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Dear Lo,

Things are a bit strange in New Babbage lately... so there was ta be this exam, right, that all urchins hadda take or be thrown offa the wall! So, we all hadda show up ta a pre-test lecture sort of...

Only I broke me leg! I was snoopin' on Underby... I thought p'raps 'e was still up to no good, but 'e seems right fine. 'E's takin' care o' me and mister Tenk. More on that...

So, the pre-test. I got me crutches from Vivi an' we went off to school. The teacher shows up wif a big moustac… Continue

Dear Lo,

Cor... still 'hurts like nothin' else... me 'ead's fuzzy from wot the a-pot-hole-carry 'ad me drink. Lessee wot I can write tho.

Saw mister Tenk visitin' mister Underby again... was recallin' tha time Underby got croaked an' Tenk fell offa the roof at the same time... overby the... heh, overby, underby... wot was... right, over by the Dagonese temple... temple's still got somethin' to do with it

Tenk's been visitin' a lot... I tried snoopin' a few days ago an' Underby 'eard me sneak… Continue

((this blog is written as a series of letters to LoPxie Artful, while she's away))

Dear Lo,

Well, weren't that a fine weekend? Starts out snowin', wif a snap in the air that'd put fresh pole beans t' shame. Me toesies! Lucky I 'ad those clock'opper, I mean clod'opper boots from me Tenk costume, so I just kept 'em fer winter.

Lots o' folk liked me Tenk costume. Some dinna quite get it, some got it 'fore I even told 'em, so all in all a bit o' alright. 'Cept when Tenk saw it... 'e wasna pleased… Continue

I canna... 'twas too... oh 'eck, it must've been a nightmare or summat. P'raps that onion I found in the rubbish was off. Aye, must be it. Me eyes played tricks, couldn'tve been what I thought I did see. Things like that're right impossible. Mayor Tenk said just that, 'e did.

No, it never... AAAACK, it's comin' back! It's 'orrible! It's gonna eat me, I know it!