by Ian Fleming
And then CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG went motoring docilely off down the street with quite a different expression on her face from the furious snarl she had worn in that same street the day before.
They got out on to the open road for Calais and for either the car ferry or the “Air Bridge” to England (they hadn’t yet made up their minds which way to go), and Commander Pott said, over his shoulder, to Jeremy and Jemima, “Well, I think that’s quite enough adventure for the time being. It’s high time we all went home to peace and quiet.”
And Mimsie said, very forcibly, “I entirely agree.”
But in the back Jeremy and Jemima both gave a squawk of protest. “Oh no,” they cried, more or less together. “More adventures! More!”
And at that, believe it or not, there came a whirring of machinery from somewhere deep down inside CHITTY-CHITTY-BANG-BANG. The front and back mudguards swivelled out into wings, the radiator opened up, and the whizzing propeller of the cooling-fan slid out, and with a tremendous “WHOOSH” the great green car soared up into the sky.
“My hat!” shouted Commander Pott (which was the right thing to shout, as his hat had in fact blown off). “I can’t control her — she’s taken off. Where in heavens is she taking us?”
A huge, ancient engine stuck up a tree. A camper van in need of a spare part. A quiet family in an ordinary street. Bet you think they’re all going to come together, help each other out, and live happily ever after? Wrong! Wrong! So very, very wrong! Discover more in a brand-new Chitty Chitty Bang Bang adventure by the brilliant Frank Cottrell Boyce. Brace yourself for a story that will drive you round the bend, up the wall, and into the skies.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is the only children’s book written by Ian Fleming (1908–1964), creator of James Bond, the world’s most famous spy. Fleming wrote the book for his young son, Caspar, and since its publication in 1964, it has continued to win readers’ hearts while also becoming the basis for a much-loved film and stage show.
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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Text by Ian Fleming copyright © 1964, 1965 by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.
Illustrations by Joe Berger copyright © 2012 by Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.
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First U.S. electronic edition 2013
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2012952071
ISBN 978-0-7636-6666-8 (paperback)
ISBN 978-0-7636-6684-2 (electronic)
The illustrations were created digitally.
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