Birthday Bus

"I didn't miss the party, after all!" "Nor your piece of birthday cake!"

- Bertie and Stephen's mother

Birthday Bus is a magazine story.

Plot
Bertie takes Stephen to school everyday; he's his favourite passenger! One day, Stephen tells Bertie it's his birthday on Saturday and his mum invites Bertie to the party at the local village hall. Unfortunately, Bertie is having a refit that day but he wants to send Stephen a present, so he asks his driver to buy and wrap a toy bus. On the day of the part, disaster strikes when the village hall is flooded and Stephen's house isn't large enough to host a party. Stephen's mother phones Bertie's driver, who suggests that they hold the party on Bertie and arranges a relief bus to pick up Stephen, the party guests, and the presents. The party is soon in full swing aboard Bertie, who is delighted; he didn't miss the party after all!

Characters

 * Bertie

Goofs

 * If Bertie is having a refit, how is it possible to hold a party in him?
 * Bother Stephen and his mother look different in the illustration as they do in the pictures that make up the story puzzle.