Jimmy Story Review: 1.2 Miss Pettigrew's Parrot

After a week of terrible incidents, Roger is banned from the family outing to the circus by this father. The straw to break the camels back was Roger kicking his ball through Miss Pettigrew's open window and knocking over he parrot's cage; leading to the escape of the parrot.

Jimmy is terribly worried by this and comes up with a plan to exchange the lost parrot with his tortoise (painted parrot colours) and one of Bobby's kittens (which will miaow like the parrot could).

By the time they have delivered the gifts to Miss Pettigrew's empty house, Mr Manning has called his wife with a change of heart: Roger can come along after all. However, first words must be had with Roger.

Jimmy seems concerned now, about the gifts he has left - a tortoise dripping with paint and a cat hidden in Miss Pettigrew's work basket. This increases when he overhears two women conversing about Miss Pettigrew's work basket being destroyed by a cat and her carpet stained by paint. It appears that she may be on the war path. While this worries Jimmy, they are at the circus, the whole family, and tomorrow is such a long way away!

Characters:

Mrs Manning
Mr Manning
Roger
Jimmy
Bobby