Penny Dreadful is Incredibly Contagious — Joanna Nadin

My name is not actually Penny Dreadful. It is Penelope Jones. The Dreadful part is my dad's JOKE. But in fact I am completely UNDREADFUL. It is just that sometimes my BRILLIANT IDEAS turn into DISASTERS. E.g. I didn't mean for Dad to have to go to a CRUCIAL MEETING with a plastic flowerpot stuck on his head, I was only trying to invent a Patented Brain-Massaging Helmet. Plus how was I to know that you can't do CHICKENPOX for show-and-tell, or go to a ballet class dressed as a blue cat, because even in disguise I am incredibly contagious!