Pip and the Twilight Seekers
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And he would have thrown him straight into the oven. Really, he would. But the wooden doll felt the hand around him as Pip took him by the waist. And something came into the captain’s thoughts.
“Master Pipkin,” he squeaked at last. “One half of the Pipkin two. Born of the same hour and separated at birth. Left alone in the orphanage without the love of his brother. Poor old Eddie Pipkin.” And then just as quickly as he had awoken he fell back to sleep.
Pip’s eyes grew wider and his heart beat so fast that he could hear it thumping through his chest. He wanted to wake everyone up. To scream out loud to Frankie. Was it really the truth? Did he have a brother? Was that the missing part of him that kept him awake all night? And where on earth could he be?
How could he not share his news? He rose up and crossed the room to where Frankie lay and she woke to see him smiling.
“Frankie, listen. The captain has spoken. I have a brother. A real brother. I’m a twin.”
But she was so tired that she thought she was dreaming and she drifted back into a heavy sleep. Pip looked around him. They were fast asleep, all of them. Blissfully drifting in the warmth of the bakery. He should let them rest, of course he should.
And so Pip lay there in the dark hours, bewildered and excited, until he was overcome with tiredness. As the light from the fire died he felt himself slipping helplessly into sleep, and dreamed of what was to come.
Chris Mould went to art school at the age of sixteen. During this time, he did various jobs, from delivering papers to cleaning and cooking in a kitchen. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire, England.
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