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feels a bit scary. Give me a cuddle, Dad.”
    It was a bit scary for Dad, too. But he could see the huge dinosaur in his bedroom was wearing Dinah’s nightie and talking with Dinah’s voice.
    It was his daughter Dinah all right. So he gave her a cuddle as best he could.

    Then Dinah gave Dad a cuddle, which was much easier. It was fun being able to pick Dad up with her new arms. She’d have to remember to cut her claws though.

    Her new skin didn’t need a wash but her arms ached when she cleaned all her new teeth with Dad’s big clothes-brush.
    Dinah was terribly greedy at breakfast. She ate a whole loaf of bread in one gollop and finished a jar of jam with one lick.

    â€œWell, I’m a growing girl,” said Dinah, giggling.
    â€œI don’t know how I’m going to afford to feed you now. Money doesn’t grow on trees,” said Dad.
    Luckily, Dinah liked eating trees. Well, the leaves and the smaller snappier branches. And privet hedges taste delicious if you’re a dinosaur.

    Everyone got their hedges trimmed and their trees pruned for nothing.

Chapter Four
    Dad took Dinah to the doctor’s.
    â€œCan you cure my Dinah?” asked Dad.
    â€œI think you’d better take her to a vet,” said the doctor.

    Dinah did a bit of doctoring herself.
    She cured a baby’s hiccups and made an old lady’s bad leg better.
    Dad took Dinah to the vet’s.
    â€œWell, she’s certainly got a healthy appetite,” said the vet. “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with her.”

    â€œIn that case you’d better go to school,” said Dad.
    â€œBoring,” said Dinah.
    But maybe school might be more fun today.
    She certainly caused a bit of fuss when she went in through the school gates.

    Dad had to have a few words with Miss Smith.
    Miss Smith wasn’t at all sure she could cope with this new Dinah.
    â€œIt’s OK, Miss Smith. I’ll be ever so good,” said Dinah.
    Dinah did try to be good. She didn’t talk in the (now very crowded) class, but when she started to get bored she gave her new long tail a little flick . . . which caused a bit of bother . . . and at playtime she fought the boys . . . and splashed the girls BUT . . . she somehow didn’t get into trouble.

    Everyone wanted to play with Dinah now.
    â€œDinah’s my best friend,” said Judy.
    â€œI’ll be best friends with everyone,” said Dinah. “Hey, who wants a ride on my tail?”

    â€œDinah’s better than Disneyland!” said Judy.

    Dinah even gave Miss Smith a ride!

    When Dad collected her from school, Dinah helped him clean all the windows in the street.
    People paid double to watch Dad climb up and down his new ladder.

    Dinah and Dad got very hot working so hard.
    â€œLet’s go home and have a cool bath,” said Dad.
    â€œBoring,” said Dinah. “Let’s go swimming.”

    So Dinah and Dad went to the swimming pool. There wasn’t much pool left after Dinah dived in!
    Dinah made an excellent diving board and water fountain.

    It took Dad a very long time to get her properly dry.
    Dad had fish and chips for supper.
    Dinah had leaves and privet and dandelions and nettles and long grass and a big bunch of flowers and fish and chips.
    â€œYummy,” said Dinah, rubbing her tummy.

    Dad tried his best to tuck her up in bed.
    Dinah sucked her new spiked thumb until she fell asleep and when she woke up she was a little girl again.
    â€œBoring,” said Dinah.
    But she still had a nearly full bottle of dinosaur juice . . .

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    JACQUELINE WILSON is one of Britain’s most outstanding writers for young readers. She is the most borrowed author from British libraries and has sold over 25 million books in this country. As a child, she always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling