Blinky Bill's Pet

Blinky Bill's Pet (1992) Post 333

Blinky Bill's Pet is one of a handful of "original" novels I wrote under licence. By "original", I mean they were never filmed for the TV series, and weren't novelised from existing material. A family wins some money and moves to the country. One of their reasons is so the younger girl, Rosie, can have a pet. When they arrive at their new place, it's discovered dogs and cats are banned, due to some sensitive environmental issues... rare plants (these were discovered in another book). Red, Rosie's dad, feels bad, so he suggests she can have a pet after all. It just needs to be an Australian native. Red sets out to trap a pet for Rosie catching first Flap, then Splodge and Blinky Bill. They all escape, and Blinky, having learned about pets from eavesdropping on the humans, decides to have one himself... Rosie!  After her experience of being an unwilling pet, Rosie decides she'll wait until they move house again, and informs the penitent Red that she'll wait for a cat or a dog.

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