“Sort of. Dad—are you really a postman?” Alfie asked.
Alfie’s dad smiled and nodded. But he said nothing.
Agent Alfie will return in On Her Majesty’s Postal Service.
Hedgehog Slab Illusion
Huh?
Well, Mr Cryption might seem to be talking rubbish, but in fact everything he says is in code. Here are some of the code words that Mr Cryption uses together with what they really mean—provided by the Government Rapid Analysis Decoding and Encryption Section (GRADES). Other words have not yet been deciphered—perhaps you can work them out?
You can also use the list to say things in code, like Mr Cryption. But be warned—if you do, no one will know what you are talking about!
CodewardMeaning
Alert Letter
Antelopes Satellite
Anthology Collection
Artichoke Watch out
Bananas Tummy
Bath Big tub of water
Binoculars Colour
Blue Difficult
Bridges Dangerous
Butter Damaged
Cardigans Success
Carpet Unexpected
Casement Enclosed frame
Cashflow Expensive
Crisis Envelope
Dilemma If
Doom Clever
Enormous Worked
Extraction Code-breaking
Fester No
Flammable When
Flippers Flippers
Frosting Frosting
Garden Talking
Geography Need
Gherkin Outstanding
Gold Stay
Golf Camouflage
Hamster Teacher
Hat stand Saucepan
Heart-shaped Secret
Hedgehog Quick
Igloo Completely
Imposter Blanket
Identity In
Illusion Code
Luggage Responsibility
Mangle Achievement
Marbles Brains
Nightmare Hoorah!
Office Not good
Pest Hiding
Phoenix Again
Pig Today
Quibble Better
Rewind Recover
Rock Circumstances
Safety Pink
Scribble Message Ends
Shakespeare Muddled
Slab Guide
Slingshot Hurt
Submarine After school
Tailor Lessons
Under Extremely
Vikings Fake
Violin Stringed musical instrument
Visible Detention
Window Under
Wobble Badly
Xylophonics Good morning
Zebra Black and white striped animal like a horse
Zero Netting
About the Author
JUSTIN RICHARDS has written many books, including Dr Who novels, the Invisible Detective series and the Time Runners series. He is also the co-author with Jack Higgins of two teenage thrillers, Sure Fire and Death Run. He lives in Warwick with his wife, two sons and a nice view of the castle. Agent Alfie is his first series for younger readers.
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