“Serve him right,” Mrs Wormwood said. “He shouldn’t have put his finger up there in the first place. It’s a nasty habit. If all children had Superglue put on their fingers they’d soon stop doing it.” Matilda said, “Grown-ups do it too, mummy. I saw you doing it yesterday in the kitchen.” “That’s quite enough from you,” Mrs Wormwood said, turning pink.
