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Joe and Bella Stories Number 10 Car Journey Way.
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Nearly there yet?
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Asked Bella, banging her feet against the back of moms seat.
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Joe, who was sitting next to her, groaned.
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That's the 10th time she's asked that they're still Miles Teoh.
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The Hobson family were off to Scotland to visit Nana and Gramps.
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It was school holidays, and they were going to spend a whole week there.
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They had crammed all their suitcases into the car and said goodbye to their friends and to Granny, who was going to look after their pets while they were away.
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Now Bella and Joe was sitting in the back seat, but Bella was bored.
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Why don't you have a nap?
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Bella suggested.
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Dad, I am not sleepy.
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Why not watching of the film on your tablet?
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Don't want to.
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Let's play I spy, said Mom.
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You start joke.
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Bella always enjoyed playing this game.
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Joe had to choose something that he could see, and everyone else had to guess what it waas.
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Joe looked around and saw some cows grazing in a field.
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I spy with my little eye.
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Something beginning with C car guest.
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Mom?
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Nope.
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Camper van.
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Guess Dad.
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No, Cloud guest.
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Bella.
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No.
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What is it then?
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Cow?
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Said Joe.
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But I can't see any cows, said Bella, looking around.
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Well, no, Joe admitted.
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We've gone past now.
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But there was a field of cows before.
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Bella wasn't pleased.
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So Joe let her have a turn.
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The trouble waas.
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They soon ran out of things Toe I spy.
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There wasn't much to see, apart from fields and hedges, the road in front of them on the traffic going past.
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So it was a great relief when Dad suddenly said, I spy coffee and Mum turned the car off the motorway and into a motorway service station.
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Having a snack cheered everybody up.
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Then they put more petrol in the car.
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It won't be long now, said Mom as they set off.
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But as Dad drove towards the motorway, they got a terrible shock.
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There were cars as far as the eye could see, and none of them was moving.
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It was a giant traffic jam.
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There must be roadworks, said Mom.
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It's going to take hours, said Joe.
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Dad turned the car around.
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We won't go on the motorway.
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We'll take the small roads instead.
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But we don't know the way, Mom said, We'll use our phones.
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They will show us the way they drove into the hills.
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There were no more cars.
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There was no traffic at all.
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The trouble.
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Waas.
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Soon there was no phone reception, either.
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I knew this was a bad idea, said Mom.
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Nonsense, said Dad, I know where we're going.
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Bella fell asleep.
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The roads grew narrower on turned into country lanes.
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Eventually, they arrived at a crossroads.
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Now what?
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Said Mom left or right?
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Or straight ahead?
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Mm said Dad, We're lost, said Mom.
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Admit it.
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There's nobody to ask, either.
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Mom and Dad started squabbling.
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Joe Satin wondered what they should do.
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He had no idea which way led to Scotland.
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The only good thing was that Bella was still asleep, so at least he didn't have to listen to her complaining and asking how long it would be.
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Suddenly, Bella woke up.
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Are we nearly there yet?
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No, said Joe.
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We don't know which way to go.
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Bella pointed out the window that way, she said firmly.
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Dad started the car and drove the way that Bella had pointed, but she's just guessing, Joe said.
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She sounds very sure, said dad.
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After all, we have to go somewhere.
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They hadn't traveled far when Mom gave a cry Look, a sign post.
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Bella was right.
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Joe had to laugh.
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It might have been a lucky guess, but still, if it weren't for Bella, they would still be arguing at the crossroads.
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Are we nearly there yet?
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Bella asked.
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Yes, said Joe.
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This time we really are, Yeah.
