THISTOWN CELEBRATE! Sam walked slowly back to his house. As far as he was concerned it was all over. He didn’t care what happened anymore. What was the point, all his friends had gone over to Rasper. And that even included his very best friend, Alice. He couldn’t believe it. He suddenly realised how much he hated Rasper. Maybe he didn’t want to take the life from him, but that didn’t stop him hating him. He wanted to shout it out and let them come and arrest him and put him in the basement. What difference did it make? Rasper had ruined Thistown. He’d ruined Sam’s town! And if there was one thing that Sam definitely wasn’t going to do, it was join the crowd again and watch as Rasper, the stupid Great Ear was taken in the golden chair like an emperor into the Great Hall that they’d all bui

