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by Justin Richards


  “Sort of. Dad—are you really a postman?” Alfie asked.

  Alfie’s dad smiled and nodded. But he said nothing.

  Agent Alfie will return in On Her Majesty’s Postal Service.

  Hedgehog Slab Illusion

  Huh?

  Well, Mr Cryption might seem to be talking rubbish, but in fact everything he says is in code. Here are some of the code words that Mr Cryption uses together with what they really mean—provided by the Government Rapid Analysis Decoding and Encryption Section (GRADES). Other words have not yet been deciphered—perhaps you can work them out?

  You can also use the list to say things in code, like Mr Cryption. But be warned—if you do, no one will know what you are talking about!

  CodewardMeaning

  Alert Letter

  Antelopes Satellite

  Anthology Collection

  Artichoke Watch out

  Bananas Tummy

  Bath Big tub of water

  Binoculars Colour

  Blue Difficult

  Bridges Dangerous

  Butter Damaged

  Cardigans Success

  Carpet Unexpected

  Casement Enclosed frame

  Cashflow Expensive

  Crisis Envelope

  Dilemma If

  Doom Clever

  Enormous Worked

  Extraction Code-breaking

  Fester No

  Flammable When

  Flippers Flippers

  Frosting Frosting

  Garden Talking

  Geography Need

  Gherkin Outstanding

  Gold Stay

  Golf Camouflage

  Hamster Teacher

  Hat stand Saucepan

  Heart-shaped Secret

  Hedgehog Quick

  Igloo Completely

  Imposter Blanket

  Identity In

  Illusion Code

  Luggage Responsibility

  Mangle Achievement

  Marbles Brains

  Nightmare Hoorah!

  Office Not good

  Pest Hiding

  Phoenix Again

  Pig Today

  Quibble Better

  Rewind Recover

  Rock Circumstances

  Safety Pink

  Scribble Message Ends

  Shakespeare Muddled

  Slab Guide

  Sleepwalker Deception

  Slingshot Hurt

  Submarine After school

  Tailor Lessons

  Under Extremely

  Vikings Fake

  Violin Stringed musical instrument

  Visible Detention

  Window Under

  Wobble Badly

  Xylophonics Good morning

  Zebra Black and white striped animal like a horse

  Zero Netting

  About the Author

  JUSTIN RICHARDS has written many books, including Dr Who novels, the Invisible Detective series and the Time Runners series. He is also the co-author with Jack Higgins of two teenage thrillers, Sure Fire and Death Run. He lives in Warwick with his wife, two sons and a nice view of the castle. Agent Alfie is his first series for younger readers.

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  First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2008

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  EPub Edition © SEPTEMBER 2009 ISBN: 978-0-007-34734-6

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