappy and I think he’s looking for trouble.’
‘What’s the matter with him?’ I asked, interested. I was a cat who always helped humans in trouble, after all.
‘He’s homesick. Poor kid got sent over here because his parents are working away and he misses home.’
‘That’s something I have some experience of.’ I explained about Stanley and Viola and how I’d accidentally ended up in the van.
‘We’d better go and keep an eye on them; this isn’t going to end well.’ He bounded off and I followed him.
Nathan led them to the back of the shower block. He giggled as the others watched him turn a big tap. Four people, wrapped in towels, heads covered in shampoo, ran out screaming.
‘It’s freezing,’ someone cried.
‘The water’s gone cold,’ someone else shouted. Lots of voices shrieked all at once.
‘You did that?’ Viola asked. She looked cross. Nathan fell about laughing.
‘But we’ll get into trouble,’ Emily said. Jack looked as if he might cry.
‘Run,’ Stanley said; they all ran. I heard the whistle and Mr Green rounded the corner, blowing it furiously. Angry people crowded round him as he tried to pacify them, with Humphrey at his feet.
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