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dad.”
    â€œDon’t believe you,” said Harry.
    George was right – how come?

Find the Word
    Here’s a game you can play that Harry and George would love, if only they could read! It’s a lot of fun.
    Take a word and see how many other words you can make out of it. It’s a good idea to have a system. Start with the first letter of the word and then go on to the second and then the third. For example: DINNER can be made into: DEN, IN, NINE, END, RED (amongst other words).
    How many words can you make out of: HORNET, BUTTERFLY, DRAINPIPE and CENTIPEDE?
    What has 50 legs but can’t walk?
    Half a centipede
    What do you get if you cross a centipede and a chicken?
    Enough drumsticks to feed an army

Are You Scared of Creepy-Crawlies? Quiz
    Follow the boxes to find out whether you’re a scaredy-cat!
    1 If you got a book on spiders for Christmas, would you give it away?

    2 If someone says: “I’ve just seen a HUGE spider,” do you run and hide?

    3 If you see an ant on the pavement, do you try and stamp on it?

    4 If a wasp buzzes near, do you yell and scream?

    5 Would you pick up a worm?

    6 Would you pick up a slug?

    7 Would you walk into a spider’s web?

    8 Would you help a bee to escape out of the window?

    9 Would you look at a beetle under a magnifying glass?

    10 If something fluttery buzzes into your face, would you calmly try to save it?

    If you answered mainly Yes = You may be brave, but you’re scared of creepy-crawlies!
    If you answered mainly No = You have no fear of creepy-crawlies. You like them!
    If you had an equal number of Yes and No answers = You aren’t scared of creepy-crawlies – but you DON’T like them!
    What do you get if you cross a centipede and a parrot?
    A walkie-talkie
    What do you get if you cross a rose with a poisonous centipede?
    I don’t know, but I wouldn’t like to smell it

Make a Scary Bug Headdress
    What you need:
    A sheet of thick paper, two pipe cleaners, sticky tape, stapler, 2 pom-poms with holes in them, paper, felt tips, scissors and glue. And an adult to help with the cutting and fitting.
    What to do:
    1 Cut the thick paper in half along the longest side. Fold each piece in half lengthwise.

    2 Unfold the pieces and fold the sides in to meet the crease in the middle. Unfold the halves and staple them together to make a long band. Use sticky tape to make the join stronger. Colour the band with felt tips.

    3 Now fold the strip back together, coloured side outwards, and stick with tape.

    4 Staple and stick the band so it fits your head – you will need help with this! (Cover the staples with tape to stop them scratching you!)

    5 Dab a little glue at the end of a pipe cleaner and push it through one of the pom-poms. Do the same for the other pom-pom. Staple and tape the feelers inside the band.

    6 Draw eyes on a piece of paper, colour them in and cut them out. Don’t forget to put in a little hole in each “eye” so you can see out! Finally, tape the eyes to the band.

    The headdress finished. See how scary you look!

About the Author
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS BOOK
by Ian Whybrow
    We’ve seen unlikely heroes before… misshapen Beasts, Bogeymen, Little Wolves (hem hem)… But who could imagine readers warming to a centipede? A poisonous centipede at that!
    It takes a writer as remarkable and original as Lynne Reid Banks to get you to do it. She’s always been a great defender of what others might think of as hopeless cases. That’s why she has the power to make us rejoice when the venomous Hxzltl (sorry… Harry) escapes death by drowning, smothering, slapping and foot-squishing. We’re delighted for the poor starving thing when he gets to chew on a mole-cricket that’s as big to him as a raging bull. We root for this teeny bug in shining armour as he takes on flying-swoopers, belly-crawlers, furry-biters – even when he attacks one of our own kind – a