chapter seventeen.
I'm sitting on the train. I must say, Trevor's bravery floors me.
So we were sitting in a compartment all to ourselves, and someone comes by and their robe gets caught in our door, so the door swings open and Trevor leaps out.
He manages to land on a pyramid of Pumpkin Pasties on the food trolley, causing the trolley lady to flip out and fall backwards, which made the trolley fly forward and knock down several people in the corridor.
And so the toad hunt began.
Since this all happened in a matter of seconds, I didn't have much time to go out there and catch him before he hopped off. And of course, the infamous toad is obviously owned by me. Around ten people showed up at my compartment, yelling.
I'm getting a bit tired of them complaining, honestly. It's not my fault that my toad is a bit adventurous!
Anyway, I went to look for him. But that didn't work out too well, the trolley lady put two and two together, seeing the students glaring at me, that I was the owner of the toad. She wasn't all that pleased. She seemed to think that just then, with my toad missing and the train in an uproar, was the best moment to lecture me on the safe-keeping of any pets that I might own. And she didn't keep her voice down. Soon people who had been far enough away not to notice the food cart fiasco were coming out of their compartments to listen to the trolley lady screech at me.
So now all I've got to worry about is this getting around school when I get back, and Trevor being found. If he will be found. I'm starting to think it's about me, he just keeps leaping away, that ungrateful amphibian.