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A secret recipe

The next morning was Saturday, and straight after breakfast Tick bounced off to find Chanza. Chanza lived in the flat downstairs with his dad Unathi, who was Arabella’s assistant.

“Jamie’s training Fungi so she can win R1 000 in the Best Behaved Dog Competition at the school fair,” he told Chanza as they walked down the garden to Tick’s shed.

“I wish we could win R1 000,” said Chanza.

“We could enter Bieber.” Tick scratched the small monkey’s head. Bieber clung to his shoulder and chittered softly.

“Tiny problem. He’s not a dog,” said Chanza. “And second tiny problem, he’s not well behaved.”

“He would definitely win the Worst Behaved Competition …” said Tick, as the monkey leaped onto the washing line and swung upside down from one of Toby’s T-shirts. “Do you think they might be having one of those too?”

“Probably not,” said Chanza. “How are we gonna make enough money for the Superwhizz Science kit? We still need R130.”

Tick grabbed his arm. “Guess what! You’re not going to believe this – I found the formula for itchy powder!”

“Focus, Tick, focus!” Chanza smacked Tick’s head. “How do we make R130 for the Superwhizz Science kit?”

Tick smacked him back. “Because, DUFUS, we make the itchy powder and we sell it. Duh! There’s this guy who sells it on eBay. People pay hundreds of dollars for the stuff. We can sell it at the school fair.”

Chanza looked amazed. “Serious? Tiny problem though – where do we get the ingredients? The professor isn’t going to be happy if we steal them from his laboratory again. Not after last time …”

Tick looked pleased with himself. “The main ingredient is easy. You know those little red blobs on my mom’s roses?”

Chanza nodded. “Rose hips?”

“Well, if you open them, they got little hairs inside and those are the itchy powder. Simple.”

Chanza looked impressed. “So all we have to do is find hundreds of rose hips?”

“Right,” said Tick, hoisting Bieber onto his shoulder and setting off for the rose bed. “We can start in the garden.”