Moesoek and Aron live in a very small town in the middle of nowhere. They discover that Miss Bittermayer, who has a small dog called Tea, has a big secret when they work in her garden for the holidays. Aron knows Moesoek is hiding something important too but he doesn’t know what and he tries to be a good friend and not pry. But secrets have a way of emerging …
Extract from My strange friend, Moesoek
“You are not getting any more ice cream until you tell me why you think miss Bittermayer is an alien,” I said.
“And Tea too …” said Moesoek.
“And Tea,” I sighed.
“I will tell you what,” said Moesoek. “Let’s go and ask miss Bittermayer if we can mow her lawn. Then you will see for yourself. Those succulents in her flowerpots … they are actually her slaves that she brought with her from her planet. During the day they are succulents and at night they clean her house and mow her lawn and do all kinds of odd jobs.”
I started laughing. “If the succulent-slaves mow her lawn, they don’t do it regularly.”
“What do you expect?” Moesoek answered. “They are aliens.”
