Bunkum and tummyrot! You'll never get anywhere if you go about what-iffing like that. Would Columbus have discovered America if he'd said 'What if I sink on the way over? What if I meet pirates? What if I never come back?' He wouldn't even have started.

The walls were wet and sticky, and peach juice was dripping from the ceiling. James opened his mouth and caught some of it on his tongue. It tasted delicious.

Candy is dandy but liqueur is quicker.

The secret of life', he said, 'is to become very very good at somethin' that's very very 'ard to do.

I never get any protests from children. All you get are giggles of mirth and squirms of delight. I know what children like.

It is most unlikely. But--here comes the big "but"--not impossible.

Rainbow drops - suck them and you can spit in six different colours.