Contents

Introduction 4

1 Finding Babysitter 6

2 Scary Sitter wins 15

3 Horrid Henry's Revenge 25

Conclusion 38

Characters

Horrid Henry

Very smart and a

bad boy.

Rabid Rebecca

very tough and

a babysitter.

Mom and Dad

Henry's parents.

Perfect Peter

Very kind and

Henry's brother.

This book is about Horrid Henry takes revenge on Rabid Rebecca, his scary sitter.

introduction

winning prize :

Finding Babysitter

"No way!" shrieked Tetchy Tess, slamming down the phone. Mom hung up the phone and groaned. It wasn't easy finding someone to babysit more than once for Horrid Henry.

When Tetchy Tess came, Henry flooded the bathroom. When Crabby Chris came he hid her homework and "accidentally" poured red grape juice down the front of her new white jeans. And when Angry Anna came, Henry put insects in her brand new shoes and when she put her feet in her shoes, she ran screaming from the house.

Babysitters were mean and horrible, but he'd had a lot of practice managing them. Babysitters were unpredictable. Babysitters were hard work. And by the time you'd broken them in and shown them who was boss, for some reason they didn't want to come any more.

We need babysitter for Henry.

Ye, but who want to babysit Henry?

"We have to find a babysitter,"

"The party is tomorrow night. I've tried everyone.

"There's got to be someone,"

The only good babysitters let you stay up all night and eat candy until you were sick. Sadly, Horrid Henry never got one of those. "We have to find a babysitter," wailed Mom. "The party is tomorrow night. I've tried everyone. Who else is there?""There's got to be someone," said Dad. "Think!" Mom thought. Dad thought.

"What about Rebecca?" said Dad.

Horrid Henry's heart missed a beat. He stopped drawing mustaches on Perfect Peter's school pictures. Maybe he'd heard wrong. Oh please, not Rebecca! Not-Rabid Rebecca!

Oh please, not Rebecca! She's horrible!

Please not Rebecca!

"Who did you say?" asked Henry. His voice quavered. "You heard me," said Dad. "Rebecca." "NO!" screamed Henry. "She's horrible!" "She's not horrible," said Dad. "She's just strict." "There's no one else," said Mom grimly. "I'll call Rebecca."

"She's monster!" wailed Henry."She made Ralph go to bed at six o'clock!"

"I like going to bed at six o'clock," said Perfect Peter. "After all, growing children need their rest."

"Shut up!" shouted Henry.

"Stop shouting, Henry!" said Dad. "Mom's on the phone."

Henry prayed. Maybe she'd be busy.

Maybe she'd say no. Maybe she'd be dead. He'd heard all about Rebecca. She'd made Tough Toby get in his pajamas at five o'clock and do all his homework.

She'd unplugged Dizzy Dave's computer. She'd made Moody Margaret wash the floor. No doubt about it, Rabid Rebecca was the toughest teen in town. Henry lay on the rug and howled. Mom shouted into the phone. "You can! That's great, Rebecca. No, that's just the TV-sorry for the noise. See you tomorrow."

"NOOOOOOOOO!" wailed Henry.

Ding Dong.

"I'll get it!" said Perfect Peter. He skipped to the door. "I DON'T WANT TO HAVE BABYSITTER!" wailed Henry. The door opened. In walked the biggest, meanest, ugliest, nastiest-looking girl Henry had ever seen. Her arms, head, and teeth were enormous. She looked like she ate elephants for breakfast, crocodiles for lunch, and snacked on toddlers.

Scary Sitter Wins

Hello, Henry? My name is Rabid Rebecca. I am your babysitter.

"What have you got to eat?" snarled Rabid Rebecca. "Help yourself to anything in the fridge," said Dad. "Don't worry, I will," said Rebecca. “GO HOME, YOU WITCH!” howled Henry. Dad edged his way carefully past Rebecca, then dashed out the front door. “I DON’T WANT TO HAVE BABYSITTER!” shrieked Henry. Mom stepped over Henry, then escaped from the house. The door closed. Horrid Henry was alone in the house with Rabid Rebecca. 

He glared at Rebecca. Rebecca glared at him. “I’ve heard all about you, you little creep,” growled Rebecca. “No one bothers me when I’m babysitting.” Horrid Henry stopped screaming. “Oh yeah,” said Horrid Henry. “We’ll see about that.” Rabid Rebecca bared her fangs. 

No one bothers me when I'm babysitting.

Oh yeah, we'll see about that.

Henry recoiled. Perhaps I’d better keep out her way, he thought, then slipped into the living room and turned on the TV. Ahh, Mutant Max. Hooray! How bad could life be when a great program like Mutant Max was on? He’d annoy Rebecca as soon as it was over. Rebecca stomped into the room and snatched the remote. DA DOO, DA DOO DA, DA DOO DA DOO DA, tangoed some horrible spangled dancers. “Hey,” said Henry. “I’m watching Mutant Max.” “Tough,” said Rebecca. “I’m watching ballroom dancing.” Snatch! Horrid Henry grabbed the clicker. ZAP! “And it’s mutants,mutants, mut—” Snatch! Zap! DA DOO, DA DOO DA, DA DOO DA DOO DA.

I am watching Mutant Max!

I am watching ballroom dancing!

Perfect Peter walked in. He had already put on his blue bunny pajamas, brushed his teeth, and combed his hair. He held a game of Chinese Checkers in his hand.

"Rebecca, will you play a game with me before I go to bed?" asked Peter. " NO!" roared Rebecca. "I'm trying to watch TV. Shut up and go away." Perfect Peter leapt back."But I thought-since I was all ready for bed-" he stammered. "I've got better things to do than to play with you," snarled Rebecca. "Now go to bed this minute, both of you." " But it's not my bedtime for hours," protested Henry. "I want to watch Mutant Max."

Rebecca, will you play a game with me before I go to bed?

NO!

"GO!" howled Robecca.

"NO!" howled Henry.

"RAAAA!" roared Rabid Robecca.

Horrid Henry did not know hot it happened. Somehow, he was in his pajamas, in bed, and it was only seven o'clock.

Rabid Rebecca switched off the light. Then she marched out of the room and slammed the door.

Horrid Henry was so shocked he could not move. He, Horrid Henry, the bulldozer of babysitters, the terror of teachers, the bully of brothers, was in bed, lights out, at seven o'clock.

He could hear Moody Margaret shrieking next door. He could hear Toddler Tom zooming around on his tricycle. No one went to bed at seven o'clock. Not even toddlers!

Horrid Henry's Revenge

Horrid Henry remembered who he was. The boy who'd sent teachers shrieking from the classroom. The boy who'd destroyed the Demon Dinner Lady. The boy who had run away from home and almost reached the Congo.