Clarice Bean, don’t look now. Lauren Child. 2006.

Always remember: it’s the worry you haven’t even thought to worry about that should worry you the most. That’s what Ruby Redfort would say. I have got her survival handbook - it’s crammed with useful information, like How to l with Alien Life Forms: give them the slip and run like crazy. It’s all about getting out of tricky situations - and although it is unlikely that I will find myself in a swamp with an alligator, who can say that I won’t? I have quite a few worries of my own, I.e. Worry no. 8: what to do when someone is boring you to nearly utter death: give them the slip and run like crazy. But lately I’ve been having bigger worries, like Worry no. 3:  change. And how sometimes it comes along when you least expect it. Unfortunately it’s not always possible to give change the slip and run like crazy……..