Copyright First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2021 Published in this ebook edition in 2021 HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk Text copyright © David Walliams 2021 Illustrations copyright © Tony Ross 2021 Cover lettering of author’s name copyright © Quentin Blake 2010 David Walliams and Tony Ross assert the moral right to be identified as the author and illustrator of the work respectively. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, locales and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Apart from famous historical figures, any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook onscreen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. Source ISBN: 9780008262204 Ebook Edition © November 2019 ISBN: 9780008530235 Version: 2021-11-08 For my wonderful mum, who is also a Gangsta Granny CONTENTS COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION THANK-YOUS MEET THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY PART ONE RETURN OF THE CAT 1 A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET OF CABBAGES 2 CLEVER CLOG 3 PUDDLE OF TROUBLE 4 A GALLOPING POSTBOX 5 NUMBER-ONE PIN-UP 6 BISCUIT TIN 7 THE COOLEST KID IN THE WORLD 8 LOW-SPEED CHASE 9 GIANT FRUIT LOLLY 10 DOUBLE BLUFF! 11 TINY MOUSTACHE 12 GROUNDED! 13 NUMBER-ONE SUSPECT PART TWO DANCE INTO DANGER 14 TWO LEFT FEET 15 CLUELESS 16 IDENTICAL STRANGERS 17 MARCH OF THE BINS 18 A DEEP SENSE OF DREAD 19 PLUCKED TO PERFECTION 20 ALL A BLUR 21 BROKEN BUTTOCK 22 A MYSTERIOUS FIGURE 23 GIANT MUSHROOMS 24 BONG! PART THREE THE SECRET OF ALL SECRETS 25 DYNAMITE! 26 BOG WATER 27 USED TISSUE 28 NASTIES 29 THE RETURN OF FUDGE 30 ABRA KEBABRA 31 RAJ MEETS THE QUEEN 32 TOP-SECRET MISSION 33 SEVEN CORGIS SLEEPING 34 YOU ARE ONLY OLD ONCE! 35 WATER SLIDE 36 TRESPASSERS 37 PC RAJ 38 A TRAP PART FOUR SHOWDOWN 39 REVENGE OF THE OLDIES! 40 DUMMY 41 KINDA SPOOKY 42 A PROPER GANGSTA 43 A MUM-AND-DAD SANDWICH 44 THE QUEEN’S SPEECH ALSO BY DAVID WALLIAMS ABOUT THE PUBLISHER