Cheesemares by Ross Collins

First published in 2021 in Great Britain by Barrington Stoke Ltd 18 Walker Street, Edinburgh, EH3 7LP www.barringtonstoke.co.uk This 4u2read edition based on Cheesemares (Barrington Stoke, 2013) Text & Illustrations © 2013 & 2021 Ross Collins The moral right of Ross Collins to be identified as the author and illustrator of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in whole or in any part in any form without the written permission of the publisher A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library upon request ISBN: 978-1-80090-054-7 Printed by Hussar Books, Poland

For Bran

CO NTEN TS

1 Aa aa aa ah !

1

2 An othe r Chee se ma re

2

3 Wher e to Star t?

4 The Trail 5 Getti ng Ther e

6 The Ho us e of Chee se

7 Aa aa acho oo o!

8 The Cont es sa 9 Ru n!

10 Getti ng Ba ck 11 Ca se Close d

9 13 17 23 30 36 44 60 63

Hal yelled.

1

“Was it another bad dream?” asked Hal’s mum.

“A nightmare?” asked Hal’s dad with a yawn.

“No,” said Hal. He picked up his pad and pencil. “It was another cheesemare.”

“No more cheese before bed!” snapped Hal’s dad. “This has got to stop!”

Hal knew his dad was right, but he wanted to find out if there really was a link between his cheesy snacks and the nightmares he was having every night.

2

Hal first spotted the link when he ate some smelly French cheese for supper and had a bad dream about vampires.

3

He began to try different cheeses to see what happened. Edam gave him nightmares of pork pies with teeth. Danish Blue cheese woke Hal with a start from a dream about great big green grannies. Cheddar made him dream of kittens with 16 eyes. With Gorgonzola it was farts that melted his skin. Hal tried to forget what he saw after a few small bits of Stilton.

Hal sat down with a thump in front of his Cheesemares Wall.

“This can’t go on,” he said to Rufus.

“Tomorrow I’m going to crack the Case of the Cheesemares once and for all.”

6