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McAllisterIllustrated by Tim Archbold  \nOXFORD  \nUNIVERSITY PRESS  \nGreat Clarendon Street,Oxford OX26DP  \nOxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford.Itfurthers the University's objective of excellence in research,scholarship,andeducation by publishing worldwide in  \nOxford New York  \nAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires Calcutta Cape TownChennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul KarachiKuala Lumpur Madrid Melboume Mexico City Mumbai NairobiParis Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsaw  \nwith associated companies in Berlin Ibadan  \nOxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Pressin the UK and in certain other countries  \n◎ Margaret McAllister 2000  \nThe moral rights of the author have been asserted  \nDatabase right Oxford University Press(maker)  \nFirst published 2000  \nPrinted in Great Britain  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in aretrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,without theprior permission in writing of Oxford University Press,or as expresslypermitted by law,or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographicsrights organisation.Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope ofthe above should be sent to the Rights Department,Oxford University Pressat the address above  \nYou must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you mustimpose this same condition on any acquirer  \nISBN 0199192634  \nFor my godson Martin and his brothers,Aidan,Euan and Joseph.  \n# Grotty Monday\n\nOf course I made mistakes.All inventorsmake mistakes.Even Professor Scriffle does,but he doesn't shout about it.My inventionshad a few teething troubles.But they  \nhappened in the wrong place,at the wrongtime.  \nI don't need to tell you what happened on  \nGrotty Monday,do I?It wasn't my fault.  \nWhen Grotty Monday started my mumwas fighting with the washing machine,andthe washing machine was winning.It usuallydid.You never knew if it would start,flood,creak,dance all over the kitchen or go intoself-destruct and blow itself to atoms.  \nI′m pretty good with machines.I wasalways repairing it but it wouldn't go onforever,and we really needed it.There arefour of us-Mum,me,(I′m Patrick),my sisterLaura,and little Hannah.She's only three.My dad went off with somebody else whenHannah was a baby,and money's been tightever since.  \nSo,on Grotty Monday,the old washingmachine wouldn't start.Mum kicked it,andit rumbled and stopped again.She thumpedit,and the door fell off.I finished my  \nbreakfast and went to fetch my screwdrivers.Finding the loose connection was easy,but Ihad to get most of the insides outside to  \ntighten it up.Laura was already going  \n'If I′m late,tell MrsCramp I'm doing the  \nwashing machine,'Iyelled after her.I finishedas fast as Icould,andthat's pretty fast,  \nbut I knew I'd be late for school.I ran fullpelt all the way and I was gasping for breathwhen I got there.I could see everyone havinga giggle behind their hands.I went and stoodat Mrs Cramp's desk.  \nShe pushed her chair back as if she wasafraid of catching something.She had thisway of looking at you as if you'd just crawledout from under the sink.'Your sister tells meyou've been mending a washing machine,'she said,very slowly.I heard them allspluttering and making rude noises,trying  \nnot to laugh out loud.I nodded.  \n'Well,I'm very pleased to hear that you'remaking yourself useful,Patrick,'she said.'ButI'd rather you did domestic repairs in yourown time,not school time.'  \nI wanted to say that I couldn't mend thething until it broke down,but I knew betterthan to chance it.  \n'Sorry,Miss,'I said.The giggling wasgetting infectious.I didn't dare look atanyone.  \n'Go to your seat and borrow someone else'sbook to catch up,'she said.I did,but I'd soon finishedand I got out my rough bookdesigns for a robot.I like designingthings,so 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