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21 " He was standing very still with his arms folded, staring with poached egg eyes. "
― Sue Townsend , The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
22 " I had my first wet dream! "
23 " FRIDAY APRIL 17TH Good Friday Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. I wouldn’t have had the guts to do it myself. The dog has mauled the hot-cross buns; it doesn’t respect any traditions. "
24 " I am starting to get a bit suspicious about my mother’s feelings towards Mr Lucas. I found a note she had from him; it says: ‘Pauline, how much longer? For God’s sake come away with me. Yours forever, Bimbo.’ Although it was signed ‘Bimbo’ I know it was from Mr Lucas because it was written on the back of his red electricity bill. "
25 " said he ‘would rather go without’. "
26 " I remembered my resolution about helping the poor and ignorant today, so I took some of my old Beano annuals to a quite poor family who have moved into the next street. I know they are poor because they have only got a black and white telly. A boy answered the door. I explained why I had come. He looked at the annuals and said, ‘I’ve read ’em,’ and slammed the door in my face. So much for helping the poor! "
27 " My father wouldn’t give me a note excusing me from Games so I spent nearly all morning dressed in pyjamas diving into a swimming pool and picking up a brick from the bottom. I had a bath when I came home but I still smell of chlorine. I just don’t see the point of the above lesson. When I am grown up I am hardly going to walk along a river bank in my pyjamas, am I? And who would be stupid enough to dive into a river for a boring old brick? Bricks are lying around all over the place! "
28 " I hadn’t actually tasted whisky before and I never will again. How people can drink it for pleasure I don’t know. If it was in a medicine bottle they would pour it down the sink! "
29 " GOOD FRIDAY Poor Jesus, it must have been dead awful for him. "
30 " Lady Diana melted my heartstrings in her dirty white dress. She even helped an old man up the aisle. I thought it was very kind of her considering it was her wedding day. Loads of dead famous people were there. Nancy Reagan, Spike Milligan, Mark Phillips, etc., etc. The Queen looked a bit jealous. I expect it was because people weren’t looking at her for a change. "
31 " Abba "
32 " But I must say that I take my hat off to Sainsbury’s, they seem to attract a better class of person. I saw a vicar choosing toilet paper; he chose a four-roll pack of purple three-ply. He must have money to burn! He could have bought some shiny white and given the difference to the poor. What a hypocrite! "
33 " Mrs Ball. They "
34 " Quinguagesima. St David’s Day "