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“because she’d forbidden him to bring it anywhere in sight of the school. Ever since it had exploded in the school car park. “Give us a lift?” asked Darius. “Oswald can’t fetch me, he’s in a meeting.” A meeting? thought Nat. Oswald? Darius didn’t have any parents; Nat had never asked why, and Darius never wanted to talk about it. Oswald Bagley was Darius’s terrifying older brother, who was looking after him. The way wolves sometimes look after man-cubs”
― Nigel Smith, Nathalia Buttface and the Most Epically Embarrassing Trip Ever: A Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Children's Story About an Epic Family Disaster